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History of Jazz – Cool Jazz Era and Post Bebop


the cool era of jazz is best defined as
a counter-movement to the hot stylings
of the bebop era Miles Davis best
categorized the cool air of jazz with
two works one in 1949 got the birth of
the cool this is an album and another
album in 1959 at home kind of blue with
the onset of the 1960s came the genre of
hard bop or also known as post-bop
here’s a list of the essential post-bop
recordings number one giant steps John
Coltrane 1959 number two take the A
train Duke Ellington 1960 number three
live at the plug nickel Miles Davis 1965
and Nefertiti Miles Davis 1967
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