C'est le be-bop
Context
Song written in 1949 by Boris Vian, who wrote the lyrics and intended it for pianist Jack Diéval. It rides the bebop wave that Vian helped launch in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, notably at the Club Saint-Germain after Dizzy Gillespie's Paris concert in February 1948. Henri Salvador recorded it, a meeting that was the start of a long collaboration between the two men.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese. Among the origins and influences of Bebop: Kansas City, Swing, big bands.