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Hard bop : jazz and black music, 1955-1965

Highlights an era of musical experimentation which expanded on the modern bebop movement, but also infused it with blues and gospel to produce a style that reflected life in the American ghettos. The book considers the work of Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, John Coltraine, Charlie Mingus and others
Print Book, English, 1992
Oxford University Press, New York, 1992