milkandheavysugar:“By the late 30s, early 40s, the swing phenomenon had passed from popularity
milkandheavysugar:“By the late 30s, early 40s, the swing phenomenon had passed from popularity into commerce, and all of those groups began to sound the same. Identical. And so you get bebop, which emphasizes improvisation and African rhythms, and reemphasizes blues. You get guys like Charlie Parker, Theolonius Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, the people who made the kind of revolution in the 40s to revitalize the music by taking it away from commerical swing.” - Amiri Baraka -- source link