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postbop

postbop noun: a form of small-group jazz music that emerged in the early 1960s, under the influence of artists such as Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock.

Noun

postbop (uncountable)

  1. (jazz) A form of small-group jazz music that emerged in the early 1960s, under the influence of artists such as Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock
    • The drummer Dafnis Prieto, leading a superbly calibrated sextet, chopped up the pulse of his native Cuba with clever feints while borrowing from postbop harmony.2009 January 12, Nate Chinen, “Acts Onstage (and on the Market) at Three Clubs”, in New York Times

Forms of postbop

alternative formpost-bop

Origin of postbop

From post- + bop.

Questions about postbop

What does postbop mean?
Postbop means a form of small-group jazz music that emerged in the early 1960s, under the influence of artists such as Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock.
What part of speech is postbop?
Postbop is a noun.

Words near postbop in the dictionary

  1. postblock
  2. postboom
  3. postboomer
  4. postboomers
  5. postboost
  6. postbop
  7. postbottleneck
  8. postbounce
  9. postbourgeois
  10. postbox
  11. postboxes

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