50 great moments in jazz: The emergence of bebop

Dismissed at the time as unlistenable and undanceable, bebop represented an outlet for imaginative, open-minded jazz musicians hoping to usher in a new ageWhen bebop arrived in the early 40s, its musical subversiveness and underground status fascinated a small coterie of young hipsters. For some of the biggest stars of the New Orleans and swing phases that had preceded bop, however, it sounded like a bad mistake. Bandleader Tommy Dorsey said "bebop has set music back 20 years". Louis Armstrong, ...

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