Read an extract from the introductory chapter of this book.

Cookin' examines the birth and development of two of the key jazz styles of the post-war era, hard bop and its related offshoot, soul jazz. Hard bop was the most exciting jazz style of its day, and remains in the core of the modern jazz mainstream even now. It drew on the twin poles of bebop and the blues for its foundation, spiced up with gospel, Latin and rhythm and blues influences.

This superb follow-up to Giant Steps looks at the founding fathers of the form, Art Blakey and Horace Silver, and goes on to trace the music through its peak decade.

CONTENTS:
Foreword
The Hardening of Bebop
Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
Horace Silver
Jimmy Smith
Dexter Gordon / Wardell Gray
J. J. Johnson
Modern Jazz Quartet
Cannonball Adderley / Nat Adderley
Lee Morgan / Hank Mobley
Wes Montgomery
Kenny Dorham / Howard McGhee
Donald Byrd / Blue Mitchell / Booker Little
Sonny Stitt / Johnny Griffin
James Moody / Serge Chaloff / Jimmy Heath
Lou Donaldson / Stanley Turrentine
Booker Ervin / Tina Brooks / Gigi Gryce
Sonny Clark / Elmo Hope / Wynton Kelly
Kenny Burrell / Grant Green
The Jazztet
Selected Further Reading
Index

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