Hard bop is a subgenre of jazz that is an extension of bebop (or "bop") music. Journalists and record companies began using the term in the mid-1950s to describe a new current within jazz which incorporated influences from rhythm and blues, gospel music, and blues, especially in saxophone and piano playing. David H. Rosenthal contends in his book Hard Bop that the genre is, to a large degree, the natural creation of a generation of African-American musicians who grew up at a time when bop and rhythm and blues were the dominant forms of black American music. Prominent hard bop musicians included Horace Silver, Charles Mingus, Art Blakey, Cannonball Adderley, Miles Davis and Tadd Dameron. Hard bop is sometimes referred to as "funky hard bop." The "funky" label refers to the rollicking, rhythmic feeling associated with the style. The descriptor is also used to describe soul jazz, which is commonly associated with hard bop. A Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone Ahmad Alaadeen - saxophone Eric Alexander - saxophone Carl Allen - drums Eddie Allen - trumpet, flugelhorn Sinan Alimanović - piano, composer, arranger, conductor, educator Gene Ammons - tenor saxophone Curtis Amy - saxophone Gilad Atzmon - saxophone B Benny Bailey - trumpet Gabe Baltazar - saxophone Bootsie Barnes - saxophone Kenny Barron - piano Gary Bartz - saxophone Marcus Belgrave - trumpet Walter Bishop, Jr. - piano Art Blakey - drums Terence Blanchard - trumpet Walter Booker - bass Michael Brecker - tenor saxophone Cecil Brooks III - drums Tina Brooks - saxophone Bobby Broom - guitar Clifford Brown - trumpet Kenny Burrell - guitar Donald Byrd - trumpet C Conte Candoli - trumpet Ron Carter - double-bass Paul Chambers - double-bass Pete Christlieb - saxophone Sonny Clark - piano Thomas Clausen - piano James Clay - saxophone Jimmy Cleveland - trombone Jimmy Cobb - drums Tony Coe - saxophone, clarinet George Coleman - saxophone Johnny Coles - trumpet John Coltrane - tenor and soprano saxophone Robert Conti - guitar Bob Cooper - sax, oboe Ray Copeland - trumpet Bob Cranshaw - double-bass Hank Crawford - saxophone Sonny Criss - saxophone Tony Crombie - drums Curtis Counce - double-bass Ronnie Cuber -saxophone Ted Curson - trumpet Junior Cook - saxophone D Carsten Dahl - piano Eddie Daniels - sax, clarinet Art Davis - double-bass Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - sax Jesse Davis - sax Miles