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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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knownothing
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All this is great stuff - the Rudy Van Gelder's Blue Note redbook re-releases of jazz artists recorded in the late fifties and early sixties are terrific. Don't miss Lee Morgan's "Sidewinder" or Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers' "Moanin'".
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Guys, thanks for the responses. I really don't have anyone to discuss jazz with since my uncle and I live in different cities now. If you don't have these, I highly recommend, 2 box sets, "Miles Davis, Seven Steps, The Complete Columbia Recordings, 1963-1964," and "Miles Davis and John Coltrane,The Complete Columbia Recordings." Also a simply outstanding value on Amazon.com is "The Great Thelonius Monk" 3CD Set, they were selling this a while back for only $8 plus shipping. Now I see they've upped the price to $19.99.

Aldavis, I have Miles' "Round Bout Midnight," "Steamin," and thought I had "Walkin" but I was mistaken. I've listened briefly to the others you mention from that time frame, I'll have to check them out again. Knownothing,
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Knownothing, I have Blakey's "Moanin" and can also recommend, his "Caravan," which I got as a JVC 20bit k2, which are usually high quality re-masters. I have many of the Blue Note RVG recordings, including "the Sidewinder," by Lee Morgan. My only problem with some of the Blue Note RVG discs is the recording/Re-mastering quality, but many are still "must-haves" for any real Jazz enthusiast.
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