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
- 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
- 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
- Rob Jacoby - 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
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
- 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
- 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 (musician)
- 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
S
- 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
- 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