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

[Rich Lowenthal]

The Los Angeles Tribune of March 9, 1946, page 20, has an advertisement 
for the Orpheum, with Benny Carter & His Orchestra: 'Everything from 
"Mellow" to "Be-Bop" Music.'

(America's Historical Newspapers database)


------ Original Message ------
>From "ADSGarson O'Toole" <adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM>
To ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Date 2/28/2025 07:03:15
Subject Re: Antedating of "Bop" (Music)

>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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