Jazz Music Question

"What artists or albums might you recommend?"

Tony Williams Quintet - Civilization, also Angel Street.

Michael Brecker - Tales from the Hudson, also Two Steps from the Edge

Mike Manieri's Steps Ahead - the self-titled first US release but also Smokin' At The Pit (originally, a Japan release only)

All these were recorded much later than "Something' Else" but I believe they are considered "hard bop".  

Check out The All Music Guide for a given album and click on the "Similar Albums" tab for suggestions (although AMG casts a pretty broad net in terms of what they consider "similar").
https://www.allmusic.com/album/somethin-else-mw0000247835/similar

Hope you find some new music to enjoy.

A couple of corrections to my comments.
The Michael Brecker album title is "Two Blocks From The Edge".

Tony Williams’ quintet is hard bop but Brecker is post bop and I see Steps Ahead classed as fusion (though not fusion as I tend to think of it).

"Generally speaking, the difference between Post Bop and Hard Bop is that Hard Bop carries a stronger trace of the blues and a more straight forward driving rhythm...."

Above from the article at the link here:
https://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/subgenre/post-bop

FWIW - I have a KAB mod’d Technics table w/Heed Quasar phono pre and a couple of Grado carts. I enjoy analog sessions but listen to digital probably more than 90% of the time. Seems to me getting great sound out of an analog rig might be more challenging (set up and $ invested?) than required to get good sound from digital - my O-pinion. Will be delighted if that doesn’t attract the usual carrion eaters.