Hard Bop

Album by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Hard Bop is a studio album by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, released in 1956. The music draws on the hard bop style with blues and gospel influences, led by driving drumming, punchy horn lines and small-group improvisation, and it is an early example of the group's development within that style.

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  1. 1.
    Cranky Spanky
    4:50
  2. 2.
    Stella by Starlight
    8:58
  3. 3.
    My Heart Stood Still
    5:42
  4. 4.
    Little Melonae
    8:25
  5. 5.
    Stanley's Stiff Chickens
    9:40

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