| The language of Bebop is one of the most enduring and eloquent in the history of jazz music. The 96 Bebop statements included in this box set sound as fresh and invigorating now as when they were first recorded some 50 years ago. Artists include Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Barnet, Tiny Grimes, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Pettiford, Boyd Raeburn, Georgie Auld, Billy Eckstine, Frank Socolow, Sarah Vaughan, Red Norvo, Charlie Parker, Jay Jay Johnson, Sonny Stitt, Stan Getz, Dodo Marmarosa, Sonny Berman, Wardell Gray, Bud Powell, Gene Krupa, Dexter Gordon, Claude Thornhill, Tadd Dameron, Thelonious Monk, Anita O’Day,Fats Navarro, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Howard McGee, Art Blakey, Kenny Clarke, Brew Moore, James Moody, Tony Fruscella, Gene Ammons, Babs Gonzalez, Miles Davis, Kai Winding and Serge Chaloff. 52 page illustrated booklet with essay and discography.
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