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- Jazz | Definition, History, Musicians, Facts | Britannica
Jazz is a musical form, often improvisational, that was developed by African Americans and influenced by both European harmonic structure and African rhythms It is often characterized by syncopated rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, and the use of original timbres Learn more about its history and prominent musicians
- jazz summary | Britannica
jazz, Musical form, often improvisational, developed by African Americans and influenced by both European harmonic structure and African rhythms
- Jazz Music Portal | Britannica
Latin jazz, a style of music that blends rhythms and percussion instruments of Cuba and the Spanish Caribbean with jazz and its fusion of European and African musical elements Latin jazz was the result
- Jazz - Swing, Soloists, Improvisation | Britannica
Jazz - Swing, Soloists, Improvisation: Major swing soloists also emerged in the 1930s—most notably tenor saxophonists Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, and Ben Webster; pianists Art Tatum and Teddy Wilson; and singer Billie Holiday Hawkins had left the Henderson band in 1933 for what turned out to be a six-year stay in Europe, during which he not only taught most Europeans about jazz and swing
- Jazz - Fusion, Improvisation, Swing | Britannica
Jazz - Fusion, Improvisation, Swing: The first signs of these fresh musical sounds could be heard as early as 1941, particularly in works by such composer-arrangers as Buster Harding, Neal Hefti, Gerry Valentine, and Budd Johnson Especially explorative and prophetic are such pieces as “The Moose” (1943; by Ralph Burns for the Charlie Barnet band), “Shady Lady” (1942; by Andy Gibson
- Jazz - Orchestral, Improvisation, Swing | Britannica
Jazz - Orchestral, Improvisation, Swing: It was in the 1920s that the first forms of true orchestral jazz were developed, most significantly by Fletcher Henderson and Duke Ellington Although large aggregations had begun to appear in the late teens, these were dance orchestras playing the popular songs and novelty pieces of the day, with nary a smattering of jazz The credit for being the
- Jazz - Ragtime, Blues, Swing | Britannica
Jazz - Ragtime, Blues, Swing: In the early 1930s two bands made important contributions to jazz: Bennie Moten’s, with the recordings of “Toby,” “Lafayette,” and “Prince of Wails,” and the Casa Loma Orchestra, with “Casa Loma Stomp” and “San Sue Strut ” The Black Moten band had little immediate effect on the greater jazz scene, instead influencing an inner circle of Black
- Jazz - Field Hollers, Funeral Processions | Britannica
Jazz - Field Hollers, Funeral Processions: Jazz, as it finally evolved as a distinct musical style and language, comprised what Max Harrison calls, in the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, a “composite matrix” made up of a host of diverse vernacular elements that happened to come together at different times and in different regions This matrix included the field hollers of the
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