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Hard Bop
- Genre family
- Jazz
- 1950s recordings
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Meet Hard Bop
Hard Bop is a branch of the Jazz family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Hard Bop is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with Charles Mingus, Bill Evans and Hank Mobley.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreJazz
Current genreHard Bop
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1950s · North America · Hard Bop
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordings1950s starting recordings
01The Casbah1959 · Hard Bop · hard bopOpen in new tab 02Jump Monk1956 · Hard Bop · jazzOpen in new tab 03Portrait of Ravi1959 · Hard Bop · hard bopOpen in new tab 04Body and Soul1959 · Hard Bop · hard bopOpen in new tab 05If I'm Lucky1959 · Hard Bop · hard bopOpen in new tab 06The Explorer1959 · Hard Bop · hard bopOpen in new tab 07Friday Nite1955 · Hard Bop · jazzOpen in new tab 08Blues for Bohemia1955 · Hard Bop · jazzOpen in new tab 09Bag's Groove1957 · Hard Bop · hard bopOpen in new tab 10News1957 · Hard Bop · hard bopOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
1950s artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
1950s albums
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