The dissertation clarifies the role of the bebop style in the historical development of US jazz music culture. The study analyzes and reveals the state of scientific development of the problem, provides the analysis of the source base of the study, as well as clarifies the content of key terms and concepts that were involved in the research of the problem. It is stated that the bebop style, which plays a significant role in the development of jazz music, has not been researched andfully described in terms of a particular concept or theory.
It is pointed out that the list of preconditions for the emergence of musical style, which became a catalyst for strategic change in jazz music culture, should include features of the process of social and ethnic self-determination of African Americans in the 1940s. The characteristics of the process of ethnic self-determination of African Americans, which was complex due to the peculiarities of the relationship between civicand ethnic identity of the African American individual. The absence of signs of mass culture in the primary characteristics of jazz music was revealed and it was noted that this aspect played a leading role at the beginning of the evolutionary changes that took place within the bebop music style.
The connection between the leading features of the musical language of the bebop style and its socio-cultural characteristics has been revealed. Elements that have become a fundamental component of the process of transition of jazz music culture from the period of traditional jazz to the era of Modern Jazz are specified. The characteristic features of the musical language of the bebop style, which are common with the elements of musical speech of the traditional jazz era, are outlined. It is stated that, based on the general principles of development of any phenomenon, the bebop music style period should be characterized as a revolutionary one in the evolutionary development of jazz music. It is stated that within the framework of this musical style there was a transformation of the traditions of stage behavior and stage image.
The dominant factor of improvisation within the specified musical style is pointed out, which significantly influenced the formation of a set of means of musical expression of the bebop style. It is noted that the aspect of improvisation has led to a decrease in the leading role of thematic melodic material, which is also reflected in the traditions of improvisation of the era of modern jazz. This aspect is mostly reflected in the traditions of free jazz, where the theme of a jazz work becomes only an emotional occasion for improvisation, but not a semantic grain any longer. It has been noted that the aspect of freedom that was introduced into improvisation by bebop musicians is also a reflection of the racial issue that has permanently accompanied the African-American community in the United States.
The performance style of the leading figures of the bebop musical style, namely C. Parker, D. Gillespie and T. Monk, is analyzed. Information about their creative achievements is provided.The analysis of their psychological features, their temperament in particular and its characteristics in terms of interaction with the characteristics of the musical language of these performers was done. According to the results of the study, it was establishedthat these musicians represent a triad formed on the basis of their temperaments: introvert, ambivert, extravert. It is stated that in the framework of the work of these jazz performers there was a full cycle of formation of a new style, which formed the basis for the stylistic complex of the modern jazz era.
The theoretical significance of the dissertation is that the musical style of bebop is presented as a complex socio-cultural phenomenon, which provides an opportunity to characterize its different aspects,which, in turn, opens wide prospects for further study of this phenomenon of the twentieth century music culture. The novelty of the study is that for the first time in Ukrainian art history an attempt was made to comprehend the transformational processes that took place in the jazz music of the twentieth century, which, in turn, influenced the formation of the next era of modern jazz, which continues today.
Keywords: the bebop music style, evolution, traditional jazz, era of modern jazz, C. Parker, D. Gillespie, T. Monk, performing style.
