Jazz guys: Bebop, Hard Bop etc.


I've been seriously into Jazz since I seriously became interested in high end gear (about 4 years). I listen primarily to jazz and primarily to Miles, Monk, Coltrane, and Rollins. I have many of the classic discs by these guys as well as some discs by Hank Mobley, Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Gene Ammons, and Wayne Shorter. I have discs by Clifford Jordan, Andrew Hill, Dexter Gordon and Eric Dolphy. I think of these guys primarily as hard bop players. I also now that their playing spanned the genres of bebop, hard bop, and post bop. But as a jazz novice, I wonder, do the jazz classics by these artists generally fall into the hard bop genre or a combination of these other genres? Thanks for your insights.
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Foster 9,
Check out some Bobby Hutcherson. His offerings ALWAYS have the big name jazz Artists as guests from Freddie Hubbard to Herbie Hancock. It's very soothing jazz,something about the vibes that strikes a chord with me.
Qdrone; I'm not a fan of the vibes although I have several discs where they are played (Milt Jackson among others). Bianci27, yes, I already have some Cannonball and Dexter Gordon. Rhljazz, I never listened to Grant Green, or Nat Adderly, but love Donald Byrd's work with the Blackbirds in the 70's. I will check out some of the earlier work of Donald Byrd.
When I think of Hard Bop I think of Coltrane Blue Trane and lots of the Blue Note records from that period in the mid to late 50s, mainly East Cost players.

Bebop, Diz and Bird in the 40s.

Post Bop, 60s Wayne Shorter, Herbbie Hancock, 60s Coltrane.

I also agree with Pbb.