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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, hymns, marches, vaudeville song, and dance music. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of…

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Cultural origins
Late 19th century, New Orleans, U.S.
Derivative forms
Rock and roll · rock · jump blues · traditional pop · reggae
Etymology
See: Jazz (word)
Stylistic origins
Blues · ragtime (including classical ragtime) · spirituals · folk · marches
Typical instruments
Double bass · drums · guitar · piano · saxophone

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Diversity in jazz

Early development

The Jazz Age

Post-war jazz

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Jazz

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Jazz

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related to General and cited references · 102
Jazz → Abbe Niles, Africa, African Origins, Afro-Cuban Rhythm, Alfred, Also, America's Music, An Autobiography, Archived, Arna Bontemps, Bebop, Bembe Inc, Black Music Research Journal, Blues, Burns, CA, California, Case, Chicago, Collier
related to Further reading · 64
Jazz → ATV, Berendt, Berkeley, Blues Alley, Boplicity, Britain, British Film Institute Library, California, Carr, Charlie, Charlie Nairn, Chicago, Concise Guide, Contemporary Jazz, Das Jazzbuch, Delta Music, Downbeat, DVD, Earl, Ed Enright
related to Free jazz · 42
Jazz → Africa, Albert Ayler, Arabia, Archie Shepp, Ayler's, Bill Dixon, Carla Bley, Cecil Taylor, Charles Mingus, Chasin, Collective Improvisation, Coltrane, Don Cherry, DownBeat, France, Free, Free Jazz, Gary Peacock, Gato Barbieri, Impulse
related to New Orleans origins · 32
Jazz → African-American, Alcide Nunez, Basin Street, Beginning, Buddy Bolden, Canada, Chicago, Creole Band, During, European, Freddie Keppard, George Brunies, He, In, In New Orleans, Jelly Roll Morton, Lorenzo Tio, Louis Armstrong, Louisiana, Louisiana Creole
related to Sacred and liturgical jazz · 30
Jazz → Abyssinian Mass, African-American, Angelo Versace, As, Beige Suite, Black, Blueengine Records, Come Sunday, Concert, Duke Ellington, Grace Cathedral, He, However, In, Later, Mary Lou Williams, Most, Prior, Relatively, Sacred Concerts
related to Latin jazz · 28
Jazz → Africa, African, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Latin, Analysis, Brazilian, Cal Tjader, Cuban, Even, For, History, In, It, Latin, Latin America, Latin American, Manteca, Many, Mark Gridley's Jazz Styles, My Father
related to The influence of Duke Ellington · 28
Jazz → Abandoning, American Music, Bob Russell's, Bubber Miley, Caravan, Concerto, Cootie, Cootie Williams, Do Nothing Till You, Duke Ellington, Ellington, Europe, He, Hear, Jeep's Blues, Johnny Hodges, Juan Tizol's, Me, Perdido, Several
related to Roles of women · 27
Jazz → Abbey Lincoln, Adelaide Hall, Although Betty Carter, Anita O'Day, Beginning, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Dorothy Fields, Ella Fitzgerald, Ethel Waters, Europe, Female, Gerald Wilson, Irene Higginbotham, Lil Hardin Armstrong, Peggy Lee, Randy Weston, Rhythm, Some, The International Sweethearts
related to Dixieland revival · 26
Jazz → Armstrong, Bob Crosby's Bobcats, By, Conrad Janis, Dixieland, Eddie Condon, Europe, Firehouse Five Plus Two, In, Japan, Jazz Band, Louis Armstrong's Allstars, Lu Watters, Max Kaminsky, Midwesterners, Morton, Most, New Orleans, Oliver, The
related to Punk jazz and jazzcore · 25
Jazz → Bill Laswell, Contortions, Examples, Gray, In, In London, In New York, James Chance, John Zorn, Last Exit, London, Lounge Lizards, Lydia Lunch's Queen, New York City, No Wave, Ornette Coleman, Peter Brötzmann, Pop Group, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Siam

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music new musicians blues bebop band orleans swing early first also fusion style african many improvisation popular musical rhythm free

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JazzCultural originsLate 19th century, New Orleans, U.S.1.00infobox
JazzDerivative formsRock and roll1.00infobox
JazzDerivative formsrock1.00infobox
JazzDerivative formsjump blues1.00infobox
JazzDerivative formstraditional pop1.00infobox
JazzDerivative formsreggae1.00infobox
JazzDerivative formsR&B1.00infobox
JazzDerivative formssoul1.00infobox
JazzDerivative formsska1.00infobox
JazzDerivative formsfunk1.00infobox
JazzDerivative formship-hop1.00infobox
JazzDerivative formshouse1.00infobox
JazzDerivative formslounge1.00infobox
JazzDerivative formscontemporary R&B1.00infobox
JazzEtymologySee: Jazz (word)1.00infobox
JazzStylistic originsBlues1.00infobox
JazzStylistic originsragtime (including classical ragtime)1.00infobox
JazzStylistic originsspirituals1.00infobox
JazzStylistic originsfolk1.00infobox
JazzStylistic originsmarches1.00infobox
JazzStylistic originsEuropean classical music1.00infobox
JazzStylistic originsWest African music1.00infobox
JazzTypical instrumentsDouble bass1.00infobox
JazzTypical instrumentsdrums1.00infobox
JazzTypical instrumentsguitar1.00infobox
JazzTypical instrumentspiano1.00infobox
JazzTypical instrumentssaxophone1.00infobox
JazzTypical instrumentstrumpet1.00infobox
JazzTypical instrumentsclarinet1.00infobox
JazzTypical instrumentstrombone1.00infobox

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