boppish

English

Etymology

From bop +‎ -ish.

Adjective

boppish (comparative more boppish, superlative most boppish)

1. (jazz) In the bop style
   • 1990, John Chilton, The Song of the Hawk‎^[1], →ISBN, page 226:

     The strategy of using two standard tunes and two boppish originals on the first session (23 February 1945) set the pattern for subsequent dates.

   • 2004, Todd S. Jenkins, Free Jazz and Free Improvisation: An Encyclopedia, page 234:

     With the exception of the leader's boppish title tune, the album is filled with anarchistic jazz reduxes of Nichols, Ellington, Kurt Weill, and Cole Porter.

Derived terms

• boppishly
• boppishness