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Types of Jazz Music

Acid Jazz (With thx to Hunter Nelson)
Acid Jazz (With thx to Hunter Nelson)

Influenced by classical music, marches, spirituals, work songs, ragtime, blues and the popular music of the period, jazz was already a distinctive form of music by the time it was first documented. The chances are that the earliest jazz was played by unschooled musicians in New Orleans marching bands.

Alternative Art Punk Alternative Rock
Alternative Art Punk Alternative Rock

Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a style of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s.

Anime
Anime

Nightraid 1931 and Baccano! have some good jazz songs but one of the best jazz OST I've found is the entire soundtrack of Sakamichi no Apollon which centers around a drummer and a pianist in the 1960s. This was the anime which introduced me to jazz as a genre and I fell in love with it due to this beautiful and poignant series.

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Avant-Garde Jazz
Avant-Garde Jazz

Avant-garde jazz (also known as avant-jazz) is a style of music and improvisation that combines avant-garde art music and composition with jazz. It originated in the 1950s and developed through the 1960s. Originally synonymous with free jazz, much avant-garde jazz was distinct from that style.

Big Band
Big Band

A Big Band is a type of musical ensemble that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section. Big bands originated during the early 1910s and dominated jazz in the early 1940s when swing was most popular. The term "big band" is also used to describe a genre of music.

Blue Note (With thx to Jillian Edwards)
Blue Note (With thx to Jillian Edwards)

... do research, answer with your best music ... Three major branches of American music: Jazz ... Blue Note (with thx to Jillian Edwards ...

Blues Acoustic Blues Chicago Blues
Blues Acoustic Blues Chicago Blues

Chicago Blues – Electric Blues Style ... ♫ JazznBluesExperience is your channel for all the best jazz and blues music. ... Best Of Chicago Blues ...

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Chet Baker (1929–1988)
Chet Baker (1929–1988)

Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. Baker earned much attention and critical praise through the 1950s, particularly for albums featuring his vocals (Chet Baker Sings, It Could Happen to You).

Chick Corea (Born 1941)
Chick Corea (Born 1941)

Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (born June 12, 1941) is an American jazz pianist/electric keyboardist and composer. His compositions "Spain", "500 Miles High", "La Fiesta" and "Windows", are considered jazz standards.

Children's Music Lullabies Sing-Along
Children's Music Lullabies Sing-Along

♫ Best Jazz Standards in a Lullaby arrange for your little baby :) These songs and videos will help your baby to go to sleep! ♫ Music : All the things you a...

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Classical Avant-Garde Baroque
Classical Avant-Garde Baroque

Classical » Avant-Garde Music Avant-garde, a French phrase meaning "vanguard" or (literally, "advance guard"), describes movements or individuals at the forefront of innovation and experimentation in their fields.

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Comedy Novelty Standup Comedy
Comedy Novelty Standup Comedy

Laugh along with standup and sketch comedy from the 50s to today! Our selections highlight everything from early radio comedy, to today's best stand-up!

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Commercial (Thank you Sheldon Reynolds) Jingles
Commercial (Thank you Sheldon Reynolds) Jingles

Music comes in many different types and styles ranging from traditional rock music to world pop, easy listening and bluegrass. Many genres have a rich history or geographical significance, a cult following or music roots that go far beyond the 20th century.

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Contemporary Jazz
Contemporary Jazz

Contemporary Jazz is essentially a catch-all term for the various permutations of popular, mainstream jazz of the 1980s and '90s. While those years were certainly not devoid of complex, cerebral jazz recordings, music referred to as contemporary jazz does not usually share those sensibilities, nor is the term generally used to describe music centered around hard bop or the avant-garde.

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Cool
Cool

Cool jazz is a style of modern jazz music that arose in the United States after World War II. It is characterized by relaxed tempos and lighter tone, in contrast to the fast and complex bebop style. Cool jazz often employs formal arrangements and incorporates elements of classical music.

Country Alternative Country Americana
Country Alternative Country Americana

Alternative country (sometimes alt-country, insurgent country, or Americana) is a loosely defined subgenre of country music, which includes acts that differ significantly in style from mainstream country music and pop country music. Alternative country artists are often influenced by alternative rock.

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Crossover Jazz
Crossover Jazz

In some cases, the music is quite worthwhile; in other instances, the jazz content is a relatively small part of the ingredients. When the style is actually pop music with only an insignificant amount of improvisation (meaning that it is largely outside of jazz), the term "instrumental pop" is the best description. Examples of crossover range ...

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Dave Brubeck (1920–2012)
Dave Brubeck (1920–2012)

Dave Brubeck married jazz lyricist Iola Whitlock in September 1942, remaining married for 70 years up until his death. Iola died on March 12, 2014, from cancer in Wilton, Connecticut, at the age of 90.

Dixieland
Dixieland

Dixieland was the musical backdrop of city life during the Roaring Twenties (AKA the Jazz Age) and the early years of the Harlem Renaissance.

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Gary Burton (Born 1943)
Gary Burton (Born 1943)

Gary Burton (born January 23, 1943) is an American jazz vibraphonist, composer, and educator. Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the prevailing two-mallet technique. This approach caused him to be heralded as an innovator, and his sound and technique are widely imitated.

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John Coltrane (1926–1967)
John Coltrane (1926–1967)

John William Coltrane, also known as "Trane" (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967), was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and was later at the forefront of free jazz.

Larry Coryell (Born 1943)
Larry Coryell (Born 1943)

A History of Jazz Music Links to other sites Texas-born white guitarist Larry Coryell (1943), who relocated to New York in 1965, formed an early jazz-rock group, the Free Spirits, that released Out of Sight And Sound (1966).

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Ornette Coleman (1930–2015)
Ornette Coleman (1930–2015)

Jazz news: Ornette Coleman (1930-2015). Posted in “Obituary” column. Published: June 12, 2015 @ All About Jazz

Toshiko Akiyoshi (Born 1929)
Toshiko Akiyoshi (Born 1929)

Toshiko Akiyoshi. One of the first Asian-born musicians to succeed in the jazz and big band arenas, Toshiko Akiyoshi (born 1929) is also a pioneering woman in these traditionally male-dominated arts.