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What Is Hard Bop?
· Hard Bop was a- reaction to the anemic, cool jazz records that exploited the superficial
- elements of West Coast style. It brought back a harder, more aggressive, black
- elements that existed in black church music.
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Three words to describe Hard Bop
·Forceful, Soulful and Funky Soul - came out- of the gospel church environment
Funk - denoted- earthiness
Hard Bop - most- technically correct term. Described music that was forceful, soulful, funky,
- and coarse.
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What was the Standard insturmentation in Hardbop?
- Standard
- instrumentation was the quintet. Piano, Bass, Drums, Trumpet, and Tenor Sax
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Three
important bands in Hard bop
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Art Blakey
- Drums Horace Silver-Piano, later split and
- formed own group
- •Drummer and leader of the Jazz Messengers
- •Epitomized the loosening of jazz drumming styles.
- •Used loud intrusions as accompanimental figures.
- •“Moanin” – 1958
- •Example of Call and Response
- •Form is AABA
- •Bridge has no call and response
- •Blues March – 1958
- •Drum solo: is reminiscent of a marching band functions as an interlude between solos
- • Form is 12 bar blues
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List Kind of Blue Significance
· A set of inspired- improvisations by an all-star band.
· A significant- departure from traditional bop-derived styles.
· Introduced the- format of Modal Jazz
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miles davis' included a
famous rhythm section, List the people in it
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describe with Mile's David's band did
This band created a new jazz idiom. •Every album used new concepts. •They used tunes which did not have bridges, turnarounds, or - sections.
•Used these forms to encourage free-flowing sounds and - improvisations.
•Caused an “airy” feeling.
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Clifford Brown
· Worked with Sonny- Rollins (Sax) and Max Roach (Drums)
· Long fluid lines,- reminiscent of bebop.
· Died in auto- accident at age 25.
· Listen for the- melodic development in Sonny's playing.
· Listen for the- long lines in Clifford's playing.
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Cannonball Adderley
- •Successor to Charlie Parker as alto player.
- •Deep, rich tone, often mistaken for tenor
- sax.
- •Played with Miles on Kind of Blue.
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Chet Baker/Gerry Mulligan
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