The Birth Of Hard Bop

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Full performer name: Lee Morgan/Donald Byrd/Hank Mobley. Personnel: Lee Morgan, Donald Byrd (trumpet); Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone); John LaPorta (alto saxophone); Horace Silver, Hank Jones, Barry Harris, Ronnie Ball (piano); Doug Watkins, Wendell Marshall (bass); Kenny Clarke, Art Taylor (drums). Producer: Ozzie Cadena. Compilation producer: Orrin Keepnews. Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey between January 30 and November 7, 1956. Includes liner notes by Doug Ramsey & Orrin Keepnews. Digitally remastered by Paul Reid III (Denon Digital Industries, Madison, Georgia). Personnel: Lee Morgan (trumpet); John LaPorta (alto saxophone); Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone); Donald Byrd (trumpet); Hank Jones , Horace Silver, Ronnie Ball, Barry Harris (piano); Kenny Clarke, Art Taylor (drums). Liner Note Authors: Orrin Keepnews; Doug Ramsey. Recording information: Van Gelder Studio, Hacken, N.J (01/1956-11/1956). Photographers: Esmond Edwards; Cynthia Sesso; Ted Williams ; Paul J. Hoeffler; Bob Parent. The hard bop era is arguably the most significant of the different stages in the development of jazz, in that it showcased many of the artists that became the music's greatest legends. Three of these renowned artists are featured in this two-disc collection from Savoy, one of the era's great record labels. Trumpeters Lee Morgan and Donald Byrd and tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley all lead groups of various sizes throughout this extensive set that features sessions from 1956. Also appearing are other hard bop practitioners, notably pianist Horace Silver, one of the fathers of the style, and Kenny Clarke, one of the great drummers of any era. Despite the title, these sessions hardly mark the birth of hard bop, but the collection is an ample dose of the bluesy swing and hard-edged blowing that defined the genre from the mid '50s until the late '60s, when fusion started to become preeminent. Excellent examples of the style can be heard here in cuts such as Byrd's "The Jazz Message (Freedom for All)," Mobley's sizzling "Cattin'," and Morgan and Mobley's raucous "Hank's Shout."