In this essay, I intend to distinguish the most important features of Swing and Bebop, how they developed and in so doing, ascertain how the two styles differed. Subsequently, I hope to understand why Bebop was not as successful an approach as the popularity of Swing despite their relationship. The swing era began during the late 1920's and dominated until well into the 1940's. The music was quite different to earlier jazz in many ways …showed first 75 words of 1478 total…

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