Cookin': Hard Bop and Soul Jazz 1954-65: Hard Bop and Soul Jazz 1954-65

Following on from Giant Steps , comes the second instalment in Kenny Mathieson's series of jazz histories.
Cookin' examines the birth and development of two of the key jazz styles of the post-war era, hard bop and its related offshoot, soul jazz. Hard bop was the most exciting jazz style of its day, and remains at the core of the modern jazz mainstream even now. It drew on the twin poles of bebop and the blues for its foundation, spiced up with gospel, Latin and rhythm and blues influences.
The book looks at the founding fathers of the form, Art Blakey and Horace Silver, and goes on to trace the music through its peak decade.
This reissue includes an additional chapter devoted to Jackie McLean.

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Cookin': Hard Bop and Soul Jazz 1954-65: Hard Bop and Soul Jazz 1954-65

Following on from Giant Steps , comes the second instalment in Kenny Mathieson's series of jazz histories.
Cookin' examines the birth and development of two of the key jazz styles of the post-war era, hard bop and its related offshoot, soul jazz. Hard bop was the most exciting jazz style of its day, and remains at the core of the modern jazz mainstream even now. It drew on the twin poles of bebop and the blues for its foundation, spiced up with gospel, Latin and rhythm and blues influences.
The book looks at the founding fathers of the form, Art Blakey and Horace Silver, and goes on to trace the music through its peak decade.
This reissue includes an additional chapter devoted to Jackie McLean.

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Cookin': Hard Bop and Soul Jazz 1954-65: Hard Bop and Soul Jazz 1954-65

Cookin': Hard Bop and Soul Jazz 1954-65: Hard Bop and Soul Jazz 1954-65

by Kenny Mathieson
Cookin': Hard Bop and Soul Jazz 1954-65: Hard Bop and Soul Jazz 1954-65

Cookin': Hard Bop and Soul Jazz 1954-65: Hard Bop and Soul Jazz 1954-65

by Kenny Mathieson

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Overview

Following on from Giant Steps , comes the second instalment in Kenny Mathieson's series of jazz histories.
Cookin' examines the birth and development of two of the key jazz styles of the post-war era, hard bop and its related offshoot, soul jazz. Hard bop was the most exciting jazz style of its day, and remains at the core of the modern jazz mainstream even now. It drew on the twin poles of bebop and the blues for its foundation, spiced up with gospel, Latin and rhythm and blues influences.
The book looks at the founding fathers of the form, Art Blakey and Horace Silver, and goes on to trace the music through its peak decade.
This reissue includes an additional chapter devoted to Jackie McLean.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780857866202
Publisher: Canongate Books
Publication date: 03/01/2012
Edition description: Main
Pages: 416
Sales rank: 588,533
Product dimensions: 5.30(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Kenny Mathieson is the author of Giant Steps: Bebop and the Creators of Modern Jazz 1945-1965 and Cookin': Hard Bop and Soul Jazz 1954-65. He was born near Glasgow, and now lives in the Highlands of Scotland. He studied American and English literature at the University of East Anglia, graduating with a PhD in 1983. He has been a freelance writer since 1982, and writes on jazz, classical and folk music for several publications, as well as contributing to numerous reference books.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii

Author's Note-2012 ix

The Hardening of Bebop 1

Art Blakely and The Jazz Messengers 11

Horace Silver 33

Jimmy Smith 53

Dexter Gordon / Wardell Gray 69

J.J. Johnson 89

Modern Jazz Quartet 107

Cannonball Adderley / Nat Adderley 127

Lee Morgan / Hank Mobley 143

Wes Montgomery 164

Kenny Dorham / Howard McGhee 181

Donald Byrd / Blue Mitchell / Booker Little 201

Sonny Stitt / Johnny Griffin 223

James Moody / Serge Chaloff / Jimmy Heath 241

Lou Donaldson / Stanley Turpentine 257

Booker Ervin / Tina Brooks / Gigi Gryce 273

Sonny Clark / Elmo Hope / Wynton Kelly 297

Kenny Burrell / Grant Green 325

The Jazztet 341

Jackie McLean 357

Selected Further Reading 375

Index 379

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