List of hard bop musicians

The following is a list of hard bop musicians.

A

*Pepper Adams -sax
*Cannonball Adderley - sax
*Toshiko Akiyoshi - piano
*Ahmad Alaadeen - sax
*Eddie Allen - trumpet, flugelhorn
*Franco Ambrosetti - trumpet
*Gene Ammons - sax
*Curtis Amy - sax
*Gilad Atzmon - sax

B

*Benny Bailey - trumpet
*Gabe Baltazar - sax
*Kenny Barron - piano
*Marcus Belgrave - trumpet
*Art Blakey - drums
*Terence Blanchard - trumpet
*Walter Booker - bass
*Randy Brecker - trumpet
*Cecil Brooks III
*Tina Brooks - sax
*Bobby Broom - guitar
*Clifford Brown - trumpet
*Kenny Burrell - guitar
*Donald Byrd - trumpet

C

*Conte Candoli - trumpet
*Ron Carter - double-bass
*Paul Chambers - double-bass
*Pete Christlieb - sax
*Sonny Clark - piano
*James Clay (saxophonist) - sax
*Jimmy Cleveland - trombone
*Jimmy Cobb - drums
*Tony Coe - sax, clarinet
*George Coleman - sax
*Johnny Coles
*John Coltrane - sax
*Bob Cooper (musician) - sax, oboe
*Ray Copeland - trumpet
*Bob Cranshaw - double-bass
*Hank Crawford - sax
*Sonny Criss - sax
*Tony Crombie - drums
*Curtis Counce - double-bass
*Ronnie Cuber -sax
*Ted Curson - trumpet

D

*Carsten Dahl - piano
*Eddie Daniels - sax, clarinet
*Art Davis - double-bass
*Eddie Davis (saxophonist) - sax
*Jesse Davis - sax
*Miles Davis - trumpet
*Nathan Davis (saxophonist)
*Richard Davis - double-bass
*Walter Davis, Jr. - piano
*Alan Dawson - drums
*Barbara Dennerlein - organ
*Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
*John D'earth - trumpet
*Niels Lan Doky - piano
*Lou Donaldson - sax
*Kenny Dorham - trumpet
*Ray Draper - trumpet
*Kenny Drew - piano
*Ted Dunbar - guitar

E

*Charles Earland - organ
*Teddy Edwards - sax
*Booker Ervin - sax
*Bill Evans - piano

F

*Charles Fambrough - double-bass
*Art Farmer - trumpet, flugelhorn
*Joe Farrell - flute, sax
*Leonard Feather - piano
*Victor Feldman - piano, vibes
*Maynard Ferguson - trumpet
*Tommy Flanagan - piano
*Ricky Ford
*Frank Foster (musician) - sax
*Von Freeman - sax
*Curtis Fuller - trombone

G

*Red Garland - piano
*Benny Golson - sax
*Dexter Gordon - sax
*Grant Green - guitar
*Johnny Griffin - sax
*Gigi Gryce - sax

H

*Charlie Haden - double-bass
*Tim Hagans - trumpet
*Chico Hamilton - drums
*Herbie Hancock - piano
*Roland Hanna - piano
*Wilbur Harden - trumpet
*Bill Hardman - trumpet, flugelhorn
*Roy Hargrove - trumpet
*Philip Harper - trumpet
*Barry Harris - piano
*Eddie Harris - saxophone, organ
*Stefon Harris - vibraphone
*Antonio Hart - sax
*Hampton Hawes - piano
*Louis Hayes - drums
*Roy Haynes - drums
*Jimmy Heath - sax
*Percy Heath - double-bass
*Tootie Heath - drums
*Bill Heid - piano, keyboards
*Joe Henderson - sax
*Wayne Henderson (musician) - trombone
*Vincent Herring - sax
*Billy Higgins - drums
*Buck Hill - sax
*Ron Holloway - tenor saxophone
*Richard Holmes (organist) - organ
*Stix Hooper - drums
*Elmo Hope - piano
*Lex Humphries - drums
*Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
*Bobby Hutcherson - vibraphone, marimba

J

*Milt Jackson - vibraphone
*Willis Jackson (saxophonist) - sax
*Keith Jarrett - piano
*Clifford Jarvis - drums
*Bobby Jaspar - sax, flute
*J. J. Johnson - trombone
*Plas Johnson - sax
*Carmell Jones - trumpet
*Elvin Jones - drums
*Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones - guitar
*Philly Joe Jones - drums
*Samuel Jones (jazz musician)
*Thad Jones - trumpet
*Clifford Jordan - sax
*Duke Jordan - piano

K

*Geoff Keezer
*Wynton Kelly
*Rahsaan Roland Kirk
*Ryan Kisor

L

*Pat LaBarbera - sax, clarinet
*Ralph Lalama
*Harold Land
*John LaPorta - sax, clarinet
*Pete La Roca
*Yusef Lateef
*Doug Lawrence (jazz) - sax
*Hubert Laws
*Hugh Lawson
*Herbie Lewis - double-bass
*Victor Lewis
*Booker Little - trumpet
*Joe Lovano

M

*Harold Mabern - piano
*Jon Mayer - piano
*Larance Marable - drums
*Hank Marr - organ
*Branford Marsalis
*Pat Martino - guitar
*Harvey Mason - drums
*Cal Massey
*Rob Mazurek - trumpet
*Christian McBride
*Les McCann - piano, keyboards
*Jack McDuff - organ
*Howard McGhee - trumpet
*Gary McFarland
*Al McKibbon - double-bass
*Jackie McLean - sax
*René McLean - sax, flute
*Charles McPherson
*Jymie Merritt - double-bass
*Pierre Michelot - double-bass
*Mulgrew Miller - piano
*Blue Mitchell
*Billy Mitchell (jazz musician) - sax
*Red Mitchell
*Hank Mobley
*Thelonious Monk - piano
*Buddy Montgomery
*Wes Montgomery - guitar
*Tete Montoliu - piano
*James Moody (saxophonist)
*Frank Morgan
*Lee Morgan - trumpet
*Dick Morrissey - sax, flute
*Ronald Muldrow - guitar

N

*Oliver Nelson - sax
*Phineas Newborn, Jr. - piano
*David Newman (jazz musician) - sax

P

*Horace Parlan - piano
*Don Patterson
*John Patton (musician) - organ
*Cecil Payne - sax, flute
*Duke Pearson - piano
*Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - double-bass
*Art Pepper - sax
*Bill Perkins (saxophonist) - saxophone, flute
*Walter Perkins
*Houston Person - sax
*Specs Powell - drums

Q

*Ike Quebec - sax

R

*Sun Ra - piano
*Jimmy Raney - guitar
*Sonny Red - alto sax
*Freddie Redd - piano
*Dizzy Reece - trumpet
*Emily Remler - guitar
*Melvin Rhyne - organ
*Jerome Richardson
*Ben Riley - drums
*Max Roach - drums
*Marcus Roberts - piano
*Red Rodney - trumpet
*Sonny Rollins - sax
*Wallace Roney - trumpet
*Renee Rosnes - piano
*Charlie Rouse - sax

*Pharoah Sanders - saxophone
*Rhoda Scott - organ
*Shirley Scott - organ
*John Serry - piano
*Bud Shank - sax, flute
*Woody Shaw - trumpet
*Sahib Shihab - flute
*Wayne Shorter - sax
*Horace Silver - piano
*Zoot Sims - sax
*Jimmy Smith (musician)
*Dr. Lonnie Smith - organ
*Lou Soloff
*Melvin Sparks - guitar
*James Spaulding (jazz musician)
*Leon Spencer - organ
*Sonny Stitt - sax
*Idrees Sulieman - trumpet
*Ira Sullivan - trumpet, flugelhorn

T

*Grady Tate - drums
*Art Taylor - drums
*Billy Taylor - piano
*Henri Texier - double-bass
*Ed Thigpen - drums
*Lucky Thompson - sax
*The Three Sounds
*Bobby Timmons - piano
*Andrzej Trzaskowski - piano
*Stanley Turrentine - sax
*Tommy Turrentine - trumpet
*McCoy Tyner - piano

V

*Harold Vick - sax, flute

W

*Freddie Waits - drums
*Mal Waldron - piano
*Winston Walls - organ
*Cedar Walton - piano
*Wilbur Ware - double-bass
*Tim Warfield
*Butch Warren - double-bass
*Kenny Washington (musician)
*Doug Watkins - double-bass
*Julius Watkins - French horn
*Michael Weiss (composer) - piano
*Randy Weston - piano
*Mark Whitfield - guitar
*Don Wilkerson - sax
*Baby Face Willette - organ
*Bradley Williams (pianist)
*Buster Williams - double-bass
*Tony Williams - drums
*Jack Wilson (jazz pianist) - piano
*Phil Woods - sax, clarinet
*Reggie Workman - double-bass
*Richard Wyands - piano

Y

*Larry Young (jazz) - organ

Z

*Joe Zawinul - piano, keyboards