Harold Mabern

Harold Mabern

male, 73 years old
Soul-jazz pianist, Hard-bop pianist, soul jazz, Stanley Cowell, William Paterson College, Stanford Jazz Workshop…hardbop
Harold Mabern (born March 20, 1936 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a hard bop and soul jazz pianist. Early in his career, Mabern played in Chicago with...
Horace Parlan

Horace Parlan

male, 78 years old
musician, Post-bop pianist, post-bop, hardbop, From Pittsburgh, Hard-bop pianist
Horace Parlan (born 1931 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American hard bop and post-bop piano player. Noted for his contributions to the classic...
Lucky Thompson

Lucky Thompson

male, deceased (2005)
Count Basie Orchestra member, Post-bop saxophonist, Bebop saxophonist, American jazz saxophonist, Death from Alzheimer's Disease, Hard-bop saxophonist…bop, hardbop
Eli (Lucky) Thompson (June 16, 1924, Columbia, South Carolina - July 30, 2005, Seattle, Washington) was an African American jazz tenor and soprano...
Junior Cook

Junior Cook

male, 75 years old
jazz musician, Jazz saxophonist, bop, tenor saxophone, American, hardbop
"Junior Cook" (b. July 22, 1934, d. February 3, 1992) was a hard bop tenor saxophone player. Cook was born in Pensacola, Florida. After playing...
Charles Tolliver

Charles Tolliver

male
Howard University, hardbop, Jazz trumpeter, Howard University alumni, pharmacy, American
Charles Tolliver is an American jazz trumpeter and composer. Self-taught, he was first influenced by Clifford Brown and Freddie Hubbard. After...
John Patitucci

John Patitucci

male, 50 years old
Post-bop bass guitarist, Jazz fusion bass guitarist, American jazz double-bassist, American jazz bass guitarist, Jazz fusion, post-bop…hardbop
John Patitucci (born December 22, 1959) is an American jazz double bass and electric bass player, specializing in post-bop, jazz fusion and...
Tina Brooks

Tina Brooks

male, deceased (1974)
American jazz tenor saxophonist, Hard-bop saxophonist, Jazz tenor saxophonist, jimmy smith, The Connection, hardbop
Harold Floyd (Tina) Brooks (June 7, 1932-August 13, 1974), was an American hard bop tenor saxophonist. He is best known for his work for Blue Note...
Steve Davis

Steve Davis

male, 42 years old
University of Hartford, jazz standard, Michael Weiss, Avishai Cohen, Portrait in Sound, The Hartt School…bop, hardbop
Steve Davis (born in 1967) is an American jazz trombonist who plays hard bop, post-bop, and standards. He studied jazz at The Hartt School of the...
Howard McGhee

Howard McGhee

male, deceased (1987)
Hard-bop trumpeter, Bebop trumpeter, American jazz trumpeter, trumpet, American, jazz…hardbop
Howard McGhee (b March 6 1918 Tulsa, OK - d July 17 1987 New York City) was one of the very first bebop jazz trumpeters, together with Dizzy...
Elmo Hope

Elmo Hope

male, deceased (1967)
Bebop pianist, Hard-bop pianist, prestige, Bebop musician, jazz pianist, jazz…bop, hardbop
St. Elmo Sylvester Hope (born June 27, 1923-died May 19, 1967) was an American jazz pianist, performing chiefly in the bop and hard bop genres. His...