Singer: The Jazz Messengers
Title: Hard Bop
Label: Columbia ‎– CL 1040
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Limited Edition, 180 gram
Country: US
Date of released:
Category: Jazz
Style: Hard Bop
Size MP3 zip: 1341 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1274 mb
Rating: 4.4✭
Format: MP3 ADX VOX MP4 AIFF AU AA MMF FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Cranky Spanky Written-By – Hardman*
A2	Stella By Starlight Written-By – N. Washington*, V. Young*
A3	My Heart Stood Still Written-By – Rodgers*
B1	Little Melonae Written-By – McLean*
B2	Stanley's Stiff Chickens Written-By – Hardman*, McLean*

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Columbia 30th Street Studio

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Jackie McLean
• Bass – Spanky DeBrest
• Bass, Cello – Oscar Pettiford (tracks: B2)
• Congas – Candido (tracks: B2), Sabu Martinez (tracks: B2)
• Drums – Art Blakey, Jo Jones (tracks: B2)
• Drums, Timpani, Gong – Charles "Specs" Wright* (tracks: B2)
• Photography By [Cover] – Rudy De Harak*
• Piano – Ray Bryant (tracks: B2), Sam Dockery
• Producer – Alan Douglas
• Sleeve Notes – Nat Hentoff
• Trumpet – Bill Hardman

Notes

Recorded December 12 & 13, 1956 at Columbia 30th Street Studios, New York City

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Label A): XLP 41646
• Matrix / Runout (Label B): XLP 41647

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CL 1040	The Jazz Messengers*	Hard Bop ‎(LP, Album, Mono, Mic)	Columbia	CL 1040	US	1957
BBL.7220	The Jazz Messengers*	Hard Bop ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Philips	BBL.7220	UK	1957
CL 1040	The Jazz Messengers*	Hard Bop ‎(LP, Album)	Columbia	CL 1040	US	Unknown
SICP 4245	The Jazz Messengers*	Hard Bop ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM)	Sony Records Int'l	SICP 4245	Japan	2014
CL 1040, XLP 41646	Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	Hard Bop ‎(LP, Album)	Columbia, Columbia	CL 1040, XLP 41646	US	Unknown