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Jazz From Our Perspective will give you jazz commentary, history, reviews and more from a group of jazz enthusiasts. My specialty is hard bop and the hard bop era. In the story of jazz, hard bop is often overlooked. Lots of jazz timelines go from Bird to Miles to Ornette Coleman and the free jazz era. But there is hardly a mention of Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Tina Brooks, Carmell Jones or Harold Land. And West Coast hard bop is almost a taboo term, yet hard bop has deep roots on the West Coast. I will offer sort of a primer to hard bop and the era. My brothers will give you their takes on jazz from their perspectives. Hope you enjoy the ride.