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Bebop Cookbook

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Formulaic Improvisation & Charlie Parker’s Ornithology Motives Whenever the term formulaic improvisation is mentioned with Bebop, I habitually try to close my eyes and visualize myself standing in front of the LEGO Imagination Centre in the Mall of America, suddenly an excited six-year-old again, overwhelmed by the limitlessness of what these tiny LEGO building blocks can construct.........(READ MORE) Charlie Parker’s Nickname & Bebop Licks Since we will be casually chatting...

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