hard bop

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Hard bop is a style of jazz that evolved from bebop in the 1950s, characterized by a stronger blues and gospel influence, soulful melodies, and driving rhythms.

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Label Occurrences
hard bop canonical 5
hard bop movement 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz subgenre
music genre
associatedLabel Blue Note Records
Prestige Records
Riverside Records
culturalOrigin 1950s
United States of America
surface form: United States
derivativeGenre post-bop
soul jazz
developedFrom bebop
hasCharacteristic complex improvisation
driving rhythms
emphasis on groove
gospel-influenced harmonies
small combo format
soulful melodies
strong blues influence
use of minor keys
use of modal harmony
influencedGenre contemporary jazz
modern jazz
neo-bop
notableArtist Art Blakey
Cannonball Adderley
Clifford Brown
Freddie Hubbard
Horace Silver
John Coltrane
Lee Morgan
Max Roach
Miles Davis
Sonny Rollins
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers
surface form: The Jazz Messengers
notableRecording Blue Train
surface form: Blue Train (John Coltrane album)

Hard Bop (Art Blakey album)
Moanin'
surface form: Moanin' (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers album)

Saxophone Colossus
surface form: Saxophone Colossus (Sonny Rollins album)

Song for My Father
surface form: Song for My Father (Horace Silver album)
peakPopularity 1960s
mid-1950s
stylisticOrigin bebop
blues
gospel music
rhythm and blues
typicalEnsemble double bass
drums
piano
sometimes guitar
tenor saxophone
trumpet

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Wayne Shorter genre hard bop
Horace Silver genre hard bop
Horace Silver movement hard bop
Sonny Rollins movement hard bop
this entity surface form: hard bop movement
Art Blakey movement hard bop