hard bop 1
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Definition
a type of music resembling the blues that is related to, but more earthy and modal in approach than, straight bop.
Examples
- 1.Hard bop first developed in the mid-1950s, and is generally seen as originating with The Jazz Messengers, a quartet led by pianist Horace Silver and drummer Art Blakey.


