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Bebop & Straight Ahead
Also known as bebop, Bop was a radical new music that developed gradually in the early '40s and exploded in 1945. The main difference between bop and swing is that the soloists engaged in chordal (rather than melodic) improvisation, often discarding the melody altogether after the first chorus and using the chords as the basis for the solo. Ensembles tended to be unisons, most jazz groups were under seven pieces, and the soloist was free to get as adventurous as possible as long as the overall improvisation fit into the chord structure. Since the virtuoso musicians were getting away from using the melodies as the basis for their solos (leading some listeners to ask "Where's the melody?") and some of the tempos were very fast, bop divorced itself from popular music and a dancing audience, uplifting jazz to an art music but cutting deeply into its potential commercial success. Ironically the once-radical bebop style has become the foundation for all of the innovations that followed and now can be almost thought of as establishment music. Among its key innovators were altoist Charlie Parker, trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, pianist Bud Powell, drummer Max Roach, and pianist/composer Thelonious Monk. More in Jazz: Acid Jazz | Ballads - Jazz | Bebop & Straight Ahead | Big Band & Swing | Blues | Contemporary Jazz | Cool | Dixieland | Fusion | Latin Jazz | New Orleans / Second Line | Smooth Jazz Sort by: Newest | Oldest | Alphabetical 
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The Happy Walk by Neil Cross Music ID: 298757 
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01:52 $49.99 (A) or $99.99 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Laid-back jazz track with subtle orchestration. Humerous, light-hearted feel... | ||
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Auld Lang Syne Swing by Stuart Moore Music ID: 306146 
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02:24 $19.95 (A) or $39.95 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Bring in the new year in style with an upbeat Jazz version of this classic. Features guitar, piano, upright bass and drums. ... | ||
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Near New Orleans by Manuel Ochoa Music ID: 306606 
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03:42 $29.95 (A) or $55.95 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Jazzy piano track. Fresh improvised melodies in a rhythm changes form. Traditional, solo piano, jazz music... | ||
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Traveling by Manuel Ochoa Music ID: 306614 
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07:15 $35.95 (A) or $69.95 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Energetic instrumental music track recorded with a jazz quintet featuring trumpet, sax, piano, double bass and drums. Latin in some parts and swing in others this music is powerful, fast and motivatio... | ||
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Jazz Guitar Swing by Laurent Bruning Music ID: 308690 
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01:58 $12.95 (A) or $39.95 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Up tempo swing blues scheme, played on jazz guitar and piano, accompanied by drums and acoustic bass. Cheerful, light and optimistic tune.... | ||
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Touch and Go by Joey Hodge Music ID: 309161 
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00:41 $7.95 (A) or $39.95 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Medium tempo old time solo stride piano with a ragtime feel. ... | ||
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Bakers Dozen by Stuart Moore Music ID: 309730 
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02:50 $19.95 (A) or $39.95 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Classic old school swing influenced by the likes of Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Upbeat, good times, cool and classy Jazz from a golden era.... | ||
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Daylight Station --Loop B by Krzysztof Horn Music ID: 313099 
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00:42 $14.99 (A) or $14.99 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Timeless feelgood, funny, vintage space-jazz. Traditional retro walking acoustic bass, groovy drums, rhodes and synths chords with vintage sci-fi fx. ... | ||
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Daylight Station --30s version by Krzysztof Horn Music ID: 313102 
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00:32 $14.99 (A) or $14.99 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Timeless feelgood, funny, vintage space-jazz. Traditional retro walking acoustic bass, groovy drums, rhodes and synths chords with vintage sci-fi fx. ... | ||
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Daylight Station --60s version by Krzysztof Horn Music ID: 313103 
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01:04 $19.99 (A) or $19.99 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Timeless feelgood, funny, vintage space-jazz. Traditional retro walking acoustic bass, groovy drums, rhodes and synths chords with vintage sci-fi fx. ... | ||
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Daylight Station --full version by Krzysztof Horn Music ID: 313104 
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03:49 $39.99 (A) or $39.99 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Timeless feelgood, funny, vintage space-jazz. Traditional retro walking acoustic bass, groovy drums, rhodes and synths chords with vintage sci-fi fx. ... | ||
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Daylight Station --Loop A by Krzysztof Horn Music ID: 313105 
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00:42 $14.99 (A) or $14.99 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Timeless feelgood, funny, vintage space-jazz. Traditional retro walking acoustic bass, groovy drums, rhodes and synths chords with vintage sci-fi fx. ... | ||
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Love In An Elevator by Stuart Moore Music ID: 313149 
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02:14 $19.95 (A) or $39.95 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Retro Jazz with live instruments and vintage style production. Light, soft and romantic with hammond organ, guitar, flute and drums. Perfect for happy-go-lucky times in the swinging sixties, innocenc... | ||
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Waitin' for the Limo by Steve Rice Music ID: 313232 
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02:13 $19.99 (A) or $69.95 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| A snappy uptempo bebop blues with a unison tenor sax and trumpet lead. Jazz club atmosphere with a burning round of short solos. Jumping, jiving, hard-driving uptempo swing a la Charlie Parker, Dizzy ... | ||
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Bass On Top -Jazz Piano Trio by Steve Rice Music ID: 313242 
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03:20 $19.99 (A) or $69.95 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Elegant jazz piano trio playing easy mid-tempo swing. This is a Ray Brown style acoustic bass feature. Great source music for a jazz club. Jazz atmosphere, romance, candlelight. Real piano, upright ba... | ||
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Burnin' Up The Bandstand by Steve Rice Music ID: 313323 
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02:36 $19.99 (A) or $69.95 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| A snappy Blue-note style hard-bop theme/ fanfare recalling Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers or Lee Morgan. This is the full 3 chorus version with a great tenor sax solo on the 2nd chorus and a piano... | ||
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Suicide In Bb by Daniel Barry Music ID: 316291 
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05:50 $19.99 (A) or $69.95 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Here's a hip, angular modern jazz composition featuring vibes and dissonant bebop horns. Urban attention deficit atmosphere. At 1:12 the track moves into a slower more mysterious middle section with "... | ||
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Second Chance by Steve Rice Music ID: 317912 
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01:04 $19.95 (A) or $69.95 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| A catchy uptempo bebop head with Trumpet and Tenor sax lead. Evokes John Coltrane's "Moments Notice" or Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Great for a nightclub scene. Sophisticated source music. Per... | ||
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Front and Center by Steve Rice Music ID: 317913 
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02:40 $19.95 (A) or $69.95 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Here's a classic 2 horn frontline performing an original jazz / modal / hard bop /post bop composition. Trumpet and Tenor sax lead. Catchy and swinging with a progressive, crisp jazz club feel and ene... | ||
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Bossa At The Blue Note by Steve Rice Music ID: 317915 
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04:29 $19.95 (A) or $69.95 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| A classic Jazz club bossa nova with flugelhorn and tenor sax lead. A lush, beautiful 2 horn melody. Light, sweet, sophisticated and colorful. A great choice for a project needing of jazz atmosphere, n... | ||
