Bill Hardman
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William Franklin Hardman, Jr. (April 6, 1933 in Cleveland, Ohio – December 5, 1990 in Paris, France) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist who chiefly played hard bop. He was married to Roseline and they had a daughter Nadege.[1]
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Career
Hardman grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and worked with local players including Bobby Few and Bob Cunningham; while in high school he appeared with Tadd Dameron, and after graduation he joined Tiny Bradshaw's band. Hardman's first recording was with Jackie McLean in 1956; he later played with Charles Mingus, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Horace Silver, and Lou Donaldson, and led a group with Junior Cook. Hardman also recorded as a leader: Saying Something on the Savoy label received critical acclaim in jazz circles,[citation needed] but was little known to the general public. He had three periods in as many decades with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers; Hardman's misfortune was not to be with the Messengers at the time of their popular Blue Note recordings. Blakey occasionally featured him playing several extended choruses unaccompanied.
Playing style and legacy
A crackling hard bop player with blazing technique, crisp articulations, and a no-frills sound, Hardman later incorporated into his sound the fuller, more extroverted romantic passion of a Clifford Brown - a direction he would take increasingly throughout the late-1960s and 1970s. He figures by and large among the top ranks of hardbop titans of the time,[citation needed] although he never managed a commercial breakthrough like many of his colleagues such as Donald Byrd, Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan.
Discography
As leader
- 1961 - Saying Something (Savoy)
- 1978 - Home (Muse)
- 1980 - Focus (Muse)
- 1981 - Politely (Muse)
- 1989 - What's Up (SteepleChase)
With Brass Company
- 1975 - Colors (Strata-East)[2]
As sideman
With Dave Bailey
- 2 Feet in the Gutter (Epic, 1961)
With Art Blakey
- Hard Bop (Columbia, 1956)
- Originally (Columbia, 1956 [1982])
- Drum Suite (Columbia, 1957)
- Selections from Lerner and Loewe's... (Vik, 1957)
- Tough! (Cadet, 1957 [1966])
- A Night in Tunisia (Vik, 1957)
- Cu-Bop (Jubilee, 1957)
- Ritual: The Modern Jazz Messengers (Pacific Jazz 1957)
- A Midnight Session with the Jazz Messengers (Elektra, 1957)
- Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk (Atlantic, 1957)
- Hard Drive (Bethlehem, 1957)
- Art Blakey Big Band (Bethlehem, 1957)
- Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (Live at Slug's (1968) (Everest 1977)
- Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (Moanin' Live (1968) (Laserlight CD)
- Jazz Messengers '70 (Catalyst, 1970)
- In Walked Sonny Jazz Messengers with Sonny Stitt (Sonnet 1975)
- Backgammon (Roulette, 1976)
With Walter Bishop Jr
- Hot House (Muse, 1977/78 [1979])
With Junior Cook
- Good Cookin' (Muse, 1979)
With Lou Donaldson
- Sunny Side Up (Blue Note, 1960)
- Possum Head (Argo, 1964)
- Musty Rusty (Cadet, 1965)
- Fried Buzzard (Cadet, 1965)
With Charles Earland
- Infant Eyes (Muse, 1979)
- Pleasant Afternoon (Muse, 1981)
With Curtis Fuller
With Benny Golson
- Pop + Jazz = Swing (Audio Fidelity, 1961) - also released as Just Jazz!
With Eddie Jefferson
- Come Along with Me (Prestige, 1969)
With Ronnie Mathews
- Legacy (Bee Hive, 1979)
With Jackie McLean
- Jackie's Pal (Prestige, 1956)
- McLean's Scene (New Jazz, 1956)
- Jackie McLean & Co. (Prestige, 1957)
With Jimmy McGriff
- Movin' Upside the Blues (JAM, 1982)
With Charles Mingus
With Hank Mobley
- Hank Mobley (Blue Note, 1957)
With Houston Person
- Wild Flower (Muse, 1977)
With Mickey Tucker
- Sojourn (Xanadu, 1977)
With Steve Turre
- Viewpoints and Vibrations (Stash, 1987)
With Mal Waldron
- Mal 2 (Prestige, 1957) - with John Coltrane
With Reuben Wilson
- The Sweet Life (Groove Merchant, 1973)
References
- American jazz trumpeters
- American male trumpeters
- Hard bop trumpeters
- 1933 births
- 1990 deaths
- American jazz flugelhornists
- The Jazz Messengers members
- Muse Records artists
- Savoy Records artists
- SteepleChase Records artists
- Strata-East Records artists
- Musicians from Cleveland
- 20th-century American musicians
- Male jazz musicians