[Ads-l] Antedating of "Bop" (Music)

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Excellent work, Fred and Peter. Here is a match in April 1946. The
writer may be uncertain about how to identify "bop" music.
Nevertheless, the citation indicates that the term "bop" was in
circulation.

Date: April 12, 1946
Newspaper: The Nashville Banner
Newspaper Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Article: Let The Record Speak: A Review of Current Recordings
Author: James Palmer Wade
Quote Page 30, Column 3
Database: Newspapers.com

https://www.newspapers.com/article/nashville-banner-bop/166872140/

[Begin excerpt]
I've got no closer to the new sort of music called "Bop" than Lionel
Hampton's cutting for Decca, unless I am allowed to count some of the
numberless recordings of Cab Calloway, who has surely sung the word
"Bop" at least a time or two.
[End excerpt]

Garson

On Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM mr_peter_morris at outlook.com
<mr_peter_morris at outlook.com> wrote:
>
> The Billboard, March 22 1947
> https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fEUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT76&dq=jazz+bop&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi6g_TWx-SLAxXfXEEAHS1iMxA4ChC7BXoECA8QBw#v=onepage&q=jazz%20bop&f=false
>
> Trumpet Man, name band experience, well schooled. Bop, jazz, and split
> lead ....
>
> =========================
>
> The Billboard, 2 August 1947
> https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xgwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT39&dq=jazz+bop&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQnZflw-SLAxUgU0EAHQ8TE-UQ6AF6BAgIEAM#v=onepage&q=jazz%20bop&f=false
>
> "both smacking very much of the bop"
> "one of the key bop boosters"
>

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