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Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker was a highly influential American jazz musician primarily known for his innovative contributions to bebop...

Virtuoso Modern Classic Bebop

9.9 Brilliant

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Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus was a highly influential American jazz musician primarily known for his innovative bass playing and compl...

Bass Composer Classic Avant Garde

9.7 Brilliant

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Max Roach

Max Roach was a highly influential American jazz drummer and composer. His innovative work spanned bebop and hard-bop st...

Classic Activist Hard Bop Bebop

9.5 Brilliant

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Ornette Coleman

Ornette Coleman was a pioneering American jazz musician primarily known for his innovative approach to saxophone and com...

Composer Classic Avant Garde Free Jazz

9.5 Brilliant

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Wes Montgomery

Wes Montgomery was a highly distinctive jazz guitarist known for his innovative use of octave playing achieved primarily...

Classic Guitar Hard Bop Soul Jazz

9.5 Brilliant

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Art Blakey

Art Blakey was a pivotal figure in jazz music as a drummer and bandleader. His work with the Jazz Messengers established...

Classic Hard Bop Drums Bandleader

9.4 Excellent

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Clifford Brown

Clifford Brown was an American trumpeter admired for lyric virtuosity, co-leading the Brown-Roach quintet from 1954 unti...

Virtuoso Classic Hard Bop Bebop

9.3 Excellent

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Eric Dolphy

Eric Dolphy was an American multi-instrumentalist whose 1964 Blue Note album Out to Lunch became a landmark of avant-gar...

Classic Avant Garde Flute Alto Sax

9.2 Excellent

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Benny Carter

Benny Carter was an American alto saxophonist, trumpeter, composer, and arranger whose career spanned from 1920s swing i...

Classic Arranger Swing Trumpet

9.2 Excellent

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J.J. Johnson

J.J. Johnson was an American trombonist widely regarded as the leading bebop trombone pioneer, with key Blue Note record...

Composer Classic Trombone Hard Bop

9.2 Excellent

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Jimmy Smith

Jimmy Smith was an American jazz organist who popularized the Hammond B-3 in hard bop and soul jazz, recording The Sermo...

Classic Organ Hard Bop Blue Note

9.2 Excellent

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Horace Silver

Horace Silver was an American pianist and composer, a hard bop founder who co-led the Jazz Messengers and wrote Song for...

Composer Classic Piano Hard Bop

9.1 Excellent

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Freddie Hubbard

Freddie Hubbard was an American trumpeter who bridged hard bop and post-bop, recording Red Clay in 1970 and appearing on...

Classic Fusion Post Bop Hard Bop

9.1 Excellent

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Dexter Gordon

Dexter Gordon was an American tenor saxophonist whose big tone helped define bebop, and whose 1986 film Round Midnight e...

Classic Hard Bop Tenor Sax Bebop

9.1 Excellent

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Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Rahsaan Roland Kirk was an American multi-instrumentalist famed for playing multiple horns at once and for the 1969 albu...

Classic Avant Garde Flute Soul Jazz

9.1 Excellent

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Lee Morgan

Lee Morgan was an American trumpeter and hard bop star whose 1963 Blue Note recording The Sidewinder became a crossover...

Classic Hard Bop Blue Note Soul Jazz

9.0 Excellent

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Jackie McLean

Jackie McLean was an American alto saxophonist whose 1963 Blue Note album Let Freedom Ring fused hard bop with modal and...

Classic Avant Garde Hard Bop Blue Note

8.8 Great

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Grant Green

Grant Green was an American jazz guitarist known for lean single-note lines and prolific Blue Note recordings, including...

Classic Guitar Hard Bop Blue Note

8.7 Great

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Blue Mitchell

Blue Mitchell was an American jazz trumpeter, known for Horace Silver's 1958-1964 quintet and later Blue Note sessions w...

Classic Hard Bop Blue Note Soul Jazz

7.9 Good

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Shirley Scott

Shirley Scott was an American jazz organist from Philadelphia who became a leading Hammond B-3 voice, making 1960s soul-...

Classic Organ Hard Bop Combo

7.8 Good