(1) Chet's was an economical, West Coast jazz style, unlike the hard bop of the East Coast which was much harder, faster and higher.

(2) Bargain hunters were able to shop and bop until they dropped as the sweet sound of a 100-voice choir singing a cappella filled The Lowry Designer Outlet at Salford Quays.

(3) Instead he held out his fist, letting his friend bop his fist onto it.

(4) Throughout, Metheny's guitar (often fitted with a strangely saxophone-like sound) battles it out with Ornette's alto in an edgy exchange of riffs, tumbling bop phrases and squeals.

(5) Intially I assumed that it was deliberately harmful, but the more I think about it, perhaps it's intended more as the bop on the head from your zen master.

(6) This collection dates from 1958, a period when hard bop & soul jazz were dominant in the contemporary jazz arena, and the roots of such music (the blues and gospel) are evident here.

(7) But his self-appointed mission to restore to jazz a cultural-political clout it had in the first bop era and in the free-jazz of the 1960s makes him something considerably bigger.

(8) His tone tended to be hard and harsh and lacked the varied coloration of the bop innovator Charlie Parker.

(9) While Mazurek's early recordings showcased his ability as a player of straight bop inflected jazz, since then his concern seems to have been to strip away the extraneous.

(10) As the Vandermark reference suggests, what makes this band a joy to listen to is that they are part of that fraction of the jazz world that is not afraid to combine the energies unleashed by both bop and free jazz in a joyous mix.

(11) I warned him I'd bop him on the nose if he tried it

(12) But even when Chenaux is plucking out his excellent tension, the rest of the band generally keeps it cool and hip on the bop tip.

(13) The chameleonic Ribot shines in this setting with his unsurprisingly individual take on the bop guitar tradition.

(14) His newest project, Ronnie Artur and his Orkestrio, is a faux bop , finger-snapping version of white jazz cool and spoken word collaboration.

(15) Everyone, including the characters, are better served by the hard bop than this bluesy, shapeless jazz, with its rare but painful false notes.

(16) Nightlife is good, whether you're looking for a drink or a bop in the disco

(17) Suddenly, Dey leapt upon his younger brother and gave him a bop on the head.

(18) Ninesense was lead by sax player Dean, whose long association with Soft Machine paralleled a solo career that mixed post bop , free jazz and rock influences.

(19) More importantly, there are some great energetic tunes here that you can bop around to.

(20) Whenever I tried to take food between meals when I was a boy, I was scolded and got a bop on the head.

(21) These harmonies, however, fit into the jazz idiom just as bop made its way into the mainstream, enriching both.

(22) Was someone going to bop me on the head to take my change?

(23) Some of them would cry and bop the others over the head.

(24) An awesome bandleader, Eckstine first fronted a bop big band with musicians who established the vocabulary of modern jazz.

(25) Audience members can't avoid the urge to dance after watching the band bop around on stage, in time to the good ol' cow tunes.

(26) Their brand of pop rock with balls can still make you jump up and down and bop along.

(27) It's got a bop feel in the walking bass and the vibe hits, but the three singers find a whole new way to construct post-rock eeriness.

(28) Originally of the hard bop school, Ayers embraced the strains of black music coming from the radio, incorporating more R&B smoothness and disco push into his jazz-based playing.

(29) Inside it's split over three levels and more hectic, with weekend clubbers cramming in to bop and bounce to everything from house to hip-hop.

(30) Dad used to say I would bop to the beat on all fours when I was a baby.