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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
David Rosenthal |
ISBN: | 9780195358995 0195358996 1280760389 9781280760389 |
OCLC Number: | 437115944 |
Description: | 1 online resource (223 pages) |
Contents: | 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. |
Abstract:
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.
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