I was going through AllAboutJazz.com and found this article.
They Will Never Die by Bret Primack
This paragraph caught my eye
"Duke Ellington hated labels. He told Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie that the worst thing they could do was call their music Bebop. One of the most complex and intriguing musical forms ever created was saddled with a ridiculous moniker, which belittled its true nature"
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