Hard bop (& Soul Jazz) Explained

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This Jazz Piano Tutorial is about Hard bop.
Hard-bop was the dominant genre as Jazz from the mid 1950’s to the mid 1960’s and is characterised by strong blues and gospel influence.
It arose due to some combination of the following reasons:
1. As a reaction to Cool Jazz
2. As a result of the rise of Rhythm n’ Blues in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s
3. To return bebop to melody
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[@jlucky30]

In every student's journey, the best thing that can happen to them is that they find a teacher that lays things out just perfectly (for them), that makes them wonder, "Why didn't everyone else explain it that way?" Thank you, sensei! I'll be studying all your videos.

[@WalkThatBass]

Thanks, mate. Hope you like them :)

[@dimitrikorsakov2570]

Love your improvisation on Moanin, unusual, which is the best thing a jazz solo can be

[@WalkThatBass]

Thanks, mate :)

[@PeterMenardonpremier]

I love these different genres of Jazz explained videos you do. You do a wonderful job of explaining the music. As a late arrival to the world of jazz, I found myself returning to the hard bop genre time and time again over the last 30 years. Thanks again for posting these.

[@NathanSotoGuitar]

I love how you going into detail in the history and actually demonstrate it

[@andreas196404]

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy is by Joe Zawinul the pianist of Cannonball Adderley's band.

[@lesterfalcon1350]

And Wurlitzer Electric Piano, instead on Hammond

[@saltyduck9435]

great jazz history lesson.....very interesting so thanks....I would love it if you did a pure Gospel Soul lesson for us all? I know it's not strictly Jazz but I'm sure we could all learn something from it?

[@WalkThatBass]

I'll have a think about it and see what I can do.

[@ParsevalMusic]

agree ... like to know the features of gospel

[@allanhenderson5262]

Nicely done informative video -- just like your entire series. What a labor of love.

[@WalkThatBass]

Thanks, Allan :)

[@buddbravo]

Incredible video and playing! Thank you for this.

[@BopWalk]

Excellent video. I love your videos. Thanks for putting this all out there.

[@WalkThatBass]

No worries, mate. My pleasure.

[@kkailath]

Fantastic lesson

[@Mabel20369]

Bravo! 👏👏👏 thank you very much for youy lesson! 👍👍

[@firarbarsdilber6249]

Perfect!

[@lialeona54LPSgirl]

Thank you I really needed this for my music presentation))

[@RocknRollkat]

Excellent presentation, thank you ! Bill P.

[@glockycashonly5287]

Great lesson ....nice playing!

[@annailyin431]

Thank you so much for your clear Lessons! Very nicely systemized and explained! And of course subscription and like!

[@Nikosi9]

One of the defining aspects of hard bop was the Shuffle rhythm. Many of the Messengers' tunes, as well as Horace Silver's and Jackie MacLean's had a strong shuffle and a heavy backbeat (beats 2&4))... This, I believe, added to its danceability.

[@sunghyocho0]

this is the best explanation on hard bop jazz I ever learned. You are the expert! Now I can see the difference between Bebop and Hard bop. Very much than you.

[@lsilvaj]

excellent explanation, a true lesson. Thank you very much.

[@WalkThatBass]

No worries. Thanks for the comment :)

[@RyoMasterSan]

Advert about Herbie Hanckock teaching class, just before the vidéo 😄

[@pjdahmen]

Awesome

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

cool stuff like it!!

[@joshuawoodfolk8202]

Very informative about the history

[@abtinenasserian6992]

Thank you

[@miltonafonso6686]

Very educational

[@FrazerGoodman]

hey thanks great

[@WalkThatBass]

No worries :)

[@9blucats]

Thanks

[@cofftps67yago94]

Nice

[@carlosfigueroa790]

Cheers!! from Central America. Guatemala City.

[@goodluckjoe4241]

My favorite form of jazz I belive with bebop but I like this more 🖤💚❤️🎷🎹🎼

[@antonmakhatilov8008]

Very interesting)

[@helenstrand2409]

How do you set up your camera for these tutorial recordings? Great videos by the way!

[@solarpoweredguy]

Hello ! Wouldn't you consider charles mingus to be a great contributor to hard bop as well ? According to what I've read and listened to, Mingus completely fit in that style while making it not as simple as you may present hard bop in your video. Some of his songs such a better git it in your soul were also composing genius and did not rely that much on improvisation. Would you say he is an exception in this genre in that sense ?

[@solarpoweredguy]

But also thank you for that video, it was a very nice and clear explanation

[@Symphonicrockfran]

What about Cool Jazz? You re the Master of Jazz. Thanks! Sometimes is a bit difficult to diferentiate each subgenre. Your videos are very helpful!!!

[@WalkThatBass]

No worries, Franco. Glad you think so. Cool Jazz video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYqwgY2np9KcmMU

[@Symphonicrockfran]

Tkanks Man! You're the best :)

[@Dayglodaydreams]

So in general a cadence is an ending, right? (whether its done with marching percussion or chords)

[@fadyboles2100]

I wish you can make some video about Smooth Jazz.

[@WalkThatBass]

Yep, it's on my list. I'll try get to it eventually.

[@groalerable]

can you make a cover of mercy mercy mercy

[@wolfcastle5026]

El hardbop vino después del bebop de charlie parker, agregándole acordes con varias voces, quintas alteradas, pregresiones más cool, etc.. El rey en ese estilo para mí es Wayne Shorter. El sonido de Shorter "es" el sonido del Hardbop. Es un estilo muy complejo y para mí uno de los estilos para componer más difíciles que hay. Tiene una mezcla de sonido cool con ideas melódicas que se definen en pocos compases, muy pegadizas pero armónicamente muy complejas. Tiene el karma de ser uno de los estilos menos comprendidos que existe y uno de los que menos exponentes conocidos tiene, aunque los pocos que hay valen oro (Charles Mingus, Shorter o incluso algunas cosas de Pat Martino).

[@wretchro100]

great tutorials, but......last genre of jazz of jazz that you could dance to? what about latin jazz/salsa or jazz funk like herbie's headhunters?....

[@0510962013]

how about modal character in hard bop? I don't want to have wrong opinion.

[@TC-zu3xc]

Hi, a question. Henry Mancini´s score music? Pink Panther, Peter Gunn, Fallout, Touch of evil. I love that compositions. Hardbop?

[@Nikosi9]

Those are more in the "Cool Jazz/West Coast" style...

[@AndromedaCripps]

This is great information! But I think your swing is a little jumpy...

[@JSW9174]

Does Mose Allison fit into this category?

[@WalkThatBass]

Probably Cool Jazz, but with a heavy blues influence

[@JSW9174]

@@WalkThatBass that makes sense actually. what about herbie hancock watermelon man?

[@sidneyrichard5319]

One thing seldom acknowledged is the role drugs play in music. When the supply of heroin into the US underwent a downturn in the early/mid fifties, people (including a lot of musos) went towards speed and cocaine. Just as house got harder and harder in the 90s as more and more ecstasy was cut with speed, so one of the most salient characteristics of truly "hard" bop was its speed and attack.

[@joshuapray]

It's seldom acknowledged because it's a myth. Hard bop isn't characterised by speed and attack at all. Bebop, earlier and pre-dating what you've termed the 'downturn' in heroin supply, was considerably more intense and much, much faster. Drugs are the amateur's way of understanding how intense people do great things. Examples: Hendrix had acid in his headband and that's 'why' he played the Star-Spangled Banner at Woodstock (myth). Kerouac was whacked on speed and that's 'how' he wrote _On the Road_ in only three weeks (also a myth).

[@fankitonkizonki]

wes montgomery as a soul jazz guitarist? come on man...

[@kyleholman7191]

So then, do you consider Jazz Funk a subgenre of Hardbop? Or when you say Soul Jazz would you use that classification interchangeably with the label Jazz Funk? Or how would you describe the difference between the two if you do make a distinction?

[@kyleholman7191]

Ok. Well I googled this, and what I came up with is that it is fairly common for soul jazz to have vocals in comparison, and jazz funk incorporating the use of analog synthesizers and effects that hadn't been invented yet when the subgenre of soul jazz was born. Any further insight from anyone about this would be appreciated as well.

[@meandillar69]

Billie's Bounce is bluesy AF

[@markrcca5329]

why is it called "hard" bop if it's EASIER :)

[@WalkThatBass]

Personally, I think they should have kept it alphabetical and called it C-bop

[@NotFine]

Cause it goes hard

[@blackandwhitejazz]

Dear Walk that bass, You say the difference between bebop and hard bop is dancing. So I searched youtube for hard bop dancing and got nothing, but I got lots for bebop dancing. Please explain.

[@WalkThatBass]

I'm afraid many people do not understand the difference between the different subgenres of jazz. For example, this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/opObeHpshJ2boqs is entitled 'Bebop Dancers...' but the music they are actually dancing to is swing music. Paragraph 2 of the wikipedia on Bebop (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bebop) starts: "Bebop developed as the younger generation of jazz musicians expanded the creative possibilities of jazz beyond the popular, dance-oriented swing style with a new "musician's music" that was not as danceable and demanded close listening." I'm sorry to tell you, there are many things on the internet that aren't factually accurate.

[@blackandwhitejazz]

Of course. But I still want to see just one example of what you would call hard-bop dancing. I have seen Thelonious. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jputiph5jrRgnqM Is that what you mean? Perhaps you could demonstrate it yourself!

[@mr.aces5219]

U could dance to swing never hear anyone dancing to bop or hard bop..

[@wasondln]

this is just you reading slides

[@LAOMUSICARTS]

WRONG! It has to do with the Civil Rights Movement!

[@saltyduck9435]

great jazz history lesson.....very interesting so thanks....I would love it if you did a pure Gospel Soul lesson for us all? I know it's not strictly Jazz but I'm sure we could all learn something from it?