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☆ hard bop

a style of jazz, esp. in its development from about 1954 to 1967, that further refined bop while introducing more melodies and harmonies based on blues and gospel influences

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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