Eine Weiterentwicklung des Hard Bop stellt der Soul Jazz dar, der noch mehr auf gesangsartige Melodien baut.
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy — Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Joe Zawinul — 1966
Sticks — Club De Lisa — Cannonball Adderley Quintet – Cannonball Adderley mit Nat Adderley, Gene Ammons, Donald Byrd, Lou Donaldson 1966
The Sidewinder — Lee Morgan – trumpet, Joe Henderson — tenor saxophone, Billy Higgins – drums, Barry Harris – piano, Bob Cranshaw – bass – 1963
And I Love Her — Hang On Ramsey! — Ramsey Lewis Trio — 1965
Soul Searchin’ — The United States Of Mind — Horace Silver – 1970
The Cat — Jimmy Smith — 1964
What’d I Say — John Scofield – 2005
Ore-Se-Rere — Pharaoh Sanders – 1974
Get yourself together — Les McCann — 1972
