Hard Bop (album)

Hard Bop
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1957
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. It was performed by the Jazz Messengers and recorded in CBS Street Studio.