After the dissolution of the original Jazz Messengers, Art Blakey formed a new edition with Jackie McLean, Bill Hardman, Sam Dockery and Spanky De Brest. It's fitting that their first album would carry the title Hard Bop because that is what they and every subsequent line-up of the Jazz Messengers came to typify.
Beyond Blakey's always magnificent and contoured drumming, this quintet's strongest asset was the beautiful, tart blend of Jackie McLean's alto sax and Bill Hardman's trumpet. They phrased together with a forward thrust and their brash, peppery tones created a distinctive front-line sound.
Repertoire was always an important factor in the Jazz Messengers' sound, and this hard-swinging session of December 12 & 13, 1956 mixed excellent originals by McLean and Hardman with jazz tunes by Mal Waldron and Gigi Gryce, two standards and a Gershwin medley. The material was more than enough for one album so five tunes were selected for Hard Bop, another three comprised side two of Blakey's Drum Suite and Gershwin medley sat in the can until 1980.
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Tras la disolución de los Jazz Messengers originales, Art Blakey formó una nueva edición con Jackie McLean, Bill Hardman, Sam Dockery y Spanky De Brest. Es lógico que su primer álbum llevara el título de Hard Bop, porque eso es lo que ellos y todas las formaciones posteriores de los Jazz Messengers llegaron a tipificar.
Más allá de la siempre magnífica y contorneada batería de Blakey, el punto fuerte de este quinteto era la hermosa y agria mezcla del saxo alto de Jackie McLean y la trompeta de Bill Hardman. Fraseaban juntos con empuje y sus tonos descarados y picantes creaban un sonido distintivo de primera línea.
El repertorio siempre fue un factor importante en el sonido de los Jazz Messengers, y en esta sesión del 12 y 13 de diciembre de 1956 se mezclaron excelentes originales de McLean y Hardman con temas de jazz de Mal Waldron y Gigi Gryce, dos estándares y un popurrí de Gershwin. El material era más que suficiente para un álbum, así que se seleccionaron cinco temas para Hard Bop, otros tres formaron la segunda cara de Blakey's Drum Suite y el popurrí de Gershwin se quedó en la lata hasta 1980.
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01. Cranky Spanky
02. Stella By Starlight
03. My Heart Stood Still
04. Little Melonae
05. Stanley's Stiff Chickens
06. Nica's Tempo *
07. Dee's Dilemma *
08. Just For Marty *
09. Gershwin Medley1 *
a Rhapsody In Blue
b Summertime
c Someone To Watch Over Me
d The Man I Love
* bonus track, not part of original album
Recorded December 12 & 13, 1956 at Columbia 30th Street Studios, New York City
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