Bebop and Cool Jazz comparsion

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1940년대의 bebop과 1950년대의 cool jazz를 비교분석한 영문 에쎄이입니다.

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Modern jazz period emerged during the 1940s. A birth of bebop is considered as the starting point of modern jazz. Bebop style is developed from swing groups. Even though the size of groups was small, but its techniques and complex melodies were emphasized rather than simple melodies. Alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, and pianist Theolonious Monk were the first modern jazz musicians. Charlie Parker was the leading musician who tried to try creative improvisation, use new ways of selecting and accenting notes. Bebop was not as popular as swing. One of the reasons that bebop was not popular as swing is it was not a danceable music. Bebop’s fast tempo and its jumpy, unpredictable improvisations are the reasons why it was not a danceable music. Bebop has smaller ensembles than swing. Small combo instrumentation was preferred. Instruments were usually saxophone, piano, bass, trumpet, and drums.
In bebop, role of drums have changed. Drummers depended less on a bass drum. Instead, they used cymbals and hi-hat more. Bass players played ‘walking bass line,’ which was composed mostly with quarter note, and this made music more lively. Piano players were able to play piano with lighter touches, and they no longer had to play beats or codes with their left hand. Other than three musicians mentioned earlier, pianist Bud Powell, drummer Max Roach

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