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The bill is shared with the powerful contemporary hard-bop sound of pianist and composer Dave Stapleton's group, a band that adapts much of the heat and unruly energy of early jazz to the contemporary scene.
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There 's something about hard-bop that lends itself to the "supergroup" format, where every player is a headliner yet the ensemble itself is the biggest star of all.
Hard-Bop, Key Chops And Country Stomps Will friedwald 2010
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Whereas many tenor saxophonists in the 1960s followed John Coltrane's lead in combining religion with the avant garde, Jordan here expressed spirituality in a hard-bop vein.
Feeling Dizzy, Mulling Miles Will Friedwald 2011
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The gig is part of a weekend showcase for creative Scandinavian bands within the Edinburgh programme, also taking in folk-influenced pianist Jacob Karlzon (The Hub, Sat) and tenor sax hard-bop from Fredrik Kronkvist (Bosco Theatre, Sun).
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That difference was apparent earlier Friday evening at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's BAMcafé, where a diverse crowd gathered for a show by hard-bop group the New Cookers.
Kind of New Martin Johnson 2011
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Yet in person they seem much more like a regulation hard-bop band that happens to have electrified guitar ( Mike Stern ), bass (Will Lee) and keyboards ( George Whitty ).
Sounding the Horns, Recalling the Words Will Friedwald 2011
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That's a part of why I ultimately decided to share this stuff - had we emerged with just another hard-bop blowing type record, or tortured super-dense compositional record, I'd keep it to myself.
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That's a part of why I ultimately decided to share this stuff - had we emerged with just another hard-bop blowing type record, or tortured super-dense compositional record, I'd keep it to myself.
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His original songs helped make his albums some of the signature works of the hard-bop era, and in the 1970s tunes like "Red Clay" established Hubbard as a jazz star with a popular following.
Freddie, Jacky, Charlie and the Doc Will Friedwald 2011
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Harlem was ground zero for jazz from the time it spread beyond New Orleans, around WWI, to the height of the hard-bop era in the 1960s.
Follow the Sound Uptown Will Friedwald 2011
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