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2. Music of Cowboy Bebop - Wikipedia

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   Tank!" is the series' opening song. The song, written by Yoko Kanno and performed by Seatbelts, has an extensive alto saxophone solo played by Masato Honda, as well as a fill part at the end. The song is a big band jazz piece in a Latin-infused hard bop style with a rhythm section that combines a double bass and bongo drums. "Tank!"

3. Bebop - Wikipedia

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   Bebop or bop is a style of jazz developed in the early to mid-1940s in the United States. The style features compositions characterized by a fast tempo (usually exceeding 200 bpm), complex chord progressions with rapid chord changes and numerous changes of key, instrumental virtuosity, and improvisation based on a combination of harmonic structure, the use of scales, and occasional references ...

4. Ornithology (composition) - Wikipedia

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   "Ornithology" is a contrafact – a newly created melody written over the chord progression of another song, in this case the standard "How High the Moon". [2] It remains one of the most popular and frequently performed bebop tunes.

5. Bill Nelson (musician) - Wikipedia

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   Nelson was born in Wakefield in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to Jean and Walter Nelson.His father was an alto saxophone player, and his mother a dancer. [5] Nelson's younger brother, Ian (1956–2006), collaborated on the Be-Bop Deluxe song "Ships in the Night" and formed the band Fiat Lux; he also played on the 1979 Red Noise album Sound-on-Sound and with the 2004 touring band Bill Nelson ...

6. Category:Bebop jazz standards - Wikipedia

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7. Confirmation (composition) - Wikipedia

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   Confirmation is a bebop standard composed by saxophonist Charlie Parker in 1945. It is known as a challenging number due to its long, complex head and rapid chord changes, which feature an extended cycle of fifths (see Bird changes). Jazz educator Dariusz Terefenko has pointed out the speed and intricacy of "Confirmation's" "harmonic rhythm ...

8. Anthropology (composition) - Wikipedia

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   Anthropology" (also known as "Thriving from a Riff" or "Thriving on a Riff") is a bebop-style jazz composition that is credited to Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. [1] Parker stated in 1949 that Gillespie had played no part in its writing, and that others had added the trumpeter as co-composer.

9. Hot House (composition) - Wikipedia

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   In 1982, Chaka Khan covered the tune as part of "Be Bop Medley," on her album Chaka Khan. [4] In 1988, Emily Remler was the first jazz guitarist to record it, on her album East To Wes. According to the liner notes by Nat Hentoff [5] the composition was one of Remler's favorites from the Be-bop era.