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There's two factors here. One is that bebop--the previous ruling jazz style--faded considerably during WWII, and was also dominated by black culture. Brubeck br
by tsm 14y ago
There's two factors here. One is that bebop--the previous ruling jazz style--faded considerably during WWII, and was also dominated by black culture. Brubeck brought jazz back into style, and also--as you noted--made it less of a racial issue. The previous white jazz was big band swing, which had its heyday in the '20s and was long gone by Brubeck's day.
- andrewcooke 14y agothanks. i should read some history. i have very little idea of the social context.
- TylerE 14y agoYou're a bit off in your chronology. Swing was big up through the late 40s - Glenn Miller and Duke Ellington dominated the charts. Bebop didn't really take over until the post war years.
- caf 14y ago...and Benny Goodman and Count Basie.
- officemonkey 14y agoBebop was created in NYC clubs during WWII during club dates that occurred during the recording strikes and shellac shortages. Bebop didn't get commercial play until soldiers came home and heard the new sounds put down by Bird, Diz, and Monk. In many ways, bebop and jump blues filled the gap between the two "music for dancing": swing and rock and roll.