Where to Start with hard bop
subgenre of jazz that is an extension of bebop (or "bop") music
101 artists
Start here
Takin' Off
Herbie Hancock · 1962
Best hard bop Albums to Start With
hard bop Artists
Andrew White
avant-garde music, jazz
Vi Redd
blues, jazz
Von Freeman
jazz
Carmell Jones
jazz
Albert Dailey
jazz
Tommy Turrentine
jazz, swing
Travis Shook
Charles Flores
jazz
Géo Voumard
jazz
Kurt Weil
jazz
Bob Maize
jazz
Omar Rodriguez Calvo
jazz
Aleksey Zubov
jazz fusion, new age music
Julio Barreto
bebop, jazz
Bob Porcelli
jazz
Kalli Gerhards
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.
