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1940s in jazz

In the early 1940s in jazz, bebop emerged, led by Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk and others. It helped to shift jazz from danceable popular music towards a more challenging "musician's music." Differing greatly from swing, early bebop divorced itself from dance music, establishing itself more as an art form but lessening its potential popular and commercial value. Since bebop was meant to be listened to, not danced to, it used faster tempos. Beboppers introduced new forms of chromaticism and dissonance into jazz; the dissonant tritone interval became the "most important interval of bebop" and players engaged in a more abstracted form of chord-based improvisation which used "passing" chords, substitute chords, and altered chords. The style of drumming shifted as well to a more elusive and explosive style, in which the ride cymbal was used to keep time, while the snare and bass drum were used for accents. This appealed to a more specialized audiences than earlier forms of jazz, with sophisticated harmonies, fast tempos and often virtuoso musicianship. Bebop musicians often used 1930s standards, especially those from Broadway musicals, as part of their repertoire.

1940
Album releasesDuke Ellington: In A MellotoneDuke Ellington: Sophisticated Lady BirthsDave Burrell (September 10, 1940), pianist • Eddie Henderson (October 26, 1940), trumpet and flugelhorn player • Pharoah Sanders (October 13, 1940), saxophonist DeathsJohnny Dodds (April 12, 1892 – August 8, 1940) ==1941==
1941
BirthsBobby Hutcherson (January 27, 1941), vibraphone and marimba player • Palle Mikkelborg (March 6, 1941), trumpeter • Airto Moreira (August 5, 1941), drummer and percussionist ==1942==
1942
BirthsJohn McLaughlin (January 4, 1942-), guitarist • Jack DeJohnette (August 9, 1942), drummer • Marlena Shaw (September 22, 1942), singer DeathsCharlie Christian (July 29, 1916 – March 2, 1942), guitarist • Bunny Berigan (November 2, 1908 – June 2, 1942) ==1943==
1943
Events The American Federation of Musicians recording ban, called by James Petrillo, continued through 1943. Album releasesDuke Ellington: Black, Brown and Beige (1943) BirthsLarry Coryell (April 2, 1943-), guitarist • Kenny Barron (June 9, 1943), pianist • Michał Urbaniak (January 22, 1943) DeathsFats Waller (May 21, 1904 - December 15, 1943) ==1944==
1944
Album releasesColeman Hawkins - Rainbow Mist (1944) BirthsDon Sickler (January 6, 1944 -), trumpeter • Ron Mathewson (February 19, 1944), double bassist • Eddie Gómez (October 4, 1944), double bassist DeathsGlenn Miller (March 1, 1904 – missing December 15, 1944), musician and composer • Jimmie Noone (April 23, 1895 – April 19, 1944) ==1945==
1945
Album releasesMary Lou Williams: Zodiac Suite (1945) • John Serry Sr.: Leone Jump Single on Sonora Records BirthsKeith Jarrett (May 8, 1945 -), pianist • Henri Texier (January 27, 1945), double bassist DeathsPha Terrell (May 25, 1910 - October 14, 1945) ==1946==
1946
BirthsDigby Fairweather (April 25, 1946) • Bennie Wallace (November 18, 1946) ==1947==
1947
Album releasesDexter Gordon and Teddy Edwards: The DuelJohn Serry Sr. and Joe Biviano: Accordion Capers - featuring the Biviano Accordion & Rhythm Sextette ==1948==
1948
Album releasesColeman Hawkins: Picasso BirthsLarry Carlton (March 1, 1948 -), guitarist • Richie Cole (February 29, 1948), alto saxophonist • Jessica Williams (March 17, 1948), pianist and composer ==1949==
1949
Album releasesLennie Tristano: Crosscurrents (1949) • Duke Ellington: Liberian Suite (1949) • Lee Konitz: Subconscious-Lee (1949) • Bob Wilber: Jazz Band (1949) DeathsAlbert Ammons (September 23, 1907 — December 2, 1949) ==See also==
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