A video essay on Hard Bop that I made during my jazz degree.

Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
1:45 Cranky Spanky
3:45 Senor Blues
6:50 Moanin'
10:19 Conclusion

Clarification: The term 'Amen Cadence' as I described it existed before and doesn't necessarily originate from gospel music. The IV I cadence that the term 'Amen cadence' refers to however, is a notable harmonic of characteristic gospel music.

Music used:
Witchhunt Album of the Year (1981)
Performed by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Composed by Wayne Shorter

Soulful Mister Timmons Album of the Year (1981)
Performed by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Composed by James Williams

Cranky Spanky Hard Bop (1956)
Performed by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Composed by Bill Hardman

Senor Blues 6 Pieces of Silver (1957)
Performed by the Horace Silver Quintet
Composed by Horace Silver

Moanin' Moanin' (1959)
Performed by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Composed by Bobby Timmons

References
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Moanin' 1958. (2014). [video] Available at:    • Video   [Accessed 15 Oct. 2017].

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers [Live at the Festival Internazionale Del Jazz 1963]. (2012). [image] Available at:    • Video   [Accessed 15 Oct. 2017].

Blakey, A. (1957). Hard Bop. [Vinyl] New York: Columbia.
Blakey, A. (1959). Moanin'. [Vinyl] New York: Blue Note.
Blakey, A. (1981). Album of the Year. [Vinyl] Paris: Timeless.

Horace Silver Señor Blues (Horace Silver, Blue Mitchell & Junior Cook). (2009). [video] Available at:    • Horace Silver  Señor Blues (Horace S...   [Accessed 15 Oct. 2017].

Jazz 625 Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1965). (2014). [video] Available at:    • Video   [Accessed 15 Oct. 2017].

Silver, H. (1957). 6 Pieces of Silver. [Vinyl] New York: Blue Note.

The Estate of Art Blakey (2015). Pictures of Art Blakey. [image] Available at: http://artblakey.com/chuckstewart/ [Accessed 15 Oct. 2017].

Gridley, M. (2013). Jazz Styles: Pearson New International Edition. 11th ed. [ebook] Pearson, pp.227 255. Available at: https://www.amazon.com.au/d/ebook/Jaz... [Accessed 14 October 2017].

Tirro, F. (1993). Jazz: A History. 2nd ed. New York: Norton.

Schaffer, Dean (20100820). "Secrets of the Blue Note Vault: Michael Cuscuna on Monk, Blakey, and the One That Got Away". Collectors Weekly. Market Street Media LLC. Retrieved 20171015.

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