Monk's specialty (5)

I believe the answer is:

bebop

(Other definitions for bebop that I've seen before include "Monk composed this" , "Variety of jazz from the 1940s" , "Syncopated 1940s' jazz" , "Form of modern jazz from about 1940" , "1940s' form of modern jazz" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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