Hard Bop Music CDs

Although chronologically the last to be issued, this collection includes some of the best performances from the tapes which would produce the albums Cookin', Relaxin', Workin', and ultimately, Steamin'. A primary consideration of these fruitful sessions is the caliber of...

Hank Mobley was a very valuable part of the Blue Note roster, leading many sessions for the label in addition to being a reliable sideman. Born in 1930, the tenor-saxophonist had a light sound influenced by Sonny Rollins and to a lesser extent Lester Young though it was muscular enough to fit...

Remastered!Autumn Leaves; Love for Sale; Somethin' Else; One for Daddy-O; Dancing in the Dark; Bangoon*.(*Bonus track not on original album.)Julian Cannonball Adderley, Alto Sax; Miles Davis, Trumpet; Art Blakey, Drums; Hank Jones, Piano; Sam Jones, Bass.

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk (1958) was one of a number of landmark projects that Monk (piano) would record during the remarkably prolific spring and summer of 1957. In addition to this confab, he also documented the solo platter Thelonious Himself (1957), as well as...

The Blue Note RVG series gives the legendary recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder (for whom the series is named) an opportunity to newly remaster an extensive series of classic Blue Note gems from the past. Dexter Gordon recorded regularly for Blue Note during 1961-65. One of jazz's...

Ever since he first debuted on records in 1949 and particularly by the mid-1950s, Sonny Rollins has been one of the greatest tenor-saxophonists in jazz history. His original musical role model was Coleman Hawkins who featured a large tone and a harmonically adventurous style. Rollins was also...

The last official album by the Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet is the only one that featured the great Sonny Rollins on tenor. With pianist Richie Powell and bassist George Morrow completing the group, this CD reissue is a hard bop classic. Brownie and Rollins fit together perfectly on...

As a pianist, songwriter and bandleader, Horace Silver was an innovator. During an era when Bud Powell's brand of bebop was the dominant force on most younger pianists, Silver developed a funkier soulful style of his own, one that influenced Les McCann, Bobby Timmons and other soul jazz...

Art Blakey was not only the leader of the Jazz Messengers for 35 years and one of jazz's greatest and most explosive drummers but he was also a masterful talent scout. Throughout the life of the Jazz Messengers, Blakey consistently discovered new talent, taught the youngsters how to swing...

In addition to being bandmates within Miles Davis' mid-'50s quintet, John Coltrane (tenor sax) and Red Garland (piano) head up a session featuring members from a concurrent version of the Red Garland Trio: Paul Chambers (bass) and Art Taylor (drums). This was the second date to feature...

Lee Morgan was one of the major jazz trumpeters of the 1960s. The successor to the short-lived Clifford Brown, Morgan first emerged in 1956 right after Brown's death. Although only 18 at the time, Morgan was already a fine soloist and he worked with Dizzy Gillespie's orchestra, gaining...