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The resulting picture, now known as Harlem 1958, became legendary for collecting some of the genre’s greatest talents, stretching from the swing era (Count Basie, Gene Krupa) to the peaks of bebop (Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie).
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David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026
The goal was to move beyond bebop to something cooler.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 26 May 2026
Though many pretend otherwise, the once revolutionary sounds of the free jazz movement have shifted into their own form of orthodoxy, just like swing, bebop, and everything that preceded it.
—Levi Dayan, Pitchfork, 11 May 2026
The list of notables the Showcase has presented over the years could fill a book — though the club’s North Star was always Segal’s beloved bebop.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
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David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026
The goal was to move beyond bebop to something cooler.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 26 May 2026
Though many pretend otherwise, the once revolutionary sounds of the free jazz movement have shifted into their own form of orthodoxy, just like swing, bebop, and everything that preceded it.
—Levi Dayan, Pitchfork, 11 May 2026
The list of notables the Showcase has presented over the years could fill a book — though the club’s North Star was always Segal’s beloved bebop.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
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“Bebop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bebop. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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