bebopping
Moving to jazz
Bebopping is moving or going somewhere in a carefree, unhurried way, often with implied aimlessness or casual energy: We spent the afternoon bebopping around the city.
The word derives from bebop, the jazz style, evoking its improvisational, rhythmic quality.
To bebop through life is to take things as they come.
Improvised vocal jazz
- scattingImprovised nonsense singing
- Charlie ParkerBebop alto saxophone innovator
- cool jazzRelaxed 1950s improvisational music
- swingSuspended recreational seat
Dizzy Gillespie · Thelonious Monk · saxophone · trumpet · piano · double bass · drum kit · nightclub
Rhythmic bodily motion
- bouncingSpringing back repeatedly
- groovingDancing enjoyably to music
- swayingRhythmic lateral movement
- jivingDancing to swing music
swinging · strutting · shuffling · hopping · stepping · foot-tapping · rhythmic · lively
Quality from past eras
- nostalgicLonging for the past
- classicOf lasting excellence
- midcenturyAround the 1950s
- postwarAfter hostilities end
1940s · 1950s · hipster · beatnik · zoot suit · cool cat · daddy-o · hepcat
Blocking or wedging forcefully
- soloingPerforming without accompaniment
- scattingImprovised nonsense singing
- ad-libbingUnscripted spontaneous performance
- riffingImprovising musical phrases
extemporizing · freeform · spontaneity · interplay · call-and-response · melodic · phrasing · variation
scat
Improvised vocal jazz
- scattingImprovised nonsense singing
- Charlie ParkerBebop alto saxophone innovator
- cool jazzRelaxed 1950s improvisational music
Dizzy Gillespie · Thelonious Monk · swing · saxophone · trumpet · piano · double bass · drum kit · nightclub · jam session
dancing
Rhythmic bodily motion
jiving · swinging · strutting · shuffling · hopping · stepping · foot-tapping · rhythmic · lively · animated
vintage
Quality from past eras
- nostalgicLonging for the past
- classicOf lasting excellence
- midcenturyAround the 1950s
postwar · 1940s · 1950s · hipster · beatnik · zoot suit · cool cat · daddy-o · hepcat · old-school
jamming
Blocking or wedging forcefully
- soloingPerforming without accompaniment
- scattingImprovised nonsense singing
- ad-libbingUnscripted spontaneous performance
riffing · extemporizing · freeform · spontaneity · interplay · call-and-response · melodic · phrasing · variation · motifs
beboppingwaltzing
Dancing in 3/4 time
standing still · marching · plodding · shuffling · goose-stepping
beboppingsitting still
Seated without movement
standing still · resting · lounging · staying put · idling
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