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Hard bop, an extension of bebop (or "bop") music that incorporates influences from rhythm and blues, gospel music, and blues, especially in the saxophone and piano playing, developed in the mid-1950s, partly in response to the vogue for cool jazz in the early 1950s. The hard bop style coalesced in 1953 and 1954, paralleling the rise of rhythm ...
Billboard number-one singles charts preceding the Billboard Hot 100 were updated weekly by Billboard magazine and the leading indicator of popular music for the American music industry since 1940 and until the Billboard Hot 100 chart was established in 1958.
Jazz music was revolutionized during the 1950s with the rise of bebop, hard bop, modal jazz, and cool jazz. Notable jazz artists of the time include Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, and Chet Baker. [9] The lush easy listening genre also enjoyed widespread popularity in the United States during the 1950s.
6 – Chelsea Quealey, American jazz trumpeter (died 1905). July. 6 – Fats Navarro, American jazz trumpet player (born 1923). 26 – Freddy Gardner, British saxophonist (born 1910). August. 1 – Alvin Burroughs, American swing jazz drummer (born 1911). September. 5 – Al Killian, American jazz trumpeter and occasional bandleader (born 1916).
"From This Moment On" is a 1950 popular song written by Cole Porter, which has since become a jazz standard.It was originally written for the 1950 musical Out of This World, but director George Abbott dropped it from the musical before its Broadway premiere, possibly due to lackluster singing by cast member William Eythe. [1]
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5 – The 5th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 5 – 7). [1]7 – Duke Ellington and his band performs at the Newport Jazz Festival. The album Ellington at Newport devises a landmark performance which is capped by an amazing tenor saxophone solo by Paul Gonsalves on "Diminuendo" and "Crescendo in Blue".