Start here
Takin' Off
Herbie Hancock · 1962
Best bebop Albums to Start With
bebop Artists
Thelonious Monk
cool jazz, hard bop
Miles Davis
cool jazz, hard bop
Oscar Peterson
blues, funk
Herbie Hancock
classical music, electro
Charles Mingus
avant-garde jazz, free jazz
Art Blakey
jazz
Paul Bley
jazz
Lou Donaldson
jazz, soul jazz
Charlie Parker
jazz
Stan Getz
jazz
Lalo Schifrin
bossa nova, classical music
Sarah Vaughan
cool jazz, jazz
Lee Konitz
jazz
Sun Ra
avant-garde jazz, experimental music
George Shearing
cool jazz, jazz
Dexter Gordon
hard bop, jazz
About bebop
What is bebop?
style of jazz
Where should I start with bebop?
Start with "Takin' Off" by Herbie Hancock. It captures what makes bebop worth exploring.
What are the best bebop albums?
The bebop albums worth hearing first: "Takin' Off" by Herbie Hancock, "Kind of Blue" by Miles Davis, "The Imagine Project" by Herbie Hancock, "Butterfly" by Herbie Hancock and "Filles de Kilimanjaro" by Miles Davis.
How many bebop artists are there?
northsound.fm covers 106 bebop artists, each with a recommended starting album and listening path.
