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"Salt Peanuts" is a bebop tune composed by Dizzy Gillespie in 1942, also credited as "with the collaboration of" historical bebop drummer Kenny Clarke. It is unique in that it has a small sung part in which the singer sings "Salt peanuts, salt peanuts." Most bebop songs have no singing (aside from Scat singing.) It's by now considered a bop jazz standard by many. Perhaps one of the most famous recordings of this tune is the one on the album "Live at the Massey Hall, Toronto, 1953", where Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker play with one of their most successful line-ups, which included Max Roach on drums, Bud Powell on piano and Charles Mingus on bass. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Bebop is a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos and improvisation based on harmonic structure rather than melody. ... John Birks Dizzy Gillespie (October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was born in Cheraw, South Carolina. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kenny Clarke (born January 9, 1914 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania-died January 26, 1985 in Paris, France) was a jazz drummer and an early innovator of the bebop style of drumming. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Charles Bird Parker, Jr. ... Maxwell Lemuel Roach (January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007) was a bebop/hard bop percussionist, drummer, and composer. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Charles Mingus (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz bassist, composer, bandleader, and occasional pianist. ...

The "Salt Peanuts" motif predates Gillespie/Clarke by at least several months, as it appears as a six-note instrumental phrase played on piano by Count Basie on his July 2, 1941 recording of "Basie Boogie" for the Columbia/OKeh label. He repeated it in a recorded live performance at Cafe Society later that year.

Several musicians and bands around the world have been influenced by this specific tune and homonymous concert, among them, the Brazilian rock and roll band from São Paulo also named "Salt Peanuts". This article is about the city. ...