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Elaschuk / Ryga Quartet: Any Answers
Everything's terrifically loose, carefully maintained, and, often, swings with perfect ease. You'll be reminded of Ornette Coleman's early quartets. But you'll also hear traces of hard bop or, even, one of Johnny Hodges' small groups.
Recommended if you like
Charlie Parker,
Dave Douglas.
Along Came Betty: Apple Brown Betty
Original hard-bop jazz
Recommended if you like
Horace Silver.
Dave Robbins: At The Mark
Hard bop played by a sextet that features 6 of Canada's finest.
Recommended if you like
Art Blakey,
Miles Davis,
Roy Haynes.
The Steve Hall Quintet: Better Late
Hammond organ hard-bop jazz.
Recommended if you like
Charles Earland,
Jack McDuff,
Jimmy Smith.
Pat Coil Sextet: Bird House
A powerful jazz sextet featuring original, contemporary compositions encompassing driving hard bop, moving ballads and latin jazz so lively that you can't sit still.
Recommended if you like
Bud Powell,
Cannonball Adderley,
Miles Davis.
The Massey Trio: City of Ill, Vol. Two
The Massey Trio is an amalgamation of hard driving jazz rhythms and potent hip-hop lyrics.
Recommended if you like
A Tribe Called Quest,
Medeski Martin and Wood,
The Roots.
Daniel Barnes: Classic Beauties
Tuneful and swinging, adventurous or easy, these cool and hard bop originals are played by real Canadian Jazz "voices" and are recorded wonderfully.
Recommended if you like
Art Pepper,
Dizzy Gillespie,
Philly Joe Jones.
Zen Zadravec Quartet: Coming Of Age
This is Zen's first CD as a band leader, and it is an amazing effort with beautiful compositions and spirited improvisations. The music is hard hitting, swingin', and very creative.
Recommended if you like
Branford Marsalis,
Chick Corea,
Kenny Kirkland.
Dan St. Marseille: Contour
Straight-ahead hard bop/swing jazz quintet with an emphasis on melody. Cecilia Coleman-piano, Darek Oles-bass, Ron Stout-trumpet and Kendall Kay-drums
Recommended if you like
Coleman hawkins,
Stan getz.