Musical Characteristics

-"Bebop" all grown up

-Harder Edge

-Faster Tempos

-More Complex

*Original Compositions*

Social Considerations

-Commerical Sucess with inclusion of funky style, while not abandoning bop

Key Artists:

1. John Coltrane

-Tenor Sax

-Played with Ellington, Gillespie, Monk and Davis

-Strong hard bop style, Later "Sheets of sound"

-"Giant Steps" (1959 Hard bop)

-Kicks Heroine

-Dedicates his music to god

-"A Love Supreme"

-Came up in Bop era

-Agressive, Explosive drummer

-Jazz Messangers

-Most Natably

1. Clifford Brown

2. Wayne Shorter

3. Wynton Marshalls

Key Artists

-Miles Davis in the 1960s

-Discontinues cool/modal style

-Favors hard bop style

-Quintet-"7 steps to heaven" (1963)