hard bop

231 artists in this genre. Average Spotify popularity: 32/100.

Related Genres

jazz (203) bebop (141) cool jazz (115) free jazz (45) soul jazz (43) jazz funk (27) jazz ballads (26) jazz blues (17) latin jazz (12) avant-garde (12)

Common Instruments

original (87) eponymous (84) piano (56) tenor saxophone (25) spoken vocals (25) drums (drum set) (23) alto saxophone (16) trumpet (15)

Artists (231)

John Coltrane 68

Also: jazz, free jazz

john coltrane and johnny hartman 65

Also: jazz, free jazz

Bill Evans & Jim Hall 64

Also: jazz, cool jazz

BILL HENDERSON WITH OSCAR PETERSON 61

Also: jazz, cool jazz

Also: jazz, cool jazz

Also: jazz, cool jazz

OSCAR PETERSON TRIO 60

Also: jazz, cool jazz

Cannonball Adderly 58

Also: jazz, bebop

The Oscar Peterson Trio 58

Also: jazz, cool jazz

BILL EVANS TRIO 57

Also: jazz, jazz ballads

HERBIE HANCOCK / TINA TURNER 57

Also: jazz, jazz fusion

Herbie Hancock Quintet 57

Also: jazz, jazz fusion

Nancy Wilson, Cannonball Adderly 57

Also: jazz, bebop

Cannonball Adderley 55

Also: jazz, bebop

Cannonball Adderley w/ Bill Evans 55

Also: jazz, bebop

Herbie Hancock 54

Also: jazz, jazz fusion

coleman hawkins 53

Also: jazz, jazz ballads

John Coltrane Quartet 52

Also: jazz, cool jazz

Sonny Rollins 52

Also: jazz, bebop

Thelonious Monk 52

Also: jazz, bebop

Wes Montgomery 52

Also: jazz, cool jazz

Also: jazz, bebop

Also: jazz, cool jazz

wayne shorter 51

Also: jazz, jazz ballads

Also: jazz, cool jazz

Thelonius Monk 50

Also: jazz, bebop

Thelonius Monk Quartet 50

Also: jazz, bebop

charles mingus 50

Also: jazz, bebop

charlie parker 50

Also: bebop, jazz

dexter gordon 50

Also: jazz, jazz ballads

Charles Mingus Sextet 49

Also: jazz, bebop

Dizzy Gillespie Orch 49

Also: bebop, jazz

Also: bossa nova, jazz

GERRY MULLIGAN 48

Also: cool jazz, jazz

Also: jazz, bebop

clifford brown and max roach 48

Also: bebop, jazz

Also: jazz funk, jazz

Kenny Garret & Pharoah Sanders 47

Also: free jazz, ambient jazz

Also: jazz, bebop

SONNY ROLLINS 47

Also: jazz, bebop

Yusef Lateef 47

Also: jazz, free jazz

Yussef Dayes, Charlie Stacey, Rocco Palladino 47

Also: jazz, free jazz

horace silver 47

Also: jazz, bebop

AHMAD JAMAL TRIO 46

Also: jazz, cool jazz

Also: jazz, bebop

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers 46

Also: jazz, bebop

Also: cool jazz, jazz

Charles Mingus, Bobby Warner 46

Also: jazz, bebop

DIZZY GILLESPIE 46

Also: bebop, jazz

Dizzie Gillespie 46

Also: bebop, jazz

Jaki Byard & Tommy Flanagan 46

Also: jazz, cool jazz

clifford brown 46

Also: bebop, jazz

lou donaldson 46

Also: jazz, soul jazz

Also: jazz, soul jazz

HERB ELLIS/JOE PASS 45

Also: jazz, bebop

Kenny Burrell 45

Also: jazz, bebop

PHILLY JOE JONES 45

Also: bebop, jazz

Also: cool jazz, jazz

stanley turrentine 45

Also: jazz, soul jazz

Also: jazz, cool jazz

Also: jazz, bebop

Also: jazz, bebop

Bobby Timmons 43

Also: jazz, bebop

Kenny Dorham 43

Also: jazz, bebop

Pharoah Sanders 43

Also: free jazz, jazz

joe henderson 43

Also: jazz, jazz ballads

Also: jazz, cool jazz

Benny Golson 42

Also: jazz, bebop

Also: bebop, jazz

Also: free jazz, experimental jazz

Tommy Flanagan 42

Also: jazz, bebop

Also: bebop, jazz

modern jazz quartet 42

Also: cool jazz, jazz

Also: jazz, jazz funk

Hank Jones & Oliver Nelson 41

Also: jazz, bebop

Also: cool jazz, jazz

THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET 41

Also: cool jazz, jazz

Also: bebop, jazz

Duke Pearson 40

Also: jazz, soul jazz

Freddie Hubbard 40

Also: jazz, bebop

Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery 40

Also: jazz blues, jazz

Jimmy Smith w/Etta James & Dr. John 40

Also: soul jazz, jazz

Junior Mance 40

Also: jazz, soul jazz

Kenny Barron 40

Also: jazz, cool jazz

Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor 40

Also: jazz, cool jazz

WES MONTGOMERY & MILT JACKSON 40

Also: jazz blues, jazz

milt jackson 40

Also: jazz, bebop

Clark Terry, Oscar Peterson Trio 39

Also: latin jazz, jazz

Also: jazz, bebop

Also: soul jazz, jazz

Also: jazz, cool jazz

Ray Price, The Port Jackson Jazz Band 39

Also: jazz, cool jazz

Barney Kessell 38

Also: cool jazz, bebop

Also: big band, jazz

Harry Edison 38

Also: jazz, bebop

Houston Person 38

Also: jazz, soul jazz

JOE WILLIAMS & HARRY SWEETS EDISON 38

Also: jazz, bebop

Rahsaan Roland Kirk 38

Also: free jazz, jazz

Also: latin jazz, jazz

milt jackson and john coltrane 38

Also: jazz, bebop

Also: jazz, cool jazz

Blue Mitchell 37

Also: bebop, jazz

Bobby Hutcherson 37

Also: jazz, free jazz

JIMMY MCGRIFF 37

Also: acid jazz, jazz blues

Also: jazz, jazz fusion

SHELLY MANNE 37

Also: cool jazz, jazz

max roach/abbey lincoln 37

Also: bebop, jazz

Barney Kessel 36

Also: cool jazz, bebop

Also: jazz, jazz ballads

Also: soul jazz, jazz funk

Nat Adderley 36

Also: jazz, bebop

Also: bebop, jazz

cannonball adderly quintet 34

Also: jazz, bebop

jackie mclean 33

Also: jazz, bebop

CHICO HAMILTON 32

Also: cool jazz, jazz

Cannonball Adderley Quintet 32

Also: jazz, bebop

Charlie Parker w/Al Haig, Kenny Dorham, Max Roach, Tommy Potter 32

Also: bebop, jazz

Eddie Harris 32

Also: soul jazz, jazz funk

McCoy Tyner Trio 32

Also: jazz, bebop

ORNETTE COLEMAN 32

Also: free jazz, jazz

hank crawford 32

Also: soul jazz, jazz blues

Horace Silver Quintet 31

Also: bebop, cool jazz

Also: soul jazz, jazz funk

cedar walton 31

Also: jazz, bebop

ARCHIE SHEPP 30

Also: free jazz, jazz

Also: jazz, free jazz

Also: bebop, jazz

Also: bebop, jazz

Stan Getz & Kenny Barron 30

Also: cool jazz, jazz

slide hampton 30

Also: jazz, jazz ballads

the three sounds 30

Also: jazz, vocal jazz

Also: bebop, jazz

J.J. JOHNSON AND KAI WINDING 29

Also: jazz, bebop

Richard -Groove- Holmes 29

Also: soul jazz, jazz funk

Stanley Turrentine and The Three Sounds 29

Also: cool jazz, jazz

Tony WIlliams 29

Also: jazz fusion, jazz

Also: avant-garde, bebop

Also: bebop, cool jazz

Illinois Jacquet 28

Also: bebop, cool jazz

dr. lonnie smith 28

Also: jazz funk, soul jazz

Albert Ayler 27

Also: free jazz, experimental jazz

LENNIE TRISTANO 27

Also: cool jazz, bebop

Also: bebop, jazz

The Gene Harris Quartet 27

Also: jazz, cool jazz

booker ervin 27

Also: bebop, jazz

the jazz crusaders 27

Also: soul jazz, jazz

Paul Chambers John Coltrane 26

Also: jazz, bebop

CHARLES EARLAND 25

Also: jazz funk, soul jazz

Eric Alexander 25

Also: jazz, jazz ballads

Frank Morgan 25

Also: jazz, cool jazz

JERRY WELDON 25

Also: jazz, soul jazz

Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins 25

Also: jazz, bebop

horace parlan 25

Also: bebop, jazz

vincent herring 25

Also: jazz, bebop

Sonny Stitt, Paul Gonsalves 24

Also: bebop, jazz

The Buddy Tate Quartet 24

Also: swing music, jazz

Also: soul jazz, jazz

JOE CHAMBERS 23

Also: jazz, latin jazz

Hampton Hawes 22

Also: bebop, jazz

Harold Mabern 22

Also: jazz, vocal jazz

Shirley Scott 22

Also: soul jazz, acid jazz

ART TATUM-BUDDY DEFRANCO 21

Also: bebop, jazz

Also: jazz blues, jazz

DON PATTERSON 21

Also: acid jazz, soul jazz

Randy Weston 21

Also: gnawa, free jazz

Also: latin jazz, jazz funk

BUDDY DEFRANCO 19

Also: bebop, jazz

Also: jazz, free jazz

cecil taylor 19

Also: free jazz, avant-garde

Dexter Gordon & Karin Krog 18

Also: jazz, bebop

Michael Dease 18

THE CHICO HAMILTON QUINTET 18

Also: cool jazz, jazz

William Parker 18

Also: free jazz, avant-garde

Benny Golson Quintet 17

Also: jazz, cool jazz

George Coleman 17

Also: bebop, jazz

david fathead newman and ray charles 17

Also: bebop, cool jazz

THE RED GARLAND QUINTET 16

Also: jazz, bebop

VICTOR FELDMAN 16

Also: cool jazz, bebop

Billy Harper 15

Also: free jazz, jazz

MIKE LEDONNE'S GROOVER QUARTET 15

Nicole Glover 15

david fathead newman 15

Also: bebop, cool jazz

BILLY TAYLOR TRIO 14

Also: jazz, latin jazz

Also: jazz rap, jazz

Kenny Clarke- Francy Boland Big 14

Also: big band, jazz

Conrad Herwig 13

Also: latin jazz, jazz

Also: bebop, soul jazz

Jeff Hamilton Trio 13

Mike LeDonne 13

Ahmed Abdul-Malik 12

Also: exotica, free jazz

George Russell 12

Also: free jazz, jazz

Also: jazz, big band

johnny lytle 12

Also: soul jazz, northern soul

Archie Shepp Quartet 11

Also: free jazz, gnawa

Babs Gonzales 11

david murray 10

Also: free jazz, avant-garde

Clark Terry Quartet 9

Also: bebop, jazz

Krzysztof Komeda Trio 9

Also: free jazz, bebop

Ernie Andrews 8

Also: vocal jazz, jazz

Also: french jazz

GEORGE FREEMAN 7

Also: soul jazz, jazz funk

Also: jazz ballads, ragtime

Also: jazz funk, soul jazz

WAYNE ESCOFFERY 7

Also: jazz, vocal jazz

Walter Bishop Jr 7

Frank Kimbrough 6

GERALD WILSON ORCHESTRA 6

Also: big band, exotica

Thomas Marriott 6

David Murray Octet 5

Also: free jazz, avant-garde

Julius Hemphill 5

Also: free jazz, experimental jazz

Also: bebop, jazz

Gregory Tardy 4

HAMPTON HAWES QUARTET 4

Also: soul jazz, bebop

Brother Jack McDuff` 2

Also: soul jazz, jazz funk

HOWARD RUMSEY'S LIGHTHOUSE ALL STARS 2

Also: cool jazz

Billy Bang Sextet 1

Also: free jazz

Johnny Griffin & Eddie Lockjaw Davis 1

Also: bebop, jazz

David Murray / James Newton Quintet 0

Also: free jazz

Jason Marsalis & The 21st Century Trad Band 0

Also: free jazz

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