Composer of the Week - Bebop
Donald Macleod is joined by writer and broadcaster Geoffrey Smith to explore the jazz mode of bebop. It emerged in the 1940s, out of different combinations of musicians, styles and places
Composer of the Week - Bebop - Episode 1
Donald Macleod and Geoffrey Smith explore bebop's roots in the work of some of its pioneers: Art Tatum, Charlie Christian, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge.
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Composer of the Week - Bebop - Episode 2
Donald Macleod and Geoffrey Smith focus on the 'yin and yang' of bebop, Charlie Parker, and the man he called 'the other half of my heartbeat', Dizzy Gillespie.
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Composer of the Week - Bebop - Episode 3
Donald Macleod and Geoffrey Smith focus on the 'engine room' of jazz - the rhythm section - and in particular, bebop's two key drummers, Kenny 'Klook-Mop' Clarke and Max Roach.
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Composer of the Week - Bebop - Episode 4
Donald Macleod and Geoffrey Smith focus on bebop's two most influential pianists: Bud Powell and Thelonius Monk. They became lifelong friends after meeting in the early 1940s.
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Composer of the Week - Bebop - Episode 5
Donald Macleod and Geoffrey Smith look at the musicians who emerged from bebop, including John Coltrane, Cecil Taylor, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Eric Dophy and Sonny Rollins.
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