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The Mount Rushmore of Hard Bop: Rankings

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This poll closes on May 16, 2024 | Voters: 112

1
musicians/horace-silver
Horace Silver
piano
2
musicians/art-blakey
Art Blakey
drums
3
musicians/lee-morgan
Lee Morgan
trumpet
4
musicians/hank-mobley
Hank Mobley
saxophone, tenor
5
musicians/john-coltrane
John Coltrane
saxophone
6
musicians/miles-davis
Miles Davis
trumpet
7
musicians/sonny-rollins
Sonny Rollins
saxophone
8
musicians/freddie-hubbard
Freddie Hubbard
trumpet
9
musicians/cannonball-adderley
Cannonball Adderley
saxophone
10
musicians/clifford-brown
Clifford Brown
trumpet
11
musicians/wayne-shorter
Wayne Shorter
saxophone
12
musicians/thelonious-monk
Thelonious Monk
piano
13
musicians/max-roach
Max Roach
drums
14
musicians/charlie-parker
Charlie Parker
saxophone, alto
15
musicians/dexter-gordon
Dexter Gordon
saxophone, tenor
16
musicians/dizzy-gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie
trumpet
17
musicians/charles-mingus
Charles Mingus
bass, acoustic
18
musicians/kenny-dorham
Kenny Dorham
trumpet
19
musicians/jackie-mclean
Jackie McLean
saxophone, alto
20
musicians/bobby-timmons
Bobby Timmons
piano
21
musicians/benny-golson
Benny Golson
saxophone, tenor
22
musicians/joe-henderson
Joe Henderson
saxophone
23
musicians/curtis-fuller
Curtis Fuller
trombone
24
musicians/paul-chambers
Paul Chambers
bass, acoustic
25
musicians/mccoy-tyner
McCoy Tyner
piano
26
musicians/herbie-hancock
Herbie Hancock
piano
27
musicians/jimmy-smith
Jimmy Smith
organ, Hammond B3
28
musicians/bud-powell
Bud Powell
piano
29
musicians/donald-byrd
Donald Byrd
trumpet
30
musicians/philly-joe-jones
Philly Joe Jones
drums
31
musicians/sonny-clark
Sonny Clark
piano
32
musicians/grant-green
Grant Green
guitar
33
musicians/bill-evans
Bill Evans
piano
34
musicians/red-garland
Red Garland
piano
35
musicians/wes-montgomery
Wes Montgomery
guitar
36
musicians/ron-carter
Ron Carter
bass
37
musicians/art-farmer
Art Farmer
flugelhorn
38
musicians/art-pepper
Art Pepper
saxophone, alto
39
musicians/bobby-hutcherson
Bobby Hutcherson
vibraphone
40
musicians/lou-donaldson
Lou Donaldson
saxophone
41
musicians/art-blakey-and-the-jazz-messengers
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
band / ensemble / orchestra
42
musicians/duke-ellington
Duke Ellington
piano
43
musicians/billie-holiday
Billie Holiday
vocals
44
musicians/ahmad-jamal
Ahmad Jamal
piano
45
musicians/eric-dolphy
Eric Dolphy
woodwinds
46
musicians/cedar-walton
Cedar Walton
piano
47
musicians/michael-brecker
Michael Brecker
saxophone, tenor
48
musicians/phil-woods
Phil Woods
saxophone, alto
49
musicians/roy-hargrove
Roy Hargrove
trumpet
50
musicians/elvin-jones
Elvin Jones
drums
51
musicians/andrew-hill
Andrew Hill
piano
52
musicians/stanley-turrentine
Stanley Turrentine
saxophone, tenor
53
musicians/jj-johnson
J.J. Johnson
trombone
54
musicians/booker-ervin
Booker Ervin
saxophone, tenor
55
musicians/jaco-pastorius
Jaco Pastorius
bass, electric
56
musicians/chick-corea
Chick Corea
piano
57
musicians/stan-getz
Stan Getz
saxophone, tenor
58
musicians/oscar-peterson
Oscar Peterson
piano
59
musicians/ornette-coleman
Ornette Coleman
saxophone, alto
60
musicians/chris-potter
Chris Potter
saxophone, tenor
61
musicians/sonny-stitt
Sonny Stitt
saxophone
62
musicians/woody-shaw
Woody Shaw
trumpet
63
musicians/johnny-griffin
Johnny Griffin
saxophone, tenor
64
musicians/roy-haynes
Roy Haynes
drums
65
musicians/herbie-nichols
Herbie Nichols
piano
66
musicians/billy-higgins
Billy Higgins
drums
67
musicians/pepper-adams
Pepper Adams
saxophone, baritone
68
musicians/george-coleman
George Coleman
saxophone, tenor
69
musicians/joe-morello
Joe Morello
drums
70
musicians/tina-brooks
Tina Brooks
saxophone, tenor
71
musicians/harold-mabern
Harold Mabern
piano
72
musicians/blue-mitchell
Blue Mitchell
trumpet
73
musicians/wilbur-ware
Wilbur Ware
bass, acoustic
74
musicians/louis-armstrong
Louis Armstrong
trumpet and vocals
75
musicians/keith-jarrett
Keith Jarrett
piano
76
musicians/ella-fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
vocals
77
musicians/lester-young
Lester Young
saxophone
78
musicians/john-mclaughlin
John McLaughlin
guitar
79
musicians/chet-baker
Chet Baker
trumpet and vocals
80
musicians/kenny-burrell
Kenny Burrell
guitar, electric
81
musicians/wynton-marsalis
Wynton Marsalis
trumpet
82
musicians/count-basie
Count Basie
piano
83
musicians/brad-mehldau
Brad Mehldau
piano
84
musicians/maynard-ferguson
Maynard Ferguson
trumpet
85
musicians/john-scofield
John Scofield
guitar
86
musicians/charlie-haden
Charlie Haden
bass, acoustic
87
musicians/eliane-elias
Eliane Elias
piano and vocals
88
musicians/tom-harrell
Tom Harrell
trumpet
89
musicians/rahsaan-roland-kirk
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
woodwinds
90
musicians/christian-mcbride
Christian McBride
bass
91
musicians/esbjorn-svensson
Esbjorn Svensson
piano
92
musicians/pat-martino
Pat Martino
guitar
93
musicians/charles-lloyd
Charles Lloyd
saxophone
94
musicians/stanley-clarke
Stanley Clarke
bass
95
musicians/lee-konitz
Lee Konitz
saxophone, alto
96
musicians/nina-simone
Nina Simone
piano and vocals
97
musicians/kenny-barron
Kenny Barron
piano
98
musicians/pharoah-sanders
Pharoah Sanders
saxophone, tenor
99
musicians/coleman-hawkins
Coleman Hawkins
saxophone, tenor
100
musicians/don-cherry
Don Cherry
trumpet

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