Where to Start with hard bop
subgenre of jazz that is an extension of bebop (or "bop") music
101 artists
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Takin' Off
Herbie Hancock · 1962
Best hard bop Albums to Start With
hard bop Artists
Thelonious Monk
bebop, cool jazz
John Coltrane
free jazz, jazz
Miles Davis
bebop, cool jazz
Oscar Peterson
bebop, blues
Herbie Hancock
bebop, classical music
Charles Mingus
avant-garde jazz, bebop
Horace Silver
jazz
Kenny Barron
jazz, post-bop
Maynard Ferguson
jazz, jazz fusion
Dexter Gordon
bebop, jazz
Sun Ra
avant-garde jazz, bebop
Terence Blanchard
jazz, opera
Ahmad Jamal
cool jazz, jazz
Milt Jackson
bebop
Pat Metheny
Latin pop, jazz
Michel Camilo
Latin music, classical music
About hard bop
What is hard bop?
subgenre of jazz that is an extension of bebop (or "bop") music
Where should I start with hard bop?
Start with "Takin' Off" by Herbie Hancock. It captures what makes hard bop worth exploring.
What are the best hard bop albums?
The hard bop albums worth hearing first: "Takin' Off" by Herbie Hancock, "Kind of Blue" by Miles Davis, "A Love Supreme" by John Coltrane, "The Imagine Project" by Herbie Hancock and "Butterfly" by Herbie Hancock.
How many hard bop artists are there?
northsound.fm covers 101 hard bop artists, each with a recommended starting album and listening path.
