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Hard Bop: Jazz and Black Music, 1955-1965
David H. Rosenthal
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Description for Hard Bop: Jazz and Black Music, 1955-1965
Paperback. Devoted to the history of this jazz movement, the study combines a narrative of the evolution of hard bop - from its beginnings as an amalgam of bebop and rhythm and blues to its experimental breakthroughs in the 1960s - with close analyses of the musicians' styles and recordings. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; AVGJ; AVGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Hard bop was a brand of post bebop jazz that enveloped many of the most talented American musicians in the period between 1955 and 1956. These were years unrivalled in jazz history for the number of musically brilliant records issued - including Art Blakey's Ugetsu, Miles Davis's Kind of Blue, Thelonius Monk's Brilliant Corners, and Sonny Rollins's Saxophone Colossus. This is the first book devoted entirely to hard bop, combining a narrative of the movement's evolution, from its beginnings as an amalgam of bebop and R&B to its experimental breakthroughs in the 1960s. With close analyses of ... Read more
Hard bop was a brand of post bebop jazz that enveloped many of the most talented American musicians in the period between 1955 and 1956. These were years unrivalled in jazz history for the number of musically brilliant records issued - including Art Blakey's Ugetsu, Miles Davis's Kind of Blue, Thelonius Monk's Brilliant Corners, and Sonny Rollins's Saxophone Colossus. This is the first book devoted entirely to hard bop, combining a narrative of the movement's evolution, from its beginnings as an amalgam of bebop and R&B to its experimental breakthroughs in the 1960s. With close analyses of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
222
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
Weight
314g
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195085563
SKU
V9780195085563
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About David H. Rosenthal
David Rosenthal was a free-lance jazz critic, poet, and, journalist
Reviews for Hard Bop: Jazz and Black Music, 1955-1965
'very good overview of the genesis and development of that music which flourished from 1955 to 1965' Peter Hepple, Stage & Television Today