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boppish

American  
[bop-ish] / ˈbɒp ɪʃ /

adjective

  1. in the style of bop music.


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His boppish “C.T.A.” first appeared on a recording he made in 1953 with trumpeter Miles Davis, and “For Minors Only” debuted on a 1956 recording featuring trumpeter Chet Baker and alto saxophonist Art Pepper.

From Washington Post Jan. 21, 2020

He sits in his 1980s Buick convertible, listening to boppish piano riffs on the car’s cassette player.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 8, 2016

As is this: Mr. Hersch playing “The Song Is You” in ballad tempo, rather than the usual boppish clip.

From New York Times Feb. 8, 2012

Escreet's piano improvisations, given to starting with a deceptive reflectiveness, erupt into dazzling freefall fireworks, free-jazz squallings turn into boppish cruisers over hip drum grooves, and Binney's electronics introduce zither-like plucked effects here and there.

From The Guardian Aug. 5, 2010

Chicagoan Miller will please "progressives" with his tricky beat and boppish chording.

From Time Magazine Archive

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