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Despite a 5 decade plus run, the Hard Bop idiom remains one of the most classic and vibrant of all jazz sub-genres. Its immense contemporary freshness makes it difficult to place the year of any performance; only the recording technology offers a hint as to the date of its capture. The no-nonsense take no-prisoners mindset of artistic expression is elegantly captured in one of jazz's most enduring forms. Sit back and dig the sounds of hearty hard bop.
| Artist | Track | Album |
| Freddie Hubbard | Joy Spring | Born to Be Blue |
| Bob James Trio | Shooting Stars | Straight Up |
| Jimmy Cobb | Remembering the Rain | So Nobody Else Can Hear |
| Geri Allen | Introspection, Thelonious | Twenty One |
| Dave Bailey | Comin' Home Baby | 2 Feet in the Gutter |
| George Benson | Hello Birdie | It's Uptown with the G. B. Quintet |
| Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers | No Problem (1st version) | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Jack Kerouac & Steve Allen | McDougal Street Blues | Poetry for the Beat Generation |
| Rahsaan Roland Kirk | Once in a While | Rip, Rig and Panic |
| Freddie Hubbard | Full Moon and Empty Arms | Here to Stay |