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Hard Bop

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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 Bill Evans, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers and Duke Pearson.

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main styleArt Blakey & The Jazz MessengersHard Bop and Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers share an artist-to-genre connection.
main styleBill EvansHard Bop and Bill Evans share an artist-to-genre connection.
main styleDuke PearsonHard Bop and Duke Pearson share an artist-to-genre connection.
belongs toJazzHard Bop is a subgenre of Jazz.
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