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Hard Bop : Jazz and Black Music 1955-1965

It's nineteen fifty-something, in a dark, cramped, smoke-filled room. Everyone's wearing black. And on-stage a tenor is blowing his heart out, a searching, jagged saxophone journey played out against a moody, walking bass and the swish of a drummer's brushes. To a great many listeners--from African American aficionados of the period to a whole new group of fans today--this is the very embodiment of jazz. It is also quintessential hard bop. In this, the first thorough study of the subject, jazz expert and enthusiast David H. Rosenthal vividly examines the roots, traditions, explorations and per
eBook, English, 1993
Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford, 1993
Criticism, interpretation, etc
1 online resource (223 pages)
9780195358995, 9781280760389, 0195358996, 1280760389
437115944
Contents; Introduction; 1. Bebop; 2. Hard Bop Begins; 3. A New Mainstream; 4. The Scene; 5. The Lyricists; 6. Tenors and Organs; 7. The Power of Badness; 8. Hard Bop Heterodoxy: Monk, Mingus, Miles, and Trane; 9. Changes; 10. The Last of Hard Bop; Notes; Selected Hard Bop Discography; Index