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Genre: hard bop

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Parent Genre: jazz

Hard bop is a subgenre of jazz that emerged in the 1950s and 1960s. It is characterized by its fast tempo, complex chord progressions, and improvisational style. Hard bop musicians often incorporated elements of blues and gospel music into their compositions. The genre was known for its energetic and intense performances, with a focus on virtuosic solos. Hard bop was popularized by a number of influential jazz musicians, including those mentioned above.


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Most popular hard bop albums

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Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker On Verve
1990
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Young Chet
1996
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Strictly Powell
1995
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Volume 2 (Vol. 2)
1956
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Soul Station
1960
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Somethin' Else (Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
1958
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The Sentinel (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1977
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2 Trumpets
1956
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Standards
1998
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Planet Jazz - Jazz Budget Series
1997
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Blue Break Beats
1998
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Incredible Jazz Guitar
2000
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Ballads (Deluxe Edition - Rudy Van Gelder Remaster)
1963
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Nights Of Ballads & Blues
1963
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Junior
1959
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The Complete 'Round About Midnight At The Cafe Bohemia (Live)
2002

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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.

#namepopularityfollowers
1 53 204751
2 42 101416
3 47 455580
4 51 62187
5 44 55873
6 38 35839
7 41 87568
8 52 36042
9 42 114649
10 39 49136
11 42 124911
12 42 170800
13 45 127224
14 47 128813
15 31 18838
16 29 20159
17 41 37685
18 32 50136
19 56 204466
20 26 82507
21 45 117302
22 48 89936
23 45 38520
24 51 55787
25 43 108012
26 46 132953
27 45 140246
28 43 78907
29 40 21368
30 42 217275
31 43 13547
32 31 18312
33 33 39062
34 34 11948
35 47 129155
36 37 25435
37 45 52798
38 62 2487429
39 39 58948
40 41 64713
41 38 48240
42 34 24102
43 33 39207
44 30 23337
45 35 21254
46 45 155425
47 36 15757
48 26 12637
49 42 25973
50 46 15238
51 42 53938
52 45 4392
53 38 20118
54 40 6005
55 39 18115
56 34 7283
57 50 266427
58 29 5702
59 36 7820
60 25 10384
61 23 4822
62 18 15276
63 17 7196
64 31 16760
65 42 8704
66 25 11421
67 26 15455
68 42 34861
69 33 8511
70 24 15259
71 35 20877
72 42 5209
73 29 12200
74 33 13796
75 33 22726
76 30 4733
77 36 4360
78 23 8592
79 26 12386
80 19 7342
81 17 7203
82 21 7907
83 22 11260
84 32 1968
85 28 2133
86 26 6680
87 23 9011
88 24 3147
89 16 4749
90 23 2459
91 23 2706
92 22 3076
93 20 1010
94 20 4515
95 18 2141
96 12 1067
97 12 1436
98 9 366
99 8 1333
100 8 726

hard bop playlist created by Chosic

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