Hard Bop Music of the 1950s
Albums released between 1950 and 1959 tagged as Hard Bop.
Blue Train
John Coltrane · 1958
’Round About Midnight
Miles Davis · 1957
Workin’ With the Miles Davis Quintet
Miles Davis Quintet · 1959
Mingus Ah Um
Charles Mingus · 1959
Cookin’ With the Miles Davis Quintet
Miles Davis Quintet · 1957
Blue Moods
Miles Davis · 1955
Somethin’ Else
Cannonball Adderley · 1958
Sonny Side Up
Dizzy Gillespie · 1959
The Jazz Messengers at the Cafe Bohemia, Volume 2
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers · 1956
Bags’ Groove
Miles Davis · 1957
First Place
J.J. Johnson · 1957
Conception
Miles Davis · 1956
Drum Suite
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers · 1957
Sonny Rollins, Volume 2
Sonny Rollins · 1957
Way Out West
Sonny Rollins · 1957
Byrd in Hand
Donald Byrd · 1959
Cattin’ with Coltrane and Quinichette
John Coltrane · 1959
Off to the Races
Donald Byrd · 1959
The Jazz Messengers at the Cafe Bohemia, Volume 1
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers · 1956
Miles Davis and Horns
Miles Davis · 1956
A Night at the Village Vanguard
Sonny Rollins · 1957
Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants
Miles Davis · 1959
Jazzmen: Detroit
Kenny Burrell · 1956
Mingus at the Bohemia
Charles Mingus · 1956
Blue Haze
Miles Davis · 1956
Crazy Rhythm
Lionel Hampton · 1955
The Sermon!
Jimmy Smith · 1959
Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet · 1959
Miles
Miles Davis Quintet · 1956
At Club “Baby Grand” Wilmington, Delaware, Volume 2
Jimmy Smith · 1956
Deeds, Not Words
Max Roach · 1958