Recorded in two sessions in 1956 and released the following year on Savoy, Hank Mobley’s Jazz Message #2 stands as one of ...

It was a delight to read, in Tuesday’s New York Sun, of the existence of “Star Trek: New Voyages,” the production of a group of Enterpise-ing writers, actors, and producers who are taking it upon ...

Lou Donaldson, the alto saxophonist best known for as a “leading voice” of “hard bop,” has died on Saturday (Nov. 9) at age 98 in Daytona Beach, Florida. His death was confirmed by his family in a ...

Celebrated jazz trombonist, composer, and integral player in the development of the hard-bop movement of the 1950s and 60s, Curtis DuBois Fuller, died in Detroit on May 8 at the age of 88. Born in ...

“Bop” has gained prominence over the past decade or so as short-hand for song that a) makes one want to shake their body right or b) possesses the quality of “good.” Some examples of bops: Taylor ...

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Hard Bop Messengers bring their hit show "Jazz Interpretations of the Grateful Dead" back to Blue Strawberry after its sold-out debut. Hard Bop Messengers bring their hit show "Jazz Interpretations of ...

It's great to hear an album of intense hard bop coming out of Meanjin's JMI stable of recruits. This scene has been brewing for a long time now, but recordings have been scarce - here's hoping for ...

Bebop -- Hard bop begins -- A new mainstream -- The scene -- The lyricists -- Tenors and organs -- The power of badness -- Hard bop heterodoxy : Monk, Mingus, Miles, and Trane -- Changes -- The last ...