Jazz Music Question

@dsper,
This genre or era (Basically early1950s to early 1960s) is classified as "Hard Bop". This genre evolved from the "Be Bop" of the mid to late 1940s. There’s a ton of superb musicians and recordings to explore.

Record Labels from this timeframe such as "Blue Note", "Prestige" "Riverside" "Contemporary"
Artists from this era, Saxophonists, Dexter Gordon, John Coltrane, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Rollins, Harold Land, Johnny Griffin, Benny Golson, Jackie McLean, Jimmy Heath, Gerry Mulligan , Pepper Adams, Art Pepper.

Trumpeters, Clifford Brown, Kenny Dorham, Lee Morgan, Donald Byrd, Miles Davis (1950s pre Modal era) Joe Gordon, Chet Baker, Nat Adderley (Cannonball’s brother), Art Farmer.
Vibraphonist Milt Jackson I believe you’d enjoy.
There are many, many more from this fantastic period of jazz.
Charles

Thanks for doing the heavy lifting there, @charles1dad . I got bored with straight-ahead stuff that was common audiophile fodder, didn't completely understand "big band" and did not get into fusion after various hard rock.
What got me re-interested in jazz was the post-'70s era, when jazz was really off the map mainstream wise, and all these players were doing it for the music and the community (in the sense of the whole political and cultural movement at the time). What turned me on was "spiritual jazz," now a commercial term though when applied to the records from certain labels, such as Strata-East (with stratospheric prices) was a cool era. 
I just started surfing artists. One I dig-- still alive as of this writing- is Cecil McBee, who appeared on myriad jazz albums, mainly in the '70s and into the '80s. Most are small combo, spare, with improvisation. 
The classics are worth revisiting- current Blue Note reissues can be analog and cheap, ditto the more offbeat Tone Poet (Katanga! is worth buying now, while still in print). 
Read. Listen. Do more research about what you like.
Hell, I got back on to Art Pepper on a record he did late, with Cecil M. in 1979 rendering "Patricia" in a spare, modern style. Pick a lane. It's fun stuff to listen to, and there is a wealth of information accompanying it. 

"What artists or albums might you recommend?"

Tony Williams Quintet - Civilization, also Angel Street.

Michael Brecker - Tales from the Hudson, also Two Steps from the Edge

Mike Manieri's Steps Ahead - the self-titled first US release but also Smokin' At The Pit (originally, a Japan release only)

All these were recorded much later than "Something' Else" but I believe they are considered "hard bop".  

Check out The All Music Guide for a given album and click on the "Similar Albums" tab for suggestions (although AMG casts a pretty broad net in terms of what they consider "similar").
https://www.allmusic.com/album/somethin-else-mw0000247835/similar

Hope you find some new music to enjoy.

Hi All,

This is great stuff!

I have albums by some of the artists you mention like Art Blakey, Chet Baker!, Miles Davis, Dexter Gordon, Grant Green!, Gerry Mulligan, Art Pepper, etc.; so I guess I am starting to get on the right track.

However, there are many names mentioned here that I do not know. This is super; I can be like a kid in a candy store!

I have been concentrating on my digital front end the last few years but finally got my KAB modified Technics SL1200 mk5 up and running so who knows what I might find in the vinyl stacks.

One off topic comment is that my PWT and Mojo Mystique V3 DAC sound better than the table with an old Ortofon Pro s40 cartridge. Not sure if it is a bad old cartridge or the digital is just better.

Anyway, your responses are great!

Thanks,

Dsper.

A couple of corrections to my comments.
The Michael Brecker album title is "Two Blocks From The Edge".

Tony Williams’ quintet is hard bop but Brecker is post bop and I see Steps Ahead classed as fusion (though not fusion as I tend to think of it).

"Generally speaking, the difference between Post Bop and Hard Bop is that Hard Bop carries a stronger trace of the blues and a more straight forward driving rhythm...."

Above from the article at the link here:
https://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/subgenre/post-bop

FWIW - I have a KAB mod’d Technics table w/Heed Quasar phono pre and a couple of Grado carts. I enjoy analog sessions but listen to digital probably more than 90% of the time. Seems to me getting great sound out of an analog rig might be more challenging (set up and $ invested?) than required to get good sound from digital - my O-pinion. Will be delighted if that doesn’t attract the usual carrion eaters.