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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Popular hard bop Songs
Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker On Verve
1990
Somethin' Else (Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
1958
The Sentinel (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1977
Planet Jazz - Jazz Budget Series
1997
Incredible Jazz Guitar
2000
Ballads (Deluxe Edition - Rudy Van Gelder Remaster)
1963
Nights Of Ballads & Blues
1963
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.
# name popularity followers
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
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