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Takin' Off
Herbie Hancock · 1962
Best bebop Albums to Start With
bebop Artists
Marian McPartland
cool jazz, jazz
Hiromi Uehara
avant-garde jazz, contemporary jazz
Wayne Shorter
crossover, jazz
Milt Jackson
hard bop
Philly Joe Jones
jazz
Avishai Cohen
jazz, jazz fusion
Abdullah Ibrahim
Afro-jazz, cape jazz
Clifford Brown
jazz
Django Reinhardt
Gypsy jazz, Romani music
Clark Terry
crossover jazz, hard bop
Ray Brown
classical music, hard bop
Ben Sidran
jazz, rock music
John Patitucci
jazz
Jacky Terrasson
jazz
Dizzy Gillespie
Afro-Cuban jazz, jazz
Gene Ammons
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.
