What are the different jazz styles?

Dixieland music or New Orleans jazz, sometimes referred to as hot jazz or early jazz, is a style of jazz music which developed in New Orleans at the start of the 20th century. Stylistically it is essentially a form of Ragtime, typically transposed for brass band, banjo and/or clarinet. read more

Modal Jazz, focused on modes and not on chord progressions (that were the foundation of every previous Jazz style), was born thanks to the Miles Davis’ album Kind of Blues (1959). Other musicians that influenced Modal Jazz are John Coltrane and Bill Evans. read more

Nearly all styles of jazz are still active in the 1990’s including dixieland, classic jazz, mainstream (essentially small group swing), bop, hard bop, post-bop, the avant-garde and various forms of fusion. read more