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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

Last week Stan Kenton, a modernist bandleader whose arrangements blend boppish bounce with blood-curdling dissonances, prepared for his Paris debut with understandable misgivings.

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