Top hard bop albums
The top-rated hard bop album on Riffiter is Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus, rated 3.8/5 by 2 listeners.
818 hard bop albums ranked by community ratings and listening on Riffiter. The community has rated 4 of 819 hard bop albums, averaging 4.1/5, spanning 1952 to 2026.
02 Red Clay
Freddie Hubbard · 1970
★ 5.0 · 1
03 Quartet
Herbie Hancock · 1982
★ 5.0 · 1
04 Giant Steps
John Coltrane · 1959
★ 3.0 · 1
05 The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6
Miles Davis · 2018
06 Maiden Voyage
Herbie Hancock · 1965
07 Empyrean Isles
Herbie Hancock · 1964
08 Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album
John Coltrane · 2018
09 Blue Train
John Coltrane · 1957
10 Blues & Roots
Charles Mingus · 1960
11 Native Dancer
Wayne Shorter · 1990
12 Coltrane's Sound
John Coltrane · 1964
13 Takin' Off
Herbie Hancock · 1962
14 Juju
Wayne Shorter · 1964
15 Night Dreamer
Wayne Shorter · 1987
16 Meditations
John Coltrane · 1966
17 Miles Davis at Newport: 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4
Miles Davis · 2015
18 Speak Like a Child
Herbie Hancock · 1968
19 Coltrane Plays the Blues
John Coltrane · 1962
20 Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane
John Coltrane · 1958
21 The New Standard
Herbie Hancock · 1996
22 The Piano
Herbie Hancock · 1979
23 The Clown
Charles Mingus · 1957
24 Oh Yeah
Charles Mingus · 1962
25 Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
Charles Mingus · 1964
26 My Point of View
Herbie Hancock · 1963
27 Bahia
John Coltrane · 1964
28 Alegria
Wayne Shorter · 2003
29 The Soothsayer
Wayne Shorter · 1990
30 Etcetera
Wayne Shorter · 1995
31 World Tour
Joe Zawinul · 1997
32 Empathy
Bill Evans · 1962
33 LIFETIME: THE COLLECTION
Tony Williams · 1993
34 The Essential Joe Zawinul
Joe Zawinul · 2014
35 Live At Massey Hall - 1953
Max Roach · 2011
36 Solid
Grant Green · 1979
37 Atlantis
Wayne Shorter · 1985
38 Mingus at Antibes
Charles Mingus · 1976
39 Matador
Grant Green · 1990
40 Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers
Horace Silver · 1955
41 Introducing Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter · 2001
42 The Immigrants
Joe Zawinul · 2008
43 Horace Silver Trio
Horace Silver · 1959
44 In Pursuit of the 27th Man
Horace Silver · 2002
45 Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette
John Coltrane · 1959
46 The Main Attraction
Grant Green · 1976
47 Nigeria
Grant Green · 1981
48 Something Else!!!!: The Music of Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman · 1958
49 Lost Tribes
Joe Zawinul · 1992
50 The Hardbop Grandpop
Horace Silver · 1996
51 Joy Ryder
Wayne Shorter · 1988
52 Odyssey of Iska
Wayne Shorter · 1987
53 The Love Connection
Freddie Hubbard · 1979
54 Moto Grosso Feio
Wayne Shorter · 1993
55 Hard Bop
Art Blakey · 2005
56 Vienna Nights
Joe Zawinul · 2005
57 Goin' West
Grant Green · 1969
58 Brown Street (Live)
Joe Zawinul · 2006
59 75 (Live)
Joe Zawinul · 2008
60 Four Classic Albums (Quiet as It's Kept / Percussion Bitter Sweet / We Insist!, Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite / It's Time) (Remast
Max Roach · 2017
61 Total Response: The United States Of Mind Phase 2
Horace Silver · 1971
62 Coltrane Jazz
John Coltrane · 1960
63 Jazz... Has... A Sense of Humor
Horace Silver · 1999
64 Holiday for Skins
Art Blakey · 2006
65 The Enja Heritage Collection: Now Hear This
Tony Williams · 1977
66 Mauthausen
Joe Zawinul · 2005
67 Rich vs. Roach - Battle of the Bands & Drums
Max Roach · 2011
68 We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite
Max Roach · 2023
69 Oleo
Grant Green · 1962
70 Silver 'n Brass
Horace Silver · 1975
71 New Sounds
Art Blakey · 1952
72 Twins
Ornette Coleman · 1971
73 Max Roach & Abdullah Ibrahim, Live
Max Roach · 2013
74 Feelin' the Spirit
Grant Green · 1963
75 One People (Live Remastered)
Joe Zawinul · 2022
76 Complete Live at the Black Hawk
Shelly Manne · 2016
77 Complete Studio Recordings
Max Roach · 2007
78 Talkin' About
Grant Green · 1964
79 Drums, Vol. 2
Max Roach · 2017
80 75th
Joe Zawinul · 2008
81 Wayne Shorter - Vintage Sounds
Wayne Shorter · 2021
82 Birth And Rebirth
Max Roach · 1978
83 Clifford Brown / Max Roach All Stars. Best Coast Jazz
Max Roach · 2015
84 Spectrum: The Anthology
Tony Williams · 1997
85 From the Heart
Tony Williams · 1997
86 One in Two - Two in One (Live)
Max Roach · 2004
87 Mr. X
Max Roach · 2016
88 It's Christmas Time
Max Roach · 2024
89 A Prescription for the Blues
Horace Silver · 1997
90 The Voice of the Platters
Tony Williams · 2014
91 The Quintet Live In Toronto '53
Max Roach · 2017
92 Simple Things
Tony Williams · 2009
93 Little Jazz Birds
Joe Zawinul · 2019
94 "The Three" and "The Two"
Shelly Manne · 2011
95 Shelly Manne and His Men at the Blackhawk
Shelly Manne · 2013
96 West Coast Sounds (feat. Jimmy Giuffre & Art Pepper)
Shelly Manne · 2016
97 European Tour
Max Roach · 2008
98 Rich Versus Roach
Max Roach · 2023
99 Legendary Albums 1954-56
Max Roach · 2025
100 INTEGRAL MAX ROACH 1958 - 1962
Max Roach · 2025
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