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Vacuously bizarre dance music, jazz style (5)

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bebop

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'jazz style' is the definition.
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'vacuously bizarre dance' is the wordplay.
'vacuously' means to remove the middle letters.
'dance' becomes 'bop' (bopping is a kind of dancing).
'bizarre' with its middle removed is 'be'.
'be'+'bop'='BEBOP'

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(Other definitions for bebop that I've seen before include "Monk composed this" , "Type of jazz" , "Syncopated 1940s' jazz" , "1940s' form of modern jazz" , "Jazzy music style" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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