I am often a bit manic about these things so I need to check my assumptions often. I get the Jazz connection for sure, but Bebop? Bebop was developed in Harlem

I am often a bit manic about these things so I need to check my assumptions often. I get the Jazz connection for sure, but Bebop? Bebop was developed in Harlem in the early 1940's. Neal Cassady was a juvenile delinquent in Denver in the early 1940's. He enjoyed the ecstatic release of Jazz, but the fact that he was a speed freak (benzedrine inhalers) may had a far greater effect on his style than anything else. In fact, he may have been the one to introduce Kerouac to amphetamines, which is how he was able to write On The Road in three weeks on a roll of continuous paper. My critic doesn't talk about speed. I don't know much, but then again, it seems like a lot of critics don't either.