John Coltrane

Miles Davis

Herbie Hancock

Cannonball Adderley

Sonny Rollins

Thelonious Monk

Horace Silver

Kenny Drew

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Hard Bop genre — history, bands and artists

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Geography of Hard Bop

Where the artists of the genre come from and where it is on the radio

Landmark albums of Hard Bop

Studio albums that listeners most often call this genre

Blue Train

Blue TrainJohn Coltrane

Giant Steps

Giant StepsJohn Coltrane

Takin’ Off

Takin’ OffHerbie Hancock

’Round About Midnight

’Round About MidnightMiles Davis

Mingus Ah UmCharles Mingus

Moanin’

Moanin’Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers

Cookin’ With the Miles Davis Quintet

Cookin’ With the Miles Davis QuintetMiles Davis Quintet

Milestones

MilestonesMiles Davis

Somethin’ Else

Somethin’ ElseCannonball Adderley

The Cats

The CatsTommy Flanagan, John Coltrane, Kenny Burrell & Idrees Sulieman

Workin’ With the Miles Davis Quintet

Workin’ With the Miles Davis QuintetMiles Davis Quintet

Speak Like a Child

Speak Like a ChildHerbie Hancock

New in Hard Bop

Albums and singles of the genre released in the last four months

Points of Light

Points of LightChristian McBride & Ursa Major

Elliptical Orbits

Elliptical OrbitsSun Ra & His Arkestra

Hard Bop by year

How many studio albums of the genre came out each year

Peak — the 1960s240 albums in all

Hard Bop by country and decade

Bands and artists of the genre from different countries and eras, the best albums of each decade

By country

By decade

Best albums by decade

Artists of Hard Bop

The most listened artists of the genre and its subgenres: the bigger the name, the more listeners

Overview

Genre relations

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Subgenres

Subgenres or what Hard Bop is divided into

Origins

Genres from which Hard Bop originated

Bebop Gospel R&B

Parent genre

Hard Bop is a subgenre, i.e. a narrower direction of these styles

Derived genres

Genres that evolved from Hard Bop