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Hard Bop events in New York City this weekend - Friday and Saturday nights. Updated daily.
Hard Bop Events This Weekend · New York City

Cyrus Chestnut

Sunceray Tabler, Josh Lawrence, Gosia Maj, Ben O’Neill, Jordan McBride

Frank Basile

Mark Whitfield

William Hill III

Jason Brown, Miki Yamanaka, Danton Boller, Greg Glassman

Benny Benack III, 馬場智章, Dan Nimmer Trio, Jocelyn Gould, Michael Dease, Yasushi Nakamura, Quincy Davis, Alicia Olatuja, Diego Rivera

Josh Evans

George Garzone, Ralph Lalama, Allen Farnham, Chuck Zeuren, David Kingsnorth

Sarah Hanahan

Herbie Hancock

Joe Farnsworth, Ben Wolfe, William Hill III

David Hazeltine, Jaleel Shaw, Steve Davis, David Williams, Steve Nelson, Byron Landham

Cyrus Chestnut

The Carlos Abadie Quintet

Helio Alves, Peter Washington, Craig Handy, Duduka Da Fonseca, Maucha Adnet, Guilherme Monteiro

Sam Dillon

Philip Harper

Dave Stryker Quartet

Steve Davis

Eric Alexander Quartet

Grant Stewart

Steve Davis

Helio Alves, Peter Washington, Craig Handy, Duduka Da Fonseca, Maucha Adnet, Guilherme Monteiro
Sound profile
A high-energy, organic sound.
Hard bop emerged in the mid-1950s as an extension of bebop that integrated deep influences from blues, gospel, and rhythm and blues. This genre typically utilizes a quintet instrumentation comprising saxophone, trumpet, piano, double bass, and drums to deliver a soulful and earthy sound. Characterized by its driving rhythms, emphasized backbeats, and moderate to fast tempos, hard bop provides a more accessible and emotionally resonant alternative to the intellectualism of cool jazz. It maintains a strong semantic connection to soul jazz and post-bop, representing a pivotal era where technical virtuosity met the heavy, melodic grooves of African American vernacular music.
Also known as: Hardbop
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