[Ads-l] Antedating of "Bebop" (Musical Genre)

[Shapiro, Fred]

bebop (OED, musical genre, 1946)

1945 Milwaukee Journal 25 June 4-L/4 (GenealogyBank)

OPENING TONIGHT ... Featuring Eddie Alderson's Be-Bop Band.

NOTE: I have previously found citations for "bebop" or "be-bop," but those citations did not refer to the musical genre.

Fred Shapiro

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