postbop

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: post-bop

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

post- +‎ bop

Noun[edit]

postbop (uncountable)

  1. (jazz) A form of small-group jazz music that emerged in the early 1960s, under the influence of artists such as Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock
    • 2009 January 12, Nate Chinen, “Acts Onstage (and on the Market) at Three Clubs”, in New York Times[1]:
      The drummer Dafnis Prieto, leading a superbly calibrated sextet, chopped up the pulse of his native Cuba with clever feints while borrowing from postbop harmony.

See also[edit]