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11. Hard Bop, Funky,
Gospel Jazz
MUH 2116 Evolution of Jazz
Errol Rackipov
Characteristics Hard (more driving)
Bop (return to the elements of the bop style)
Funky (rollicking, rhythmic feeling)
Gospel Jazz (funky + elements of early Gospel
music)
Characteristics The Hard Bop style was more
improvisational and emotionally based
The Funky Hard Bop era was a return to
the Bop style (vitality)
The term funky was often used
interchangeably with soul during this period
Characteristics The term soul was connected to church
and speaks of the emotional content of the
music
The term funky had a more earthy
association
Funky Jazz Characteristics Used highly rhythmical melodies and less
complex harmonies
Happy sound, lacked tension and frustration
Bop elements which were generally simplified
Borrowed elements from African American
church music
Gospel Jazz
Gospel Jazz…
Originally called “soul jazz”
Extension of the funky style
Gospel jazz used more triadic harmonies
(like which is found in church hymns)
Rhythm and emotional intensity
Cool jazz and Hard bop
Cool Jazz European compositional techniques
Often called “West Coast jazz” - centered in California
Hard bop/Funky
Adopted the truly American, and oral idioms found in
gospel and blues
Centered in New York
Art Blakey
One of the inventors of the
modern bebop style of
drumming.
Formed a group called the
“Jazz Messengers”
Blakey’s name became
synonymous with hard drive
and pulsating excitement
Art Blakey
Art Blakey
Along with pianist Horace Silver formed a group called
the “Jazz Messengers”
Over more than 30 years his band the Jazz Messengers included
many young musicians who went on to become prominent names in
jazz.
Blakey's group is equivalent only to those of Miles Davis in
this regard.
His brand of bluesy, funky hard bop was, and remains,
profoundly influential on mainstream jazz.
Art Blakey – “Blues March”
Horace Silver
Pianist, composer
Known for his distinctive
humorous and funky playing
style and for his pioneering
contributions to hard bop.
His quintet served as a model for
small jazz groups during the
1950s – 1960s
Trained many young players
Excellent composer and arranger
Horace Silver at Newport 1959
Horace Silver
Sonny Rollins
Tenor saxophonist/composer
Also studied piano, and alto sax
Known for melodic style of
improvisation
Playing style shows the influence of
cool and bop
Has a quintet group/band
Sonny Rollins – “Tenor Madness”
Sonny Rollins
Charles Mingus
Bassist, pianist, composer, bandleader
Influenced by Ellington, Charlie
Parker, Thelonious Monk, Negro
gospel music, Mexican folk music
Had a strong approach to composition
and performance
Excellent bass soloist
A Short Biography
Live in Norway, 1964
Charlie Mingus
Bill Evans One of the most famous and influential American
jazz pianists of the 20th century
His use of impressionist harmony, his inventive interpretation of
traditional jazz repertoire, and his syncopated and polyrhythmic
melodic lines influenced a generation of pianists
His works continue to influence pianists, guitarists, composers,
and interpreters of jazz music around the world.
Moved to the head of the jazz community when
asked to join the Miles Davis group in “Kind of
Blue” album
Created a new sound for the piano that took the
traditional chords and reshaped them with his own
trademark “voicings”
During his lifetime, Evans was honored with seven
Grammy Awards and nominations.
In 1994, he was posthumously honored with the Grammy
Lifetime Achievement Award.
Watch and listen to the harmonic, and rhythmic
complexity of Bill Evans’ trio
Bill Evans Trio - Autumn Leaves
Bill Evans Trio - The Days of Wine and Roses
Bill Evans Trio - My romance 1972
Bill Evans