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post-bop

post-bop noun: a style of jazz derived from hard bop but influenced by more traditional jazz styles like swing.

Noun

post-bop (uncountable)

  1. (jazz) A style of jazz derived from hard bop but influenced by more traditional jazz styles like swing.

Forms of post-bop

alternative formpostbop
alternative formpost bop

Origin of post-bop

From post- + bop.

Questions about post-bop

What does post-bop mean?
Post-bop means a style of jazz derived from hard bop but influenced by more traditional jazz styles like swing.
What part of speech is post-bop?
Post-bop is a noun.

Words near post-bop in the dictionary

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  2. post-baccalaureate
  3. post-bellum
  4. post-blackness
  5. post-block
  6. post-bop
  7. post-box
  8. post-boxes
  9. post-Brexit
  10. post-build
  11. post-capitalism

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