The introduction of bebop to the musical melting pot that was the jazz scene of the 1940s brought about a revolution in the way that genre of music presented itself to the public. A new school of young musicians turned the traditional form of jazz on its head and brought about a new way of presenting songs without words that would itself evolve into the vocalese of the likes of Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, Eddie Heywood and King Pleasure. The pioneer of this style – on record, at least, was Babs Gonzales who, with a few like-minded souls, created a vocal bebop where wordless singing gave voice to the kind of sounds that Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and others were creating instrumentally..............
1. OOP-POP-A-DA - Babs’ Three Bips And A Bop 2. STOMPIN’ AT THE SAVOY - Babs’ Three Bips And A Bop 3. LOP-POW - Babs’ Three Bips And A Bop 4. PAY DEM DUES - Babs’ Three Bips And A Bop 5. DOB-BLA-BLI - Babs’ Three Bips And A Bop 6. BABS’ DREAM - Babs’ Three Bips And A Bop 7. 1280 SPECIAL - Babs’ Three Bips And A Bop 8. EVERYTHING IS COOL - Babs’ Three Bips And A Bop 9. PHIPPS’ DEEP - Babs’ Three Bips And A Bop 10. ROY’S GROOVE - Babs’ Three Bips And A Bop 11. LOOP-PLU-E-DU - Six Bips And A Bop 12. HONEYSUCKLE BOP - Six Bips And A Bop 13. A LESSON ON BOPOLOGY - Six Bips And A Bop 14. A CHOICE TASTE - Six Bips And A Bop 15. PROFESSOR BOP - Babs Gonzales and his Orchestra 16. CAPITOLIZING - Babs Gonzales and his Orchestra 17. ST LOUIS BLUES - Babs Gonzales and his Orchestra 18. REAL CRAZY - Babs Gonzales and his Orchestra 19. THEN YOU’LL BE BOPPIN’ TOO - Babs Gonzales and his Orchestra 20. SUGAR RAY - Babs Gonzales and his International Jazz Men 21. COOL WHALIN’ - Babs Gonzales and his International Jazz Men 22. GET OUT THAT BED - Babs Gonzales 23. THE BOSS IS BACK (Ornithology) - Babs Gonzales 24. STILL WAILIN - Babs Gonzales 25. SHUCKIN’ AND JIVIN’ - Babs Gonzales 26. BE BOP SANTA CLAUS - Babs Gonzales 27. HOUSE RENT PARTY - Babs Gonzales 28. SHE’S JUST RIGHT FOR ME - Babs Gonzales
