The classic bebop combo consisted of saxophone, trumpet, double bass, drums and piano. This was a format used (and popularized) by both Parker (alto sax) and Gillespie (tr… See more

Bebop differed drastically from the straightforward compositions of the swing era and was … See more

Swing era influences
Bebop grew out of the culmination of trends that had been occurring within swing music since the mid-1930s: less explicit timekeepin… See more

The musical devices developed with bebop were influential far beyond the bebop movement itself. "Progressive jazz" was a broad category of music that included bebop-influ… See more