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Hard Bop

Curated by Amazon's Music Experts

Dig these Hard Bop anthems from past greats and contemporary revivalists.

51 SONGS • 6 HOURS AND 11 MINUTES

1Speak No Evil (Remastered1998/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Speak No Evil (Remastered1998/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Wayne Shorter
Speak No Evil (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
08:24
2I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry (Rudy Van Gelder Edition/Remastered 1999)
I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry (Rudy Van Gelder Edition/Remastered 1999)
Dexter Gordon
Go! (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
05:22
3Maiden Voyage
Maiden Voyage
Herbie Hancock
Maiden Voyage
07:57
4Walkin'
Walkin'
Miles Davis Sextet
Walkin'
13:23
5Four On Six
Four On Six
Wes Montgomery
The Best Of Wes Montgomery
06:13
6Dat Dere (Album Version)
Dat Dere (Album Version)
Bobby Timmons
This Here Is Bobby Timmons
05:24
7Song For My Father
Song For My Father
Horace Silver
Song For My Father
07:18
8Soul Station (Remastered 1999/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Soul Station (Remastered 1999/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Hank Mobley
Soul Station
09:06
9The Way You Look Tonight
The Way You Look Tonight
Mal Waldron
Mal/2
08:26
10Cool Struttin'
Cool Struttin'
Sonny Clark
Cool Struttin' (Remastered / Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
09:23
11The Preacher (Remastered 2004)
The Preacher (Remastered 2004)
Horace Silver
Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers
04:19
12Blue Train (Remastered 2003/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Blue Train (Remastered 2003/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
John Coltrane
Blue Train (Expanded Edition)
10:44
13Totem Pole (Remastered 1999/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Totem Pole (Remastered 1999/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Lee Morgan
The Sidewinder (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
10:15
14Funk-Cosity (Rudy Van Gelder Edition/2007 Remaster)
Funk-Cosity (Rudy Van Gelder Edition/2007 Remaster)
Kenny Drew
Undercurrent (Rudy Van Gelder Edition/2007 Remaster)
08:26
15I Remember Clifford
I Remember Clifford
Benny Golson
Benny Golson And The Philadelphians
03:02
16Nice And Easy (Remastered 2006/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Nice And Easy (Remastered 2006/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Johnny Griffin
Introducing Johnny Griffin (Rudy Van Gelder Edition / Remastered)
04:19
17Bluesnik (Rudy Van Gelder Edition/2009 Digital Remaster)
Bluesnik (Rudy Van Gelder Edition/2009 Digital Remaster)
Jackie McLean
Bluesnik (Remastered/ Expanded Edition)
09:32
18Lazy Bird (Alternate Take 1)
Lazy Bird (Alternate Take 1)
John Coltrane
Lazy Bird/Blue Train
09:23
19Gertrude's Bounce
Gertrude's Bounce
Clifford Brown & Max Roach
Clifford Brown And Max Roach At Basin Street (Expanded Edition)
04:09
20Isotope (Rudy Van Gelder Edition / 2004 Digital Remaster)
Isotope (Rudy Van Gelder Edition / 2004 Digital Remaster)
Joe Henderson
Inner Urge (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
09:15
21Hip Strut (Remastered)
Hip Strut (Remastered)
Jackie McLean
New Soil
11:19
22You Don't Know What Love Is
You Don't Know What Love Is
Sonny Rollins feat. Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins & Max Roach
Saxophone Colossus
06:29
23Walk On
Walk On
Leroy Vinnegar
Leroy Walks!
08:27
24Free For All (2004 Remaster/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Free For All (2004 Remaster/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Free For All (Remastered / Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
11:09
25Hipsippy Blues
Hipsippy Blues
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Just Coolin'
06:40
26Mona's Mood (Remastered 2004/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Mona's Mood (Remastered 2004/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Blue Mitchell
The Thing To Do (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
05:16
27Moanin' (Remastered 1998/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Moanin' (Remastered 1998/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Art Blakey
Moanin' (Expanded Edition)
09:31
28Open Sesame (Remastered 2002/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Open Sesame (Remastered 2002/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Freddie Hubbard
Open Sesame (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
07:11
29Stablemates
Stablemates
Benny Golson
Benny Golson And The Philadelphians
05:48
30Paradox (Album Version)
Paradox (Album Version)
Sonny Rollins
Worktime (RVG)
04:56
31Blues March
Blues March
The Art Farmer-Benny Golson Jazztet
Meet The Jazztet
05:18
32South Of The Border (Remastered/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
South Of The Border (Remastered/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Lou Donaldson
Gravy Train
05:31
33Swahili
Swahili
Clark Terry
Clark Terry
06:07
34Sandu
Sandu
Clifford Brown & Max Roach Quintet
Study In Brown
04:57
35Work Song
Work Song
Cannonball Adderley Sextet
Cannonball Adderley Sextet, Lugano 1963 / Swiss Radio Days, Jazz Series Vol.3
08:20
36Mirrors (Remastered 2004)
Mirrors (Remastered 2004)
Freddie Hubbard
Breaking Point
06:08
37Blue Bossa (Remastered)
Blue Bossa (Remastered)
Joe Henderson
Page One
08:02
38Evidence
Evidence
Art Blakey & Thelonious Monk
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk (Deluxe Edition)
06:42
39Easy Living
Easy Living
Sonny Stitt
Personal Appearance
04:46
40Candy (Rudy Van Gelder Edition / 2007 / Digital Remaster)
Candy (Rudy Van Gelder Edition / 2007 / Digital Remaster)
Lee Morgan
Candy (Remastered)
07:07
41Compulsion (Instrumental)
Compulsion (Instrumental)
Harold Land Sextet
West Coast Blues!
06:49
42The Way You Look Tonight (Remastered 2009) [feat. John Coltrane]
The Way You Look Tonight (Remastered 2009) [feat. John Coltrane]
Johnny Griffin feat. John Coltrane
A Blowing Session
09:41
43Most Like Lee
Most Like Lee
Lee Morgan
Cornbread
06:49
44The Rake
The Rake
Dizzy Reece
Star Bright
06:08
45Complete
Complete
Curtis Counce
You Get More Bounce With Curtis Counce!
05:54
46True Blue
True Blue
Tina Brooks
True Blue
04:58
47This I Dig Of You (Remastered 1999/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
This I Dig Of You (Remastered 1999/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Hank Mobley
Soul Station
06:26
48Bye-Ya (Album Version)
Bye-Ya (Album Version)
Thelonious Monk
Monk's Dream
05:23
49In Walked Bud
In Walked Bud
Art Blakey & Thelonious Monk
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk (Deluxe Edition)
06:35
50Blood Diamond
Blood Diamond
Walt Weiskopf, Carl Winther, Anders Mogensen & Andreas Lang
European Quartet: Diamonds and Other Jewels
06:52
51Your Child
Your Child
Horace Tapscott
The Quintet
12:19