Hard bop musicians
0
Alan Barnes
British musician
1
Albert Dailey
American musician
2
Aleksey Kozlov
Russian saxophonist and jazz musician
3
Andrew Hill
American jazz pianist and composer
4
Andrew White
American musician
5
Billy Hart
American jazz drummer
6
Bob Maize
American musician
7
Bob Porcelli
8
Buster Williams
American musician
9
Cannonball Adderley
American jazz alto saxophonist
10
Carmell Jones
American trumpeter
11
Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader
12
Charlie Rouse
American musician
13
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
14
Connie Kay
American musician
15
David Kikoski
American musician
16
David Schnitter
American musician
17
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
18
Don Grusin
American musician
19
Hank Mobley
American saxophonist
20
Herbie Hancock
American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor
21
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
22
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
23
Jean Toussaint
jazz musician
24
Jimmy McGriff
American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader (1936-2008)
25
Jimmy Smith
American jazz musician
26
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
27
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
28
Johnny O'Neal
American musician
29
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
30
Larry Klein
American music producer, songwriter and bass guitar player
31
Mary Lou Williams
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
32
Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
33
Michel Camilo
Dominican Grammy-award winning pianist and composer (born 1954)
34
Milt Jackson
American musician
35
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
36
Oliver Nelson
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)
37
Omar Rodriguez Calvo
38
Oscar Peterson
Canadian jazz pianist, band leader, composer
39
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
40
Percy Heath
American musician
41
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
American musician
42
Ramón Valle
Cuban jazz pianist
43
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
44
Ray Draper
American musician
45
Robin Kenyatta
American jazz alto saxophonist
46
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
47
Scott Colley
American musician
48
Sonny Clark
American musician
49
Sonny Red
American musician
50
Sun Ra
American jazz composer and bandleader (1914-1993)
51
T. S. Monk
American musician
52
Ted Curson
Jazz trumpeter
53
Terence Blanchard
American musician and composer
54
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
55
Vi Redd
American jazz altosaxophonist, singer and educator
56
Von Freeman
American saxophonist
57
Wes Montgomery
American jazz musician