List of hard bop musicians
African-American musicians who grew up at a time when bop and rhythm and blues were the dominant forms of black American music.[2]: 24 Prominent hard bop musicians included Horace Silver, Charles Mingus, Art Blakey, Cannonball Adderley, Miles Davis and Tadd Dameron. Hard bop is sometimes referred to as "funky hard bop."[1][3] The "funky" label refers to the rollicking, rhythmic feeling associated with the style.[3] The descriptor is also used to describe soul jazz, which is commonly associated with hard bop.[1][3]
A
- Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone
- Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone
- Ahmad Alaadeen - saxophone
- Eric Alexander - saxophone
- Carl Allen - drums
- Eddie Allen - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Sinan Alimanović - piano, composer, arranger, conductor, educator
- Gene Ammons - tenor saxophone
- Curtis Amy - saxophone
- Gilad Atzmon - saxophone
B
- Benny Bailey - trumpet
- Gabe Baltazar - saxophone
- Bootsie Barnes - saxophone
- Kenny Barron - piano
- Gary Bartz - saxophone
- Marcus Belgrave - trumpet
- Walter Bishop, Jr.- piano
- Art Blakey - drums
- Terence Blanchard - trumpet
- Walter Booker - bass
- Michael Brecker - tenor saxophone
- Cecil Brooks III - drums
- Tina Brooks - saxophone
- Bobby Broom - guitar
- Clifford Brown - trumpet
- Kenny Burrell - guitar
- Donald Byrd - trumpet
C
- Conte Candoli - trumpet
- Ron Carter - double-bass
- Paul Chambers - double-bass
- Pete Christlieb - saxophone
- Sonny Clark - piano
- Thomas Clausen - piano
- James Clay- saxophone
- Jimmy Cleveland - trombone
- Jimmy Cobb - drums
- Tony Coe - saxophone, clarinet
- George Coleman - saxophone
- Johnny Coles - trumpet
- John Coltrane - tenor and soprano saxophone
- Robert Conti - guitar
- Bob Cooper - sax, oboe
- Ray Copeland - trumpet
- Bob Cranshaw - double-bass
- Hank Crawford - saxophone
- Sonny Criss - saxophone
- Tony Crombie - drums
- Curtis Counce - double-bass
- Ronnie Cuber -saxophone
- Ted Curson - trumpet
- Junior Cook - saxophone
D
- Carsten Dahl - piano
- Eddie Daniels - sax, clarinet
- Art Davis - double-bass
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - sax
- Jesse Davis - sax
- Miles Davis - trumpet
- Nathan Davis - sax
- Richard Davis- double-bass
- Steve Davis - trombone
- Walter Davis, Jr.- piano
- Alan Dawson - drums
- Barbara Dennerlein - organ
- Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
- John D'earth - trumpet
- Niels Lan Doky - piano
- Lou Donaldson - sax
- Kenny Dorham - trumpet
- Ray Draper - tuba
- Kenny Drew - piano
- Ted Dunbar - guitar
E
- Charles Earland - organ
- Teddy Edwards - sax
- Mark Elf - guitar
- Booker Ervin - sax
F
- Art Farmer - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Joe Farrell - flute, sax
- Victor Feldman - piano, vibes
- Tommy Flanagan - piano
- Ricky Ford - sax
- Frank Foster - sax
- Von Freeman - sax
- Curtis Fuller - trombone
G
- Red Garland - piano
- Benny Golson - tenor saxophone
- Dexter Gordon - tenor saxophone
- Benny Green (pianist) - piano
- Grant Green - guitar
- Johnny Griffin - tenor saxophone
- Gigi Gryce - saxophone
- Randy Gelispie - drums
H
- Charlie Haden - double-bass
- Tim Hagans - trumpet
- Chico Hamilton - drums
- Slide Hampton - trombone
- Herbie Hancock - piano
- Roland Hanna - piano
- Wilbur Harden - trumpet
- Bill Hardman - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Roy Hargrove - trumpet
- Philip Harper- trumpet
- Barry Harris - piano
- Eddie Harris - saxophone, organ
- Stefon Harris - vibraphone
- Antonio Hart - sax
- Hampton Hawes - piano
- Louis Hayes - drums
- Roy Haynes - drums
- Jimmy Heath - sax
- Percy Heath - double-bass
- Albert Heath - drums
- Bill Heid - piano, keyboards
- Joe Henderson - sax
- Wayne Henderson - trombone
- Vincent Herring - sax
- Billy Higgins - drums
- Buck Hill - sax
- Ron Holloway - tenor saxophone
- Richard Holmes - organ
- Stix Hooper - drums
- Elmo Hope - piano
- Lex Humphries - drums
- Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
- Bobby Hutcherson - vibraphone, marimba
I
- Eric Ineke - drums
J
- Milt Jackson - vibraphone
- Clifford Jarvis - drums
- Bobby Jaspar - sax, flute
- J. J. Johnson - trombone
- LaMont Johnson - piano
- Marc Johnson - bass
- Carmell Jones - trumpet
- Elvin Jones - drums
- Hank Jones - piano
- Philly Joe Jones - drums
- Sam Jones - double-bass
- Thad Jones - trumpet
- Clifford Jordan - sax
- Duke Jordan - piano
K
- Geoff Keezer- piano
- Wynton Kelly - piano
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk - tenor sax, flute
- Ryan Kisor - trumpet
L
- Pat LaBarbera - sax, clarinet
- Harold Land - sax
- John LaPorta - sax, clarinet
- Pete La Roca - drums
- Yusef Lateef - sax
- Doug Lawrence - sax
- Hubert Laws - flute, sax
- Hugh Lawson - piano
- Herbie Lewis - double-bass
- Victor Lewis - drums
- Booker Little - trumpet
- Joe Lovano - sax
M
- Harold Mabern - piano
- Jon Mayer - piano
- Larance Marable - drums
- Hank Marr - organ
- Branford Marsalis - sax
- Pat Martino - guitar
- Cal Massey - trumpet
- Christian McBride - double-bass
- Les McCann - piano, keyboards
- Jack McDuff - organ
- Howard McGhee - trumpet
- Gary McFarland - vibraphone, vocals
- Al McKibbon - double-bass
- Jackie McLean - sax
- René McLean - sax, flute
- Charles McPherson - sax
- Jymie Merritt - double-bass
- Pierre Michelot - double-bass
- Mulgrew Miller - piano
- Charles Mingus - double-bass
- Blue Mitchell - trumpet
- Billy Mitchell - sax
- Red Mitchell - bass
- Hank Mobley - sax
- Thelonious Monk - piano
- Buddy Montgomery - vibraphone, piano
- Wes Montgomery - guitar
- Tete Montoliu - piano
- James Moody - sax
- Frank Morgan - sax
- Lee Morgan - trumpet
- Dick Morrissey - sax, flute
- Ronald Muldrow - guitar
N
- Lewis Nash - drums
- Oliver Nelson - sax
- Phineas Newborn, Jr.- piano
- David Newman- sax
P
- Horace Parlan - piano
- Don Patterson - organ
- John Patton - organ
- Cecil Payne - sax, flute
- Duke Pearson - piano
- Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - double-bass
- Art Pepper - sax
- Bill Perkins - saxophone, flute
- Carl Perkins - piano [3]
- Walter Perkins - drums
- Houston Person - sax
- Art Phipps - bass
- Richie Powell - piano
- Bud Powell - piano
Q
- Ike Quebec - sax
R
- Jimmy Raney - guitar
- Sonny Red - alto sax
- Freddie Redd - piano
- Dizzy Reece - trumpet
- Emily Remler - guitar
- Melvin Rhyne - organ
- Jerome Richardson - sax
- Larry Ridley - bass
- Ben Riley - drums
- Max Roach - drums
- Marcus Roberts - piano
- Red Rodney - trumpet
- Sonny Rollins - sax
- Wallace Roney - trumpet
- Renee Rosnes - piano
- Jim Rotondi - trumpet
- Charlie Rouse - sax
S
- Joe Sample - piano
- Pharoah Sanders - saxophone
- Rhoda Scott - organ
- Shirley Scott - organ
- Woody Shaw - trumpet
- Sahib Shihab - sax, flute
- Wayne Shorter - sax
- Horace Silver - piano
- Zoot Sims - sax
- Jimmy Smith - organ
- Dr. Lonnie Smith - organ
- Melvin Sparks - guitar
- James Spaulding - saxophone
- Leon Spencer - organ
- Sonny Stitt - sax
- Idrees Sulieman - trumpet
- Ira Sullivan - trumpet, flugelhorn
T
- Grady Tate - drums
- Art Taylor - drums
- Billy Taylor - piano
- Henri Texier - double-bass
- Lucky Thompson - sax
- The Three Sounds
- Bobby Timmons - piano
- Andrzej Trzaskowski - piano
- Stanley Turrentine - sax
- Tommy Turrentine - trumpet
- McCoy Tyner - piano
V
- Harold Vick - sax, flute
W
- Freddie Waits - drums
- Mal Waldron - piano
- Winston Walls - organ
- Cedar Walton - piano
- Wilbur Ware - double-bass
- Butch Warren - double-bass
- Kenny Washington - drums
- Peter Washington - double-bass
- Doug Watkins - double-bass
- Julius Watkins - French horn
- Michael Weiss- piano
- Randy Weston - piano
- Mark Whitfield - guitar
- Don Wilkerson - sax
- Baby Face Willette - organ
- Buster Williams - double-bass
- Tony Williams - drums
- Jack Wilson - piano
- Ben Wolfe - bass
- Phil Woods - sax, clarinet
- Reggie Workman - double-bass
- Richard Wyands - piano
Y
- Larry Young- organ
Z
- Joe Zawinul - piano, keyboards
Notes
- ^ ISBN 0-87930-308-5
- ISBN 0-19-505869-0
- ^ ISBN 0-697-03663-4.