Hard Bop of the 1950s
Hard Bop bands and artists who released albums in the 1950s: 108 artists with biographies and discographies
Hard Bop of the 1950s: bands and artists
The most listened are shown: 60 of 108

John Coltrane

Wynton Kelly

Donald Byrd

Sonny Rollins

Cannonball Adderley
Jimmy Smith

Horace Silver
Dexter Gordon
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Milt Jackson

Hank Mobley
Lou Donaldson

J.J. Johnson

Kenny Dorham

Blue Mitchell

Benny Golson
Gene Ammons
Clifford Brown
Tommy Flanagan

Ray Brown

Art Farmer

Max Roach

Art Blakey
Yusef Lateef
Sonny Clark
Duke Pearson
Maynard Ferguson
Betty Carter
Zoot Sims

Curtis Fuller
Nat Adderley
Chico Hamilton

The Three Sounds
Phil Woods
Kai Winding

Cedar Walton
Junior Mance
Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Thad Jones
James Moody

Johnny Griffin

Kenny Drew
Shirley Scott
Billy Taylor
Jimmy Raney

Paul Chambers
Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis
Lem Winchester
Clifford Jordan
Howard McGhee

Tina Brooks
Duke Jordan
Al Cohn
Dizzy Reece
Barney Wilen

Bennie Green

The Horace Silver Quintet
Red Mitchell

Charlie Mariano
Conte Candoli
Hard Bop by country and decade
Bands and artists of the genre from different countries and eras, the best albums of each decade

