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Hard Bop
- Genre family
- Jazz
- 1980s 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 Freddie Hubbard.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreJazz
Current genreHard Bop
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
1 recordings1980s starting recordings
KEY ARTISTS
1980s artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
1980s albums
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