My favorite "hard bop" is Art Blakey & The Jazz Messangers. To me, they difine this sub category of jazz. Some recording to consider by Art are:
--Moanin'
--The Freedom Rider
--Indestructable
--Free For All (this is heavy metal jazz!)
--Mosaic
You can't go wrong with any of these.
--Moanin'
--The Freedom Rider
--Indestructable
--Free For All (this is heavy metal jazz!)
--Mosaic
You can't go wrong with any of these.