Whew! I've been a bit busy while this thread has been going...
Did the Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers record (recorded 10/13/1958 by Rudy Van Gelder, Blue Note) usher in Hard Bop, or was it the first really important Hard Bop album, or am I just totally twisted around on the whole thing?
Anyway, more that deserve a mention:
Cannonball Adderley (w/ Miles & Blakey) - Somethin' Else (also released in 1958 & recorded by Rudy Van Gelder (in his parents Englewood Cliffs, NJ home, Blue Note)
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Out to Lunch & Out There - Eric Dolphy
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