Hard Bop (album)

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Hard Bop
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ReleasedOctober 1957 [1]
RecordedDecember 12–13, 1956
Studio Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City
Genre Jazz
Label Columbia
CL 1040
Producer Alan Douglas
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Hard Bop
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Drum Suite
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Hard Bop is an album by drummer Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers recorded in 1956 and originally released on the Columbia label. [2] [3] It was performed by the Jazz Messengers and recorded in CBS Street Studio.

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Reception

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Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars calling it "an excellent hard bop set". [4]

Track listing

  1. "Cranky Spanky" (Bill Hardman) - 4:45
  2. "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 8:50
  3. "My Heart Stood Still" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 5:33
  4. "Little Melonae" (Jackie McLean) - 8:20
  5. "Stanley's Stiff Chicken" (Hardman, McLean) - 9:25

Personnel

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References

  1. "Billboard". October 28, 1957.
  2. Art Blakey discography accessed June 4, 2013
  3. Art Blakey chronology accessed June 4, 2013
  4. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed June 4, 2013
  5. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  26. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.