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His playing was articulate if not directly linguistic; he gave his notes respect and distinction, but not necessarily a neatly-bounded place in the measure like a classic bebopper would have.

From New York Times • May 25, 2018

Ms. Fuller has her own band too, mostly women, and at root she’s a hard-core bebopper, a Charlie Parker to Cannonball Adderley kind of player.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2012

Modeling his treatment of some tunes on those of the seminal bebopper Bud Powell, Mr. Walton will alter chords but rarely venture into the keyboard’s lower registers with “walking” tenths or single-note lines.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2011

But if jazz is at last partly about history, then Mr. Robinson’s show was as illuminating an event as any bebopper could have done.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2010