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Hard bop
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Subgenre of jazz music
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Hard bop is a subgenre of jazz that is an extension of bebop (or "bop") music. Journalists and record companies began using the term in the mid-1950s to describe a new current within jazz that incorporated influences from rhythm and blues, gospel music, and blues, especially in saxophone and piano playing.

Instance of
Music genre
musical scene
Subclass of
Bebop
Country of origin
United States
References
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