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Hard Bop
- Genre family
- Jazz
- 1990s recordings
- 4
ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
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 Hank Mobley, Benny Golson and Dexter Gordon.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreJazz
Current genreHard Bop
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
4 recordings1990s starting recordings
KEY ARTISTS
1990s artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
1990s albums
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