Advent of Bebop, Narrated by Rick Perlstein
Rick Perlstein is an American historian, journalist, and author known for his in-depth chronicles of post-World War II conservatism. Perlstein explores the birth of bebop, the revolutionary jazz style forged by Black musicians in the 1940s that transformed the music into sophisticated high art.
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We need to hear the music….
Don’t you mean the 1940s?