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Hard Bop
- Genre family
- Jazz
- Starting recordings
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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 Charles Mingus, John Coltrane and Bill Evans.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreJazz
Current genreHard Bop
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North America · Hard Bop
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01The Casbah1959 · Hard Bop · hard bopOpen in new tab 02Limehouse BluesHard Bop · hard bopOpen in new tab 03Jump Monk1956 · Hard Bop · jazzOpen in new tab 04Cousin Mary1960 · Hard BopOpen in new tab 05Giant Steps1960 · Hard BopOpen in new tab 06Count Down1960 · Hard BopOpen in new tab 07Breathe (2 AM)2005 · Hard Bop · hard bopOpen in new tab 08Angel2007 · Hard Bop · hard bopOpen in new tab 09The Joker2007 · Hard Bop · hard bopOpen in new tab 10Portrait of Ravi1959 · Hard Bop · hard bopOpen in new tab
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