{"id":43,"date":"2006-09-20T22:31:09","date_gmt":"2006-09-21T03:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/?p=43"},"modified":"2026-06-11T23:41:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T03:41:04","slug":"the-birth-of-bebop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/?p=43","title":{"rendered":"The Birth of Bebop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0520216652\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0520216652&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=readingwith0a-20&#038;linkId=8c2bb0c880dbaaa9b2f2854267a3a2d1\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/61jI0HoL4DL._SL1500_-150x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/61jI0HoL4DL._SL1500_-150x225.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/61jI0HoL4DL._SL1500_-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/61jI0HoL4DL._SL1500_-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/61jI0HoL4DL._SL1500_-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/61jI0HoL4DL._SL1500_.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><b>Scott DeVeaux (1997)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>According to Scott DeVeaux, who has been called the Bud Powell of jazz historians, no single, completely inclusive definition of jazz exists; all that remains to define it is its vigorous evolution. Accordingly, jazz historians are &#8220;obsessed with continuity and consensus, even&#8211;perhaps especially&#8211; when the historical record suggests disruption and dissent.&#8221; Bebop, such a self-effacing, clownish term that in no way suggests the complexities of its sounds and rhythms, would become synonymous with a whole new musical sensibility, thought by some to herald nothing less than a revolution. DeVeaux succumbs neither to the evolution nor revolution analysis, but creates an intricate historical weave that sets bebop in the broader social and political contexts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scott DeVeaux (1997) According to Scott DeVeaux, who has been called the Bud Powell of jazz historians, no single, completely inclusive definition of jazz exists; all that remains to define it is its vigorous evolution. Accordingly, jazz historians are &#8220;obsessed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/?p=43\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,8,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-history","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1111,"href":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions\/1111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}