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Top artists of hard bop genre

Miles Davis
Oscar Peterson Trio
Cannonball Adderley
Thelonious Monk
Bill Evans Trio
Charlie Parker
Wes Montgomery
Dizzy Gillespie
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List of hard bop artists

Here is a list of hard bop artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the hard bop genre. You can find out what hard bop genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

                                                                                                                                                                                                       
namepopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1. Miles Davis
68 11 51 22 70 35 117 2,041,588
2. Oscar Peterson Trio
63 69 55 19 85 37 98 130,251
3. Cannonball Adderley
62 9 51 25 79 36 125 145,718
4. Thelonious Monk
60 45 56 36 68 48 103 477,178
5. Bill Evans Trio
59 73 46 17 91 27 101 173,976
6. Charlie Parker
58 28 52 42 78 67 126 443,945
7. Wes Montgomery
58 65 55 22 89 40 120 171,956
8. Dizzy Gillespie
57 32 61 47 62 58 125 329,215
9. Sonny Rollins
57 26 54 30 72 44 103 250,570
10. Wynton Marsalis
57 27 52 37 80 51 128 177,308
11. Jim Hall
57 94 42 5 99 19 115 47,692
12. Charles Mingus
56 21 44 40 51 49 116 345,775
13. Paul Desmond
56 39 48 22 84 46 131 97,948
14. Ben Webster
56 27 54 14 90 37 109 64,280
15. Erroll Garner
55 86 50 29 89 42 118 65,455
16. Donald Byrd
55 24 58 65 28 70 107 81,424
17. Miles Davis Quintet
55 0 52 33 74 38 90 219,391
18. Lester Young
55 80 64 11 97 45 99 104,443
19. Paul Chambers
55 40 47 23 82 36 115 22,607
20. McCoy Tyner
54 49 49 40 67 43 110 90,798
21. Kenny Burrell
54 43 52 24 88 40 105 55,666
22. Red Garland
54 81 55 17 93 33 84 36,208
23. Dexter Gordon
54 19 48 32 75 46 95 151,588
24. Freddie Hubbard
54 58 43 26 73 38 115 127,502
25. Coleman Hawkins
54 54 57 17 91 43 96 96,443
26. Bob Brookmeyer
53 21 54 21 83 47 100 6,724
27. Horace Silver
53 19 58 53 68 56 130 83,571
28. Lee Morgan
53 26 54 43 75 60 130 99,342
29. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
53 6 54 47 62 55 120 138,349
30. Clifford Brown
53 41 54 35 73 54 112 94,827
31. Ahmad Jamal
53 54 52 23 77 36 121 95,244
32. Joe Lovano
53 46 39 18 93 21 101 22,841
33. Wayne Shorter
52 21 43 40 78 39 127 147,023
34. Gerry Mulligan
52 46 50 14 89 39 104 70,931
35. Jimmy Smith
52 58 63 41 65 63 107 69,735
36. Art Taylor
52 9 52 39 74 46 103 2,459
37. Ron Carter
52 77 44 18 76 23 124 37,993
38. Roy Hargrove
51 48 47 34 67 40 116 115,522
39. Art Pepper
51 27 59 28 70 49 94 47,253
40. Art Tatum
51 77 44 23 98 46 103 114,190
41. Grant Green
51 48 61 31 86 43 106 76,753
42. Yusef Lateef
51 62 50 31 79 45 110 69,657
43. Christian McBride
51 54 56 28 72 38 124 41,070
44. Hank Mobley
51 2 57 40 80 61 131 60,506
45. Ahmad Jamal Trio
51 66 50 34 69 37 101 42,356
46. Tommy Flanagan
51 56 50 23 69 39 112 29,307
47. Joshua Redman
50 73 55 41 76 39 108 76,409
48. The Modern Jazz Quartet
50 10 54 22 78 38 109 83,010
49. Art Blakey
50 25 52 40 77 39 114 95,120
50. Hank Jones
49 73 49 10 94 33 104 21,056
51. John Coltrane Quartet
49 7 40 32 82 28 115 147,020
52. Joe Henderson
49 43 48 34 78 43 92 85,363
53. Sonny Stitt
49 1 56 37 60 55 124 33,441
54. Max Roach
48 58 42 36 66 52 120 56,552
55. Bud Powell
48 55 47 45 77 67 113 74,871
56. Stanley Turrentine
48 14 54 45 58 50 107 36,567
57. Wynton Kelly
48 41 59 26 74 33 121 24,280
58. Gene Ammons
47 43 52 24 81 46 98 26,732
59. Benny Carter
47 38 58 34 76 71 131 17,468
60. Pharoah Sanders
47 31 43 52 52 64 125 70,359
61. Kenny Barron
47 80 45 18 87 27 102 20,697
62. Archie Shepp
47 34 39 39 56 37 115 31,844
63. Lou Donaldson
47 51 69 39 71 58 113 33,414
64. Kenny Dorham
46 57 52 29 86 51 101 47,692
65. Dr. Lonnie Smith
46 65 61 56 35 64 113 35,511
66. Mal Waldron
46 62 48 26 94 27 119 12,467
67. Milt Jackson
45 25 50 23 87 49 120 24,673
68. Bobby Hutcherson
45 62 45 28 87 38 101 31,699
69. Roy Haynes
45 62 41 33 86 43 120 13,229
70. Johnny Hodges
45 19 61 15 79 38 106 23,795
71. Art Farmer
44 70 56 29 86 56 109 29,676
72. Mulgrew Miller
44 82 52 25 81 28 118 13,307
73. Zoot Sims
44 43 54 22 86 36 101 20,426
74. Sonny Clark
43 22 54 40 76 63 109 36,248
75. Oliver Nelson
43 62 54 42 74 56 122 39,233
76. Ray Brown
43 48 46 10 92 30 96 15,739
77. Thad Jones
42 41 53 29 70 44 113 17,200
78. Gil Evans
42 46 32 21 65 27 90 18,802
79. Kenny Garrett
42 35 50 51 33 54 107 43,486
80. Nicholas Payton
42 62 49 41 75 44 110 19,396
81. Clark Terry
42 36 56 37 78 56 110 17,999
82. Eddie Harris
42 14 60 37 55 58 131 23,403
83. Lee Konitz
42 18 51 33 73 53 100 22,665
84. Benny Green
41 80 50 20 89 42 106 7,140
85. Phil Woods
41 17 53 27 73 41 107 16,868
86. Blue Mitchell
41 50 49 33 75 45 111 26,828
87. Chico Hamilton
40 11 51 42 70 59 111 6,873
88. Benny Golson
40 31 52 28 78 49 127 21,089
89. Ornette Coleman
40 23 55 29 33 45 102 90,736
90. Ike Quebec
40 45 61 18 90 52 111 10,633
91. Elvin Jones
39 34 49 33 66 52 119 31,787
92. Red Garland Trio
39 63 53 21 91 38 112 10,481
93. Barney Kessel
39 55 58 11 86 38 90 20,963
94. Shelly Manne
39 64 51 9 80 30 104 3,745
95. Jackie McLean
39 8 54 36 70 45 104 30,047
96. Gerry Mulligan Quartet
39 44 51 19 91 55 102 12,240
97. Joshua Redman Quartet
39 67 59 33 71 45 109 12,251
98. J.J. Johnson
38 48 48 31 78 59 123 24,400
99. Eric Dolphy
38 40 47 51 67 39 105 62,987
100. The Three Sounds
38 22 61 26 78 49 121 5,179