Hard Bop (album)

Hard Bop
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1957[1]
RecordedDecember 12–13, 1956
StudioColumbia 30th Street Studio, New York City
GenreJazz
LabelColumbia
CL 1040
ProducerAlan Douglas
The Jazz Messengers chronology
Originally
(1956)
Hard Bop
(1957)
Drum Suite
(1956-57)

Hard Bop is an album by drummer Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers recorded in 1956 and originally released on the Columbia label.[2][3] It was performed by the Jazz Messengers and recorded in CBS Street Studio.

  1. ^ "Billboard". October 28, 1957.
  2. ^ Art Blakey discography accessed June 4, 2013
  3. ^ Art Blakey chronology accessed June 4, 2013