The official site of the Jazz Journalists Association has copies of some jazz writing and an interactive section. (
http://www.jazzhouse.org/library/index.php3?sel=Player+Profiles
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Art Blakey was one of the most effective mentors jazz tradition ever had. His powerful expression and deep-rooted musicianship caused him to train future bandleaders and soloists well. (
http://www.artblakey.com/
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http://www.bennygolson.com/artist%27s-profile.htm
http://www.bennygolson.com/artist%27s-profile.htm
For the official Web site of one of the artists of this era whose long career includes a role in a modern movie, "The Terminal" with Tom Hanks. For an interview with Golson see: http://www.melmartin.com/html_pages/Interviews/golson.html (
Art Blakey was one of the most effective mentors jazz tradition ever had. His powerful ex...
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Tadd Dameron's songs have remained in the repertoire of many through the years. For a review of a contemporary jazz singer's tribute to Dameron, read http://www.vanessarubin.com/Dameron%20Reviews.htm (
http://ddfa.org/taddamrn.html
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The official Web site is in construction at the moment (http://www.horacesilver.com/) but information can be found on this important composer and pianist at the PBS site. This Web site is of his legendary record label, with its own interesting history: http://www.bluenote.com/artistpage.asp?ArtistID=3364&tab=1 (
http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_silver_horace.htm
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Learn about more than the seminal hard bop musicians Max Roach at this site devoted to drummers. For more photos and links see: http://www.thejazzfiles.com/JazzRoach.html (
http://www.angelfire.com/mac/keepitlive/drummers/roach.htm
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One of the NEA Masters Award recipients, Freddie Hubbard's brief biography here has links to others of his era. This page includes notations of solos. http://www.shout.net/~jmh/hubbard/ (
http://members.tripod.com/~hardbop/hubbard.html
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From the same site is a page on the late Lee Morgan, a contemporary of Hubbard. The line of trumpet players from and after this era attributed their inspiration often to this player: http://csis.pace.edu/~varden/navarro/navarro.html (
http://members.tripod.com/~hardbop/mogie.html
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The tragedy of Clifford Brown's early death can still be felt. His warmth and dedication can be heard in the few recordings we have. (
http://www.thejazzfiles.com/JazzBrown.html
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The tragedy of Clifford Brown's early death can still be felt. His warmth and dedication can be heard in the few recordings we have. (
http://www.brownradio.com/cbjf.htm
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The tragedy of Clifford Brown's early death can still be felt. His warmth and dedication can be heard in the few recordings we have. (
http://www.cliffordbrown.net/
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The tragedy of Clifford Brown's early death can still be felt. His warmth and dedication can be heard in the few recordings we have. (
http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_brown_clifford.htm
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This site is like a dictionary of hard bop music, with profiles, discography and more. A sample from this site covers the soulful horn player, Cannonball Adderley http://members.tripod.com/~hardbop/cannon.html (
http://members.tripod.com/~hardbop/musicians.html
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The ongoing discussion, or argument, with regard to race relations in music can be viewed on the sample page. (
http://www.honkytonks.org/showpages/blackandwhite.htm
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The ongoing discussion, or argument, with regard to race relations in music can be viewed on the sample page. (
http://www.bluesworld.com/WHITEBLUES.html
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The ongoing discussion, or argument, with regard to race relations in music can be viewed on the sample page. (
http://www.leftcurve.org/LC22WebPages/wiggers.html
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