Bebop

The New York Times offers a tasting menu, with five minutes of music that are meant to make you love bebop. It prompted me to make a menu of my own. It’s a tasting menu, so I’m omitting the detailed info I usually post with music:

From Charlie Parker, “Embraceable You” and “Ko-Ko.” A beautiful ballad and musical cubism.

From Dizzy Gillespie (and Charlie Parker), “Salt Peanuts.” Frenzy!

From Bud Powell, “Parisian Thoroughfare” and “Tea for Two.” Lyrical piano and a dash through chord changes.

From Thelonious Monk, “Brilliant Corners” and “Monk’s Mood.” The one zig-zagging and changing speed, the other lyrical and serene.

And from Dizzy Gillespie and a special guest, one mystery surprise.

[To keep to the five-minute premise, you must listen to only 37.5 seconds of each recording. But feel free to take more time.]