Bill Hardman

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Bill Hardman was an American jazz trumpeter known for his work in the hard bop genre and performances with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and other prominent ensembles.

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Bill Hardman canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
jazz trumpeter
activeYearsStart 1950s
associatedAct Art Blakey
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Cedar Walton
Charles Mingus
Donald Byrd
Horace Silver
Jackie McLean
Junior Cook
Lou Donaldson
birthName William Franklin Hardman Jr.
burialPlace Cleveland, Ohio, United States
causeOfDeath heart attack
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1932-04-06
dateOfDeath 1990-12-24
ethnicity African-American
linked to: Black Americans
gender male
genre hard bop
jazz
instrument trumpet
language English
movement hard bop
name Bill Hardman
notableInstrument trumpet
notableWork Focus
Home
Politely
Saying Something
occupation bandleader
trumpeter
placeOfBirth Cleveland, Ohio, United States
placeOfDeath Paris, France
linked to: Paris
recordLabel Muse Records
Savoy Records
Xanadu Records
role member of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
sideman with Horace Silver
sideman with Lou Donaldson
styleCharacteristic bebop-influenced phrasing
hard-swinging approach
powerful tone

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Junior Cook collaboratedWith Bill Hardman
Bill Hardman name Bill Hardman
Hard Bop contributor Bill Hardman
subject linked to: Hard Bop (Art Blakey album)