See also:

• Arts: Music: Styles: J: Jazz: Free and Avant-Garde  (21)
• Arts: Music: Styles: J: Jazz: Fusion  (124)

• Bebop & Beyond - Article discusses the concepts that led to and developed the bebop sound. Special focus on jazz lineage.
• Genres: Bebop - Seven audio recordings of Billy Taylor discussing historical aspects of bebop at the Kennedy Center. [Quicktime format]
• The Hard Bop Homepage - Dedicated to the jazz style of the late 1950's and early 1960's known as hardbop. Includes a list of notable musicians and a chronological listing of bop albums.
• Jazz History: Hard Bop/Post Bop - Article covering the story of hard bop and soul jazz; Part 6 of Jazzitude's Brief History of Jazz. Website also includes jazz artist directory, a weblog, and sheet music for purchase.
• Music History: Bebop and Beyond - Two-part article concerned with the development of the bebop artist and socio-musical elements that contributed to the style.
• Why I Love Bebop - Article describing the author's love of bebop for reasons primarily concerning the amalgamation of styles and the cultural aspects of the music.

• What Bebop Meant to Jazz History - Article providing commentary on the role of bebop in the evolution of jazz history and artistic culture in general. (May 22, 1998)