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Hard Bop
- Genre family
- Jazz
- 1960s recordings
- 3
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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, John Coltrane and The Dave Brubeck Quartet.
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Parent genreJazz
Current genreHard Bop
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1960s · North America · Hard Bop
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
3 recordings1960s starting recordings
KEY ARTISTS
1960s artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
1960s albums
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