From
The Black Perspective in Music, Vol. 16, No. 1, Spring 1988: “Hard Bop, as a dominant school of jazz, flourished between 1955 and 1965—a decade unrivalled by any other in jazz history for the number of musically brilliant records that were issued. ... In addition to these magnificent recordings—and many others could be cited—the period also witnessed an outpouring of superb music that, while not quite up to the level of the records just mentioned, was notable for its passion and beauty. The foundation for this music was ‘bebop,’ a style that flourished in the late 1940s, whose high priests included trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, alto-saxophonist Charlie Parker, pianist Bud Powell and composer Tadd Dameron. ...”
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