By the late 1940s, most of the marquee big bands fronted by Swing Era bandleaders included bebop arrangements in their songbooks. Bebop's popularity at the end of the decade owed a great deal to the increased influence of jazz disc jockeys, concert promoters and writers who championed the new music. Developed mid-decade by African-American musicians suc…
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