From a review in the Guardian of Till: "Till-Mobley died in 2003, never having found justice, although last March, President Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act into law, making lynching

Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Wynton Kelly (piano), Paul Chambers (bass) and Art Blakey (drums). From the album Soul Station (1960). The very name “hard bop” indicates that the musicians of this new language

Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Wynton Kelly (piano), Paul Chambers (bass) and Art Blakey (drums). From the album Soul Station (1960). Especially important were two songs recorded by Horace Silver: “The Preacher”

Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Wynton Kelly (piano), Paul Chambers (bass) and Art Blakey (drums). From the album Soul Station (1960). Hard bop emerged influenced by blues, gospel and rhythm and blues. This style

Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Wynton Kelly (piano), Paul Chambers (bass) and Art Blakey (drums). From the album Soul Station (1960). Both Horace Silver and Art Blakey knew what they wanted to do. They weren’t

Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Wynton Kelly (piano), Paul Chambers (bass) and Art Blakey (drums). From the album Soul Station (1960). Wynton Kelly was a American Jamaican jazz pianist and composer. In 1943 he

Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Wynton Kelly (piano), Paul Chambers (bass) and Art Blakey (drums). From the album Soul Station (1960). Although Hank Mobley was not a great innovator, he was an excellent musician,

Horace Silver (piano), Doug Watkins (bass) and Louis Hayes (drums). From the album 6 Pieces of Silver (1957). Louis Hayes is an American jazz drummer who plays in the hard bop style and whose main influence

Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Donald Byrd (trumpet), Horace Silver (piano), Doug Watkins (bass) and Louis Hayes (drums). From the album 6 Pieces of Silver (1957). In the mid-1960s, Donald Byrd became a teacher

Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Donald Byrd (trumpet), Horace Silver (piano), Doug Watkins (bass) and Louis Hayes (drums). From the album 6 Pieces of Silver (1957). Donald Byrd was an American jazz and rhythm

Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Donald Byrd (trumpet), Horace Silver (piano), Doug Watkins (bass) and Louis Hayes (drums). From the album 6 Pieces of Silver (1957). Silver rarely gave verbal instructions to his

Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Donald Byrd (trumpet), Horace Silver (piano), Doug Watkins (bass) and Louis Hayes (drums). From the album 6 Pieces of Silver (1957). In 1970, Silver dissolved his group to devote

Horace Silver (piano), Doug Watkins (bass) and Louis Hayes (drums). From the album 6 Pieces of Silver (1957). After recording as a studio musician for three years, in 1959 Silver decided to concentrate

Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Donald Byrd (trumpet), Horace Silver (piano), Doug Watkins (bass) and Louis Hayes (drums). From the album 6 Pieces of Silver (1957). This is the first album of the Horace Silver

Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Winton Kelly (piano), Paul Chambers (bass) and Art Blakey (drums). Extracted from the album Soul Station (1960).