Samstag, 26. Mai 2012, 1:17

This is a list of hard bop and hard boppish albums. Recently, i’ve been feeling for hard bop – especially albums i havent really listened to much. And, i’m hoping to learn something.

Many are prototypical hard bop. Some are marginally hard bop. And, some are more post-bop, whatever that means. Some are somewhat cool (as in cool jazz), others somewhat soul jazz. And, sometimes free jazz creeps in. In other words, they kinda make up the mainstream trends in jazz and are mostly hard boplike. But, you should always let the music speak for itself – this is just for fun. (Theres not really any fusion here.)

Many of the albums are classic. Most are major works of art and craft. I dont know if i dig all the albums, but most are pretty good. If you check out about a quarter of these albums, you’ll get a real good idea of what hardbop is if it’s anything at all.

This is a long list because jazz is big. There are top 10 or top 100 lists, but this is a mother. To give a historical flavor, they are roughly ordered chronologically by recording date. So, the albums should start around bebop, get more like hard bop, later pick up some modal and free jazz influences, and then some will get some sounds from the 70s and 80s.

A final constraint on this list is that either the album is on the free US Spotify or I own the CD – so this is a personal list. (Most are on Spotify, although not always the whole album.)

Thelonious Monk · Genius Of Modern Music, Volume 1
1947 Oct 15 – 1947 Nov 21
(w/ Milt Jackson, Art Blakey, Idrees Sulieman, Gene Ramey. Pretty beboppish but Monk goes beyond bebop)

Milt Jackson · Wizard Of The Vibes
1948 Jul 2 – 1952 Apr 7
(w/ Thelonious Monk, Lou Donaldson, Sahib Shihab, John Lewis, Percy Heath, Al McKibbon, John Simmons, Kenny Clarke, Shadow Wilson, Kenny Hagood)

J.J. Johnson · JJ Johnson-Kai Winding Sextet
1949 May 11
(w/ Sonny Rollins. Beboppish but the earliest recordings of Sonny Rollins are with JJ)

JJ Johnson · Trombone By Three
1949 May 26
(w/ Sonny Rollins, Kenny Dorham, Max Roach, Leonard Gaskin)

Gene Ammons · All-Star Sessions
1950 Mar 5 – 1955 Jun 16
(w/ Lou Donaldson, Art Farmer, Sonny Stitt, Junior Mance, Duke Jordan, Freddie Redd, Gene Wright, Addison Farmer, Tommy Potter, Jo Jones)

Stan Getz · Complete Roost Sessions
1950 Dec 10 – 1951 Aug 15
(w/ Horace Silver, Jimmy Raney, Roy Haynes, Walter Bolden. You dont think of Getz when you think of hard bop and this isnt hard bop, but he did find Horace Silver and got em on wax. These are Silver’s first recordings.)

Thelonious Monk · Genius Of Modern Music, Volume 2
1951 Jul 23 – 1952 May 30
(w/ Sahib Shihab, Lucky Thompson, Milt Jackson, Kenny Dorham, Art Blakey, Nelson Boyd)

Miles Davis · Dig
1951 Oct 5
(w/ Sonny Rollins, Jackie McLean, Walter Bishop, Jr. Maybe the first real hard bop album)

Sonny Rollins · Sonny Rollins With The Modern Jazz Quartet
1951 Jan 17 – 1953 Oct 7
(w/ Miles Davis (on piano), Milt Jackson, Kenny Drew. Sonny’s first album as a leader.)

Wardell Gray · The Los Angeles All-Stars [reissued on Wardell Gray Remastered]
1952 Jan 21
(w/ Art Farmer, Hampton Hawes, Larance Marable)

Milt Jackson · Milt Jackson And The Thelonious Monk Quintet [partially reissued in a confusing way on Wizard Of The Vibes and Genius Of Modern Music, Volume 2]
1948 Jul 2 – 1952 Apr 7
(w/ Lou Donaldson, Sahib Shihab, John Lewis)

Miles Davis · Miles Davis Volume 1
1952 May 9 – 1954 Mar 6
(w/ Jackie McLean, Jimmy Heath, Horace Silver, JJ Johnson, Gil Coggins, Oscar Pettiford)

Thelonious Monk · Thelonious Monk Trio
1952 Oct 15 – 1954 Sep 22

Horace Silver · Horace Silver Trio
1952 Oct 9 – 1953 Nov 23
(w/ Curly Russell. Silver’s first album.)

Miles Davis · Volume 2
1953 Apr 20
(w/ Jackie McLean, Jimmy Heath, Horace Silver, JJ Johnson)

Elmo Hope · New Sounds-New Faces [reissued on Trio And Quintet]
1953 Jun 18
(w/ Philly Joe Jones)

J.J. Johnson · The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 1
1953 Jun 20 – 1954 Sep 24
(w/ Clifford Brown, Jimmy Heath, John Lewis)

Art Farmer · The Art Farmer Septet
1953 Jul 2 – 1954 Jun 7
(w/ Charlie Rouse, Horace Silver, Jimmy Cleveland, Quincy Jones, Danny Bank, Monk Montgomery)

JJ Johnson · The Four Trombones: The Debut Recordings
1953 Sep 18
(w/ Kai Winding, John Lewis, Charles Mingus, Bennie Green, Art Taylor)

Art Blakey · A Night at Birdland, Volume 1
1954 Feb 21
(w/ Clifford Brown, Horace Silver, Lou Donaldson)

Art Blakey · A Night at Birdland, Volume 2
1954 Feb 21
(w/ Clifford Brown, Horace Silver, Lou Donaldson)

Miles Davis · Walkin'
1954 Apr 3 – 1954 Apr 29
(w/ Horace Silver, JJ Johnson, Lucky Thompson)

Elmo Hope · Elmo Hope Quintet [reissued on Trio And Quintet]
1954 May 9
(w/ Frank Foster)

Thelonious Monk · Monk
1953 Nov 13 – 1954 May 11
(w/ Sonny Rollins, Frank Foster, Julius Watkins, Ray Copeland, Willie Jones)

Art Farmer · When Farmer Met Gryce
1954 May 19
(w/ Horace Silver, Gigi Gryce)

Thelonious Monk · Thelonious Monk
1954 Jun 7
(solo piano)

Miles Davis · Bags' Groove
1954 Jun 29 – 1954 Dec 24
(w/ Sonny Rollins, Milt Jackson, Horace Silver)

Clifford Brown · Clifford Brown And Max Roach
1954 Aug 2 – 1955 Feb 25
(w/ Harold Land, Richie Powell, George Morrow)

Clifford Brown · Brown And Roach Incorporated
1954 Aug 2 – 1954 Aug 6
(w/ Harold Land, Richie Powell)

Dinah Washington · Dinah Jams
1954 Aug 14
(w/ Clifford Brown, Harold Land, Clark Terry, Maynard Ferguson, Richie Powell, Junior Mance, Herb Geller, Keter Betts)

Sonny Rollins · Moving Out
1954 Aug 18 – 1954 Oct 25
(w/ Kenny Dorham, Elmo Hope, Thelonious Monk)

Thelonious Monk · Thelonious Monk And Sonny Rollins
1953 Nov 13 – 1954 Oct 25
(w/ Sonny Rollins, Julius Watkins)

JJ Johnson · The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume 2
1954 Sep 24 – 1955 Jun 6
(w/ Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Wynton Kelly, Charles Mingus, Paul Chambers, Sabu Martinez)

Sarah Vaughan · Sarah Vaughan [reissued as Sarah Vaughan With Clifford Brown]
1954 Dec 16
(w/ Clifford Brown, Herbie Mann, Paul Quinichette, Jimmy Jones, Joe Benjamin)

Miles Davis · Miles Davis And The Modern Jazz Giants
1954 Dec 24 – 1956 Oct 26
(w/ John Coltrane, Milt Jackson, Thelonious Monk, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones)

Clark Terry · Clark Terry
1954 Jun 2 – 1955 Jan 4
(w/ Horace Silver, Lucky Thompson, Cecil Payne, Quincy Jones, Tal Farlow, Terry Pollard, Mary Osborne, Beryl Booker, Norma Carson, Corky Hale, Urbie Green, Wendell Marshall. Clark Terry goes from swing through bebop to hard bop)

James Moody · Moody's Mood For Blues
1955 Jan 8 - 1955 Jan 28
(w/ Eddie Jefferson, Dave Burns, Sadik Hakim, William Shepherd, Joe Harris. Lots of jump blues and rhythm & blues influence)

Horace Silver · Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers
1954 Nov 13 – 1955 Feb 6
(w/ Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley, Art Blakey, Doug Watkins)

Clifford Brown · Study In Brown
1955 Feb 23 - 1955 Feb 25
(w/ Harold Land, Richie Powell, Max Roach)

Hank Mobley · Hank Mobley Quartet
1955 Mar 27
(w/ Horace Silver)

Kenny Dorham · Afro-Cuban
1955 Jan 30 – 1955 Mar 29
(w/ Horace Silver, Cecil Payne, JJ Johnson, Patato)

Herbie Nichols · The Prophetic Herbie Nicholas, Volume 1
1955 May 6
(w/ Art Blakey. Herbie Nichols is kind of outside of hard bop but he’s of them times and is stretched out like Monk, getting more respect nowadays)

Herbie Nichols · The Prophetic Herbie Nichols, Volume 2
1955 May 13
(w/ Art Blakey. All of Herbie Nichols’s stuff has been reissued on Complete Studio Master Takes and The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Herbie Nichols)

Miles Davis · Miscellaneous Davis 1955-1957
1955 Jul 17 – 1957 Dec 18
(w/ Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Zoot Sims, Lester Young, Bobby Jaspar, René Urtreger, Tommy Flanagan, Pierre Michelot, Connie Kay, Horst Jankowski. Has the famous 1955 Newport ‘'Round Midnight’ solo.)

Thelonious Monk · Thelonious Monk Plays The Music Of Duke Ellington
1955 Jul 21 – 1955 Jul 27

Herbie Nichols · Herbie Nichols Trio
1955 Aug 1 – 1956 Apr 19
(w/ Max Roach, Teddy Kotick)

Jimmy Cleveland · Introducing Jimmy Cleveland And His All Stars
1955 Aug 4 – 1955 Nov 19
(w/ Lucky Thompson, Jerome Richardson, Cecil Payne, Hank Jones, Wade Legge, Ernie Royal, Barry Galbraith, Osie Johnson, Quincy Jones)

Art Farmer · Art Farmer Quintet Featuring Gigi Gryce [also titled Evening In Casablanca]
1955 Oct 21
(w/ Duke Jordan)

Ahmad Jamal · Poinciana
1951 Oct 25 – 1955 Oct 25
(w/ Ray Crawford, Israel Crosby. This album has the track ‘Old Devil Moon’ with a guitar player, there is a different album with the same name issued about a decade later with a drummer instead of the guitar)

Miles Davis · The New Miles Davis Quintet
1955 Nov 16
(w/ John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones)

Sonny Rollins · Worktime
1955 Dec 2
(w/ Ray Bryant, Max Roach)

Lucky Thompson · Lucky Thompson Featuring Oscar Pettiford
1956 Jan 24 – 1956 Jan 30
(w/ Hank Jones)

Charles Mingus · Pithecanthropus Erectus
1956 Jan 30
(w/ Jackie McLean, J.R. Monterose, Mal Waldron)

Clifford Brown · At Basin Street
1956 Jan 4 – 1956 Feb 17
(w/ Sonny Rollins, Richie Powell, Max Roach)

Jimmy Smith · A New Star-A New Sound [also titled At The Organ, Vol. 1]
1956 Feb 18
(w/ Bay Perry. Jimmy’s first album.)

Paul Chambers · Chambers' Music
1956 Mar 1
(w/ John Coltrane, Kenny Drew, Philly Joe Jones)

Thelonious Monk · The Unique Thelonious Monk
1956 Mar 17 – 1956 Apr 3

Sonny Rollins · Plus 4
1956 Mar 22
(w/ Clifford Brown, Richie Powell, Max Roach)

Jimmy Smith · The Champ [also titled At The Organ, Vol. 2 or A New Star, A New Sound: Jimmy Smith At The Organ Volume 2]
1956 Mar 27

Art Blakey · The Jazz Messengers
1956 Apr 5
(w/ Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver)

Johnny Griffin · Introducing Johnny Griffin
1956 Apr 17
(w/ Wynton Kelly)

Ray Charles · Genius After Hours
1956 Apr 30 – 1957 Sep 12
(w/ David "Fathead" Newman, Oscar Pettiford. Although Ray is considered more a soul music guy, he sometimes plays hard boppish jazz and his music influenced hard bop)

Phineas Newborn, Jr. · Here Is Phineas
1956 May 3 – 1956 May 4
(w/ Calvin Newborn)

Miles Davis · Workin'
1956 May 11 – 1956 Oct 26
(w/ John Coltrane, Red Garland)

Miles Davis · Steamin'
1956 May 11 – 1956 Oct 26
(w/ John Coltrane, Red Garland)

Sonny Rollins · Tenor Madness
1956 May 25
(w/ John Coltrane, Red Garland)

Kenny Burrell · Introducing Kenny Burrell
1956 May 29 – 1956 May 30
(w/ Tommy Flanagan, Candido)

Kenny Dorham · 'Round About Midnight At The Cafe Bohemia
1956 May 31
(w/ JR Monterose, Bobby Timmons, Kenny Burrell, Sam Jones, Arthur Edgehill)

Miles Davis · 'Round About Midnight
1955 Oct 26 – 1956 Sep 10
(w/ John Coltrane, Red Garland, Gil Evans, Teo Macero)

Oscar Pettiford · Deep Passion
1956 Jun 11 – 1957 Sep 6
(w/ Benny Golson, Lucky Thompson, Gigi Gryce, Jerome Richardson, Art Farmer, Tommy Flanagan, Dave Amram, Julius Watkins)

Jimmy Smith · Jimmy Smith at the Organ, Vol. 3 [also titled The Incredible Jimmy Smith (At The Organ)]
1956 Jun 17 – 1956 Jun 18
(w/ Donald Bailey)

Sonny Rollins · Saxophone Colossus
1956 Jun 22
(w/ Tommy Flanagan)

Clifford Brown · The Beginning And The End
1952 Mar 21 – 1956 Jun 25
(w/ Sam Dockery. Sadly, this has Brownie’s last recordings – and also his first.)

Horace Silver · Silver's Blue
1956 Jul 2 – 1956 Jul 17
(w/ Hank Mobley, Joe Gordon)

Thad Jones · The Magnificent Thad Jones
1956 Jul 14
(w/ Billy Mitchell, Barry Harris)

Jackie McLean · Lights Out!
1956 Jul 27
(w/ Donald Byrd, Elmo Hope. Jackie’s 2nd album)

Jimmy Smith · The Incredible Jimmy Smith At Club Baby Grand, Vol. 1
1956 Aug 4

Jimmy Smith · The Incredible Jimmy Smith At Club Baby Grand, Vol. 2
1956 Aug 4

Shelly Manne · My Fair Lady
1956 Aug 17
(w/ André Previn, Leroy Vinnegar)

Red Garland · A Garland Of Red
1956 Aug 17

Gene Ammons · The Happy Blues
1956 Aug 23
(w/ Jackie McLean, Art Farmer, Duke Jordan, Candido)

Max Roach · Max Roach Plus Four
1956 Sep 17
(w/ Sonny Rollins, Kenny Dorham, Ray Bryant)

Bill Evans · New Jazz Conceptions
1956 Sep 18 – 1956 Sep 27
(w/ Teddy Kotick, Paul Motion)

Thelonious Monk · Brilliant Corners
1956 Oct 9 – 1956 Dec 23
(w/ Sonny Rollins, Clark Terry, Ernie Henry)

J.R. Monterose · J.R. Monterose
1956 Oct 21
(w/ Horace Silver, Ira Sullivan, Wilbur Ware)

Miles Davis · Relaxin'
1956 May 11 – 1956 Oct 26
(w/ John Coltrane, Red Garland)

Miles Davis · Cookin'
1956 May 11 – 1956 Oct 26
(w/ John Coltrane, Red Garland)

Lee Morgan · Indeed!
1956 Nov 4
(w/ Horace Silver. His first album as a leader and also his first time on wax.)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk · Triple Threat [reissued as Early Roots or Third Dimension]
1956 Nov 9
(w/ His debut. He wasn’t known as ‘Rahsaan’ yet)

Mal Waldron · Mal-1
1956 Nov 9
(w/ Idrees Sulieman, Gigi Gryce, Julian Euell)

Horace Silver · 6 Pieces Of Silver
1956 Nov 10
(w/ Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Louis Hayes)

Hampton Hawes · All Night Session!, Vol. 1
1956 Nov 12
(w/ Jim Hall, Red Mitchell)

Hampton Hawes · All Night Session!, Volume 2
1956 Nov 12 – 1956 Nov 13
(w/ Jim Hall, Red Mitchell)

Hampton Hawes · All Night Session!, Volume 3
1956 Nov 13
(w/ Jim Hall, Red Mitchell)

Art Farmer · Farmer's Market
1956 Nov 23
(w/ Hank Mobley, Kenny Drew, Elvin Jones)

Ray Charles · The Great Ray Charles
1956 Apr 30 – 1956 Nov 26
(w/ David Fathead Newman, Oscar Pettiford)

Lee Morgan · Lee Morgan Vol. 2 [reissued as Lee Morgan Sextet]
1956 Dec 2
(w/ Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Charlie Persip)

Sonny Rollins · Tour De Force
1956 Dec 7
(w/ Kenny Drew, Earl Coleman)

Art Blakey · Drum Suite
1956 Dec 13 – 1957 Feb 22
(w/ Jackie McLean, Ray Bryant, Candido, Sabu Martinez, Bill Hardman, Sam Dockery, Spanky DeBrest, Charles Wright)

James Moody · Moody's Mood For Love
1956 Dec 14 – 1957 Jan 13
(w/ Benny Golson, Johnny Coles, Eddie Jefferson)

Jackie McLean · McLean's Scene
1956 Dec 14 – 1957 Feb 15
(w/ Bill Hardman, Red Garland, Mal Waldron)

Sonny Rollins · Sonny Rollins, Vol. 1
1956 Dec 16
(w/ Donald Byrd, Wynton Kelly)

Kenny Burrell · All Night Long
1956 Dec 28
(w/ Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Jerome Richardson, Mal Waldron)

Kenny Burrell · All Day Long
1957 Jan 4
(w/ Donald Byrd, Frank Foster, Tommy Flanagan)

Gene Ammons · Funky
1957 Jan 11
(w/ Jackie McLean, Art Farmer, Mal Waldron, Kenny Burrell)

Hank Mobley · Hank Mobley And His All Stars
1957 Jan 13
(w/ Horace Silver, Milt Jackson)

Gigi Gryce · Jazz Lab
1957 Jan 13 – 1957 Mar 13
(w/ Donald Byrd, Sahib Shihab, Tommy Flanagan, Jimmy Cleveland, Benny Powell, Julius Watkins, Don Butterfield)

Art Pepper · Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section
1957 Jan 19
(w/ Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones)

Charles Mingus · The Clown
1957 Feb 13 – 1957 Mar 12
(w/ Shafi Hadi, Wade Legge, Jimmy Knepper, Dannie Richmond, Jean Shepherd)

Clifford Jordan · Blowing In From Chicago
1957 Mar 3
(w/ John Gilmore, Horace Silver)

Sonny Rollins · Way Out West
1957 Mar 7
(w/ Ray Brown, Shelley Manne)

Art Blakey · Orgy In Rhythm
1957 Mar 7
(w/ Herbie Mann, Ray Bryant, Sabu, Patato, Art Taylor, Jo Jones, Specs Wright. Not typical hard bop, it’s a percussion album mostly)

Hank Mobley · Hank Mobley Quintet
1957 Mar 9
(w/ Art Farmer, Horace Silver, Milt Jackson)

Max Roach · Jazz In 3/4 Time
1956 Sep 20 – 1957 Mar 21
(w/ Sonny Rollins, Kenny Dorham, Billy Wallace)

Lee Morgan · Lee Morgan Vol. 3 [or The 3rd Volume]
1957 Mar 24
(w/ Benny Golson, Gigi Gryce, Wynton Kelly)

Johnny Griffin · A Blowin' Session
1957 Apr 6
(w/ Hank Mobley, John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly)

Ray Bryant · Ray Bryant Trio
1957 Apr 7
(w/ Ike Issacs)

Art Blakey · A Night In Tunisia
1957 Apr 8
(w/ Johnny Griffin, Jackie McLean, Bill Hardman, Sam Dockery. This album (on RCA) is not to be confused with the A Night In Tunisia album with Wayne Shorter released in 1960 on Blue Note.)

Yusef Lateef · Jazz Moods
1957 Apr 9
(w/ Hugh Lawson, Curtis Fuller, Ernie Farrow)

Thelonious Monk · Thelonious Himself
1957 Apr 12 – 1957 Apr 16
(w/ John Coltrane)

Sonny Rollins · Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2
1957 Apr 14
(w/ JJ Johnson, Horace Silver, Thelonious Monk)

Tommy Flanagan · The Cats
1957 Apr 18
(w/ John Coltrane, Idrees Sulieman, Kenny Burrell)

Hank Mobley · Hank
1957 Apr 21
(w/ Donald Byrd, John Jenkins, Bobby Timmons)

Randy Weston · Jazz a la Bohemia
1957 spring
(w/ Cecil Payne, Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Al Dreares)

JJ Johnson · Blue Trombone
1957 Apr 26 - 1957 May 3
(w/ Tommy Flanagan)

Horace Silver · The Stylings Of Silver
1957 May 8
(w/ Art Farmer, Hank Mobley)

Art Blakey · Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk
1957 May 14 – 1957 May 15
(w/ Johnny Griffin, Bill Hardman)

Kenny Dorham · Jazz Contrasts
1957 May 21 - 1957 May 27
(w/ Sonny Rollins, Hank Jones, Betty Glamann)

John Coltrane · Coltrane
1957 May 31
(w/ Sahib Shihab, Mal Waldron, Red Garland, Albert Heath, Johnnie Splawn. Coltrane’s first album as a leader. This album is on the Prestige label and is not to be confused with a different album of the same name on Impulse with Trane’s so-called classic quartet of the 1960s.)

Sonny Rollins · The Sound Of Sonny
1957 Jun 11 – 1957 Jun 19
(w/ Sonny Clark)

Curtis Fuller · The Opener
1957 Jun 16
(w/ Hank Mobley, Bobby Timmons)

Hank Mobley · Hank Mobley
1957 Jun 23
(w/ Shafi Hadi , Bill Hardman, Sonny Clark)

Thelonious Monk · Monk's Music
1957 Jun 26
(w/ John Coltrane, Coleman Hawkins, Gigi Gryce, Ray Copeland)

Jimmy Knepper · Jimmy Knepper [reissued as Debut Rarities, vol. 1]
1957 Jul 10
(w/ Joe Maini, Bill Triglia, Charles Mingus)

Paul Chambers · Bass On Top
1957 Jul 14
(w/ Hank Jones, Kenny Burrell)

Thelonious Monk · Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane
1957 Apr 12 – 1957 Jul
(w/ Coleman Hawkins, Gigi Gryce, Ray Copeland)

Charles Mingus · Tijuana Moods
1957 Jul 18 – 1957 Aug 6
(w/ Shafi Hadi, Clarence Shaw, Jimmy Knepper, Bill Triglia, Frankie Dunlop, Ysabel Morel)

Sonny Clark · Dial "S" For Sonny
1957 Jul 21
(w/ Hank Mobley, Art Farmer, Curtis Fuller)

Red Garland · Groovy
1957 Aug 9 – 1957 Dec 14

Gerry Mulligan · Mulligan Meets Monk
1957 Aug 12 – 1957 Aug 13

Tommy Flanagan · Overseas
1957 Aug 15
(w/ Wilbur Little)

John Coltrane · Lush Life
1957 Aug 16 – 1958 Jan 10
(w/ Donald Byrd, Red Garland, Earl May)

John Coltrane · John Coltrane With The Red Garland Trio [reissued as Traneing In]
1957 Aug 23

Jimmy Smith · House Party
1957 Aug 25
(w/ Tina Brooks, George Coleman, Lou Donaldson, Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Kenny Burrell, Eddie McFadden)

Ernie Henry · Last Chorus
1957 Sep 15 (or Sep 23?)
(w/ Benny Golson, Cecil Payne, Lee Morgan, Wynton Kelly, Melba Liston)

John Coltrane · Blue Train
1957 Sep 15
(w/ Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Kenny Drew)

Sonny Rollins · Newk's Time
1957 Sep 23
(w/ Wynton Kelly)

Ray Charles & Milt Jackson · Soul Brothers
1957 Sep 27
(w/ Billy Mitchell, Skeeter Best. In addition to their usual, Ray plays alto, Milt plays guitar.)

Lee Morgan · The Cooker
1957 Sep 29
(w/ Pepper Adams, Bobby Timmons)

Stan Getz & J.J. Johnson · Stan Getz And J.J. Johnson At The Opera House
1957 Sep 29 – 1957 Oct 7
(w/ Herb Ellis)

Sonny Clark · Sonny's Crib
1957 Oct 9
(w/ John Coltrane, Donald Byrd, Curtis Fuller)

Yusef Lateef · Jazz And The Sounds Of Nature [reissued on Gong!, partly reissued on The Last Savoy Sessions]
1957 Oct 9 – 1957 Oct 10
(w/ Wilbur Harden, Hugh Lawson, Oliver Jackson)

Yusef Lateef · Prayer To The East [reissued on Gong! and The Last Savoy Sessions]
1957 Oct 10
(w/ Wilbur Harden, Hugh Lawson)

Yusef Lateef · The Sounds Of Yusef
1957 Oct 11
(w/ Wilbur Harden, Hugh Lawson)

Yusef Lateef · Other Sounds
1957 Oct 11
(w/ Wilbur Harden, Hugh Lawson)

Johnny Griffin · The Congregation
1957 Oct 13
(w/ Sonny Clark, Kenny Dennis)

Sonny Clark · Sonny Clark Trio
1957 Oct 13

Benny Golson · Benny Golson's New York Scene
1957 Oct 14 – 1957 Oct 17
(w/ Art Farmer, Wynton Kelly)

Kenny Drew · Pal Joey
1957 Oct 15

Charles Mingus · Scenes In The City
1957 Oct
(w/ Shafi Hadi, Clarence Shaw, Jimmy Knepper, Melvin Stewart)

Wilbur Ware · Chicago Sound
1957 Oct 16 – 1957 Oct 18
(w/ Johnny Griffin, John Jenkins, Junior Mance, Wilbur Campbell)

Abbey Lincoln · That's Him
1957 Oct 28
(w/ Sonny Rollins, Kenny Dorham, Wynton Kelly)

Elmo Hope · Trio And Quintet [This is a previously unreleased date that is bundled with New Sounds-New Faces and Elmo Hope Quintet]
1957 Oct 31
(w/ Harold Land, Stu Williamson, Frank Butler)

Sonny Rollins · A Night At The Village Vanguard
1957 Nov 3
(w/ Donald Bailey, Pete La Roca)

Sonny Rollins · More From The Village Vanguard
1957 Nov 3

Jimmy Smith · Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise
1957 Nov 15
(w/ Eddie McFadden)

Herbie Nichols · Love, Gloom, Cash, Love
1957 Nov
(w/ George Duvivier, Dannie Richmond)

Thelonious Monk · Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane At Carnegie Hall
1957 Nov 29

Miles Davis · Ascenseur Pour L'Échafaud
1957 Dec 4 – 1957 Dec 5
(w/ René Urtreger, Barney Wilen, Pierre Michelot)

Lou Donaldson · Lou Takes Off
1957 Dec 15
(w/ Donald Byrd, Curtis Fuller, Sonny Clark, George Joyner)

Benny Golson · The Modern Touch
1957 Dec 19 – 1957 Dec 23
(w/ Kenny Dorham, Wynton Kelly)

Max Roach · The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker
1957 Dec 23
(w/ Hank Mobley, George Coleman, Kenny Dorham)

Toots Thielemans · Man Bites Harmonica
1957 Dec 30 – 1958 Jan 7
(w/ Pepper Adams, Kenny Drew)

Sonny Clark · Cool Struttin'
1958 Jan 5
(w/ Art Farmer, Jackie McLean)

John Coltrane · The Last Trane
1957 Aug 16 – 1958 Jan 10
(w/ Donald Byrd, Red Garland, Earl May)

Horace Silver · Further Explorations
1958 Jan 13
(w/ Art Farmer, Clifford Jordan)

Harold Land · Harold In The Land Of Jazz
1958 Jan 13 – 1958 Jan 14
(w/ Rolf Ericson, Carl Perkins)

Ahmad Jamal · But Not For Me [also issued as At The Pershing, Vol. 1]
1958 Jan 16 – 1958 Jan 17
(w/ Israel Crosby, Vernell Fournier)

Ahmad Jamal · At The Pershing, Vol. 2
1958 Jan 17

Hampton Hawes · Four!
1958 Jan 27
(w/ Barney Kessel)

Lee Morgan · Candy
1957 Nov 18 – 1958 Feb 2
(w/ Sonny Clark)

Miles Davis · Milestones
1958 Feb 4 – 1958 Mar 4
(w/ John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Red Garland)

Louis Smith · Here Comes Louis Smith
1958 Feb 4 – 1958 Feb 9
(w/ Cannonball Adderley, Duke Jordan, Tommy Flanagan)

John Coltrane · Soultrane
1958 Feb 7
(w/ Red Garland)

Hank Mobley · Peckin' Time
1958 Feb 9
(w/ Lee Morgan, Wynton Kelly)

Ornette Coleman · Something Else!!!!: The Music of Ornette Coleman
1958 Feb 10
(w/ Don Cherry, Walter Norris, Billy Higgins, Don Payne. The beginnings of free jazz, but it's interesting how similar this is to the hard bop format. Ornette's later recordings get steadily further from hard bop.)

Sonny Rollins · Freedom Suite
1958 Feb 11 – 1958 Mar 7

Ray Charles · What'd I Say
1952 Sep 11 – 1959 Feb 18
(w/ David Fathead Newman, Hank Crawford , Emmett Dennis, Marcus Belgrave, Lee Harper, John Hunt, Ricky Harper, Joe Bridgewater, Edgar Willis, Roosevelt Sheffield, William Peeples, Richie Goldberg, Teagle Fleming, Milt Turner, Mary Ann Fisher, The Raelets)

Jimmy Smith · The Sermon!
1958 Feb 25
(w/ Tina Brooks, George Coleman, Lou Donaldson, Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Kenny Burrell, Eddie McFadden)

Johnny Griffin · Johnny Griffin Sextet
1958 Feb 25
(w/ Donald Byrd, Pepper Adams, Kenny Drew)

Kenny Burrell · Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane
1958 Mar 7
(w/ Tommy Flanagan)

Cannonball Adderley · Somethin' Else
1958 Mar 9
(w/ Miles Davis, Hank Jones. Quintessential hard bop.)

Wilbur Harden · Mainstream 1958
1958 Mar 13
(w/ John Coltrane, Tommy Flanagan)

Tina Brooks · Minor Move
1958 Mar 16
(w/ Lee Morgan, Sonny Clark)

John Coltrane · Settin' The Pace
1958 Mar 26
(w/ Red Garland)

Wilbur Harden · Tanganyika Strut
1958 May 13 – 1958 Jun 24
(w/ John Coltrane, Curtis Fuller, Howard Williams, Alvin Jackson)

Pepper Adams · 10 To 4 At The Five Spot
1958 Apr 5
(w/ Donald Byrd, Bobby Timmons)

Jimmy Smith · Cool Blues
1958 Apr 7
(w/ Tina Brooks, Lou Donaldson, Eddie McFadden)

Ray Charles & Milt Jackson · Soul Meeting
1957 Sep 27 – 1958 Apr 10
(w/ Kenny Burrell, Billy Mitchell, Skeeter Best. Ray plays alto, Milt plays guitar!)

Art Farmer · Portrait Of Art Farmer
1958 Apr 19 – 1958 May 1
(w/ Hank Jones, Addison Farmer)

Wes Montgomery · Far Wes
1958 Apr 22 – 1959 Oct 1
(w/ Harold Land, Pony Poindexter, Buddy Montgomery, Monk Montgomery)

Clark Terry · In Orbit
1958 May 7 – 1958 May 12
(w/ Thelonious Monk)

Kenny Burrell · Blue Lights
1958 May 14
(w/ Louis Smith, Junior Cook, Tina Brooks, Bobby Timmons, Duke Jordan)

Max Roach · Max On The Chicago Scene
1958 Jun
(w/ Booker Little, George Coleman, Eddie Baker, Bob Cranshaw)

Wilbur Harden · Jazz Way Out
1958 Jun 24
(w/ John Coltrane, Tommy Flanagan, Curtis Fuller)

Michel Legrand · Legrand Jazz
1958 Jun 25 – 1958 Jun 30
(w/ Miles Davis, Art Farmer, Donald Byrd, Ernie Royal, Joe Wilder, Herbie Mann, Jerome Richardson, Teo Macero, Phil Woods, Gene Quill, John Coltrane, Ben Webster, Seldon Powell, James Buffington, Jimmy Cleveland, Eddie Bert, Billy Byers, Frank Rehak, Eddie Costa, Don Elliott, Bill Evans, Hank Jones, Nat Pierce, Barry Galbraith, Major Holley, Milt Hilton, Don Lamond. Orchestrated but with some hard bop musicians.)

Cannonball Adderley · Portrait Of Cannonball
1958 Jul 1
(w/ Blue Mitchell, Bill Evans)

to be continued…