Jazz

Entertainment / Music / Jazz: A musical style created mainly by African-Americans in the early twentieth century that blended elements drawn from African musics with the popular and art traditions of the West.
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New Orleans Jazz

Entertainment / Music / New Orleans Jazz: Early jazz style characterized by multiple improvisations in an ensemble of cornet (or trumpet), clarinet (or saxophone), trombone, piano, string bass (or tuba), banjo (or guitar) and drums: repertory MORE

West Coast Jazz

Entertainment / Music / West Coast Jazz: Jazz style developed in the 1950s, featuring small groups of mixed timbres playing contrapuntal improvisations: similar to cool jazz. MORE

Cool Jazz

Entertainment / Music / Cool Jazz: A substyle of bebop, characterized by a restrained, unemotional performance with lush harmonies, moderate volume levels and tempos, and a new lyricism: often associated with Miles Davis. MORE

Jazz Band

Entertainment / Music / Jazz Band: Instrumental ensemble made up of reeds (saxophones and clarinets), brass (trumpets and trombones), and rhythm sections (percussion, piano, double bass and sometimes guitar). MORE

Fusion

Business / Machine Shop / Fusion: The joining of base material, with or without filler material, by melting them together. MORE

Bebop

Entertainment / Music / Bebop: Complex jazz style developed in the 1940s. Also bop. MORE