hard bop is a form of jazz music that was developed in the mid-1950s to describe jazz music that was influenced by rhythm and blues, gospel music and blues.

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hard bop can be identified by its simple call and response melodic lines and midtempo meters. the purpose of the jazz subgenre is to uplift the listener.

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a famous band that used the hard bop style of jazz in their music was The Jazztet. The Jazztet was a jazz sextet and consisted of a saxophone, a tenor sax, a trombone and a piano-bass-drums rhythm section. the group lasted until 1962.