Heather Cox Richardson and 250 to 250: Advent of Bebop, Narrated by Rick Perlstein
Rick Perlstein is an American historian, journalist, and author known for his in-depth chronicles of post-World War II conservatism. Perlstein explores the birth of bebop, the revolutionary jazz style forged by Black musicians in the 1940s that transformed the music into sophisticated high art.
Before World War II, jazz bands often played music for people to dance.
- In New York, a new tax made dancing in clubs more expensive.
- Some clubs began to offer jazz for people to sit and listen to.
- Black jazz musicians began to develop a new kind of jazz.
- They built on the work of famous musicians such as Louis Armstrong.
- Musicians played fast and difficult music with new rhythms.
- They also created music as they played. This is called improvisation.
- This new style became known as bebop.
- The recording strike ended in 1944.
- After the strike, more Americans heard the new bebop sound.
- Bebop helped make jazz an important form of modern American art.
POP Interview and Civics Quiz:
- N-400 Have you EVER advocated (supported and promoted) any of the following, or been a member of, involved in, or in any way associated with any group anywhere in the world that advocated opposition to all organized government?
- USCIS 100:78. / 128:100. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.
- USCIS 100:80 / 128.105. Who was president during the Great Depression and World War II?
Family Fun
- Big On Bebop: Bebop Bio's Under 5 Minutes playlist
- Carnegie Hall: Timeline of African American Music: Bebop
- NMAAHC: Musical Crossroads
- NPR: How Taxes And Moving Changed The Sound Of Jazz
- PBS Learning Lab: Jazz Diplomacy during the Cold War
- The National Jazz Museum in Harlem: The Birth of BeBop (1939-1945)
- VOANews: 'Jazz Ambassadors' Tells Story of American Diplomacy Through Music
- uscitizenpod: Jazz, 2011 USPS Stamp coloring page
- WRTI: Did the Cabaret Tax Kill Big Bands?
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