 Charlie Parker (1920-1955) |
 Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993) |
In
1940, economic situation makes enable big band to be held. As a result,
small band becomes popular instead, and Dixieland Jazz comes back.
Coincidentally, putting emphasis on 2nd beat and 4th beat, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Christian and some others start playing Off Beat. This is the original of Be Bop. When one thing ripens, in this case Swing Jazz, new trend arises. On the other hand, big band makes different trend. Stan Kenton, Boyd Raeburn and some others direct another trend called "Progressive". This new music is characterized by new harmony, and later on, it changes its name to Cool Jazz. Much later, my favorite Chet Baker starts
following the same trend. His movement is called West Coast Jazz that
becomes another new trend. |
 Chet Baker(1929-1988) |
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| Billy Eckstine
wanted to do Bop, he became independent from the Earl Hines band in
1944, and organized his own band. He became the first Bop singer. Sarah
Vaughan was called as an exclusive singer of Billy's band at once. Sarah
has grown up as a singer of bop. Moreover, Art Brakey of theJazz Messengers
was in the Billy's band.
When Billy's band went to St. Louis, he met the Miles Davis. Miles wanted to enter Billy's band and appealed to Gillespie. At this time, Billy feeled that "Miles is terrible". It is said that the shift
from the swing era to the bop age looks like the way where Picasso
caused "Cubism" in France at the beginning of the 20th century.
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