Bebop vocabulary is an essential part of jazz improvisation today.
All the greatest bebop players knew how to used diminished chord language, especially over dominant seventh chords.
Here is an example of bebop language over a 2-5-1 progression.
Watch out for that diminished line in the second measure!
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