Hard Bop

Subgenre of jazz that is an extension of bebop (or "bop") music. Emerged 1955. Wikipedia

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90 artists with 5.0M combined listeners. 96% of them sit in the Jazz / Hard Bop / Vocal Jazz community on the map. It shares the most artists with Jazz.

Where Hard Bop sits on the map

• Jazz / Hard Bop / Vocal Jazz · 86 artists (96%)
• Classical / Pop Violin / Italian Opera · 1 artists (1%)
• Native American Traditional / Healing Hz / Native American Contemporary · 1 artists (1%)
• Italo Disco / Hi-Nrg / Swedish Synthpop · 1 artists (1%)
• Trip Hop / Downtempo / Abstract Hip Hop · 1 artists (1%)

Strongest pairings in Hard Bop

Hard Bop artists who most often share real, user-made playlists.

1. Miles Davis & John Coltrane · 88 shared playlists
2. Herbie Hancock & Miles Davis · 71 shared playlists
3. Art Blakey, The Jazz Messengers & Miles Davis · 57 shared playlists
4. Herbie Hancock & John Coltrane · 55 shared playlists
5. Herbie Hancock & Art Blakey, The Jazz Messengers · 48 shared playlists
6. Art Blakey, The Jazz Messengers & John Coltrane · 44 shared playlists
7. Herbie Hancock & Horace Silver · 44 shared playlists
8. Miles Davis & Wes Montgomery · 43 shared playlists
9. Miles Davis & Horace Silver · 37 shared playlists
10. Miles Davis & Wayne Shorter · 36 shared playlists

Related genres

Genres that share the most artists with Hard Bop, for their size.

• Jazz · 37 shared artistsBoth: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock
• Vocal Jazz · 17 shared artistsBoth: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock
• Bebop · 6 shared artistsBoth: Charlie Parker, Horace Silver, Dexter Gordon
• Free Jazz · 5 shared artistsBoth: Eric Dolphy, Archie Shepp, Sam Rivers
• Jazz Saxophone · 3 shared artistsBoth: Joe Henderson, Jackie McLean, Woody Shaw
• Jazz Piano · 4 shared artistsBoth: Ahmad Jamal, Gerald Clayton, Charlie Parker Quartet
• Contemporary Post-Bop · 4 shared artistsBoth: Chick Corea, Bobby Hutcherson, Gerald Clayton
• Avant-Garde Jazz · 2 shared artistsBoth: Charles Mingus, Archie Shepp

Artists

90 artists tagged Hard Bop, ranked by listeners.

1. Miles Davis1.1M listeners · Jazz
2. John Coltrane601.9K listeners · Jazz
3. Herbie Hancock428.2K listeners · Jazz
4. Chick Corea404.2K listeners · Jazz
5. Bill Evans271.8K listeners · Vocal Jazz
6. Charlie Parker263.9K listeners · Bebop
7. Thelonious Monk253.2K listeners · Jazz
8. Charles Mingus140.7K listeners
9. Cannonball Adderley125.5K listeners · Jazz
10. Wes Montgomery123.4K listeners · Jazz
11. Sonny Rollins123.3K listeners · Jazz
12. Art Blakey84.2K listeners
13. Brad Mehldau78.6K listeners
14. Coleman Hawkins68.8K listeners · Jazz
15. Weather Report67.0K listeners · Jazz
16. Wayne Shorter62.6K listeners · Jazz
17. Ahmad Jamal56.9K listeners · Jazz
18. Kenny Burrell44.6K listeners · Jazz
19. Horace Silver41.7K listeners · Jazz
20. Gerry Mulligan40.2K listeners
21. Dexter Gordon37.0K listeners · Jazz
22. Clifford Brown34.0K listeners · Jazz
23. Jimmy Smith33.1K listeners
24. Roy Hargrove32.8K listeners
25. Art Pepper28.9K listeners · Jazz
26. Grant Green27.0K listeners · Jazz
27. Joshua Redman27.0K listeners · Vocal Jazz
28. Lee Morgan25.2K listeners
29. Lou Donaldson25.0K listeners
30. Freddie Hubbard22.3K listeners
31. McCoy Tyner20.2K listeners · Vocal Jazz
32. Joe Henderson18.3K listeners
33. Hank Mobley16.0K listeners · Jazz
34. Gary Burton15.8K listeners · Electronica Argentina
35. Oscar Peterson Trio15.2K listeners · Jazz
36. Milt Jackson13.6K listeners · Jazz
37. Yusef Lateef13.2K listeners
38. Oliver Nelson11.6K listeners
39. Eric Dolphy10.9K listeners
40. Wynton Kelly10.3K listeners
41. Archie Shepp10.0K listeners
42. Stanley Turrentine8.1K listeners
43. Charlie Christian7.4K listeners
44. Gato Barbieri7.2K listeners · Cool Jazz
45. Benny Golson5.9K listeners · Jazz
46. Kenny Dorham5.3K listeners
47. Blue Mitchell4.2K listeners
48. Bobby Hutcherson4.2K listeners · Indie Triste
49. Johnny Griffin4.1K listeners
50. Eddie Harris4.0K listeners · Jazz
51. Sonny Clark3.8K listeners
52. Rahsaan Roland Kirk3.7K listeners · Dinner Jazz
53. Jackie McLean3.1K listeners
54. Jesus Molina2.8K listeners
55. Gerald Clayton2.8K listeners · Contemporary Post-Bop
56. J.J. Johnson2.6K listeners
57. Ike Quebec2.2K listeners
58. Hubert Laws2.0K listeners · Cool Jazz
59. Thad Jones2.0K listeners
60. Charlie "Bird" Parker2.0K listeners · Vocal Jazz
61. Charlie Parker Quartet2.0K listeners · Bebop
62. Curtis Fuller2.0K listeners
63. Nicholas Payton1.9K listeners
64. Cannonball Adderley Quintet1.7K listeners · Jazz
65. Sam Rivers1.5K listeners
66. Barry Harris1.5K listeners · Swedish Gangsta Rap
67. Duke Pearson1.4K listeners
68. LOKI1.3K listeners · Folk
69. Kashmere Stage Band1.1K listeners · Movie Tunes
70. Woody Shaw1.0K listeners · Jazz Saxophone
71. Art Blakey, The Jazz Messengers1.0K listeners · Jazz
72. John Wasson1.0K listeners
73. Red Garland Trio1.0K listeners · Vocal Jazz
74. Hank Levy1.0K listeners · Vocal Jazz
75. Horace Silver Quintet1.0K listeners
76. Cory Weeds1.0K listeners · Contemporary Post-Bop
77. Bill Charlap1.0K listeners · Adult Standards
78. Tina Brooks1.0K listeners
79. Duke Jordan1.0K listeners
80. Thelonious Monk Trio1.0K listeners
81. Larry Young1.0K listeners
82. Cedar Walton Trio1.0K listeners
83. Booker Ervin1.0K listeners
84. Kenny Drew1.0K listeners
85. Indigo Jam Unit1.0K listeners · Bebop
86. Hans Ulrik1.0K listeners · Vocal Jazz
87. Freddie Redd1.0K listeners
88. The Red Garland Trio1.0K listeners
89. Curtis Fuller Quintet1.0K listeners
90. Jack McDuff1.0K listeners