jazz
Sign in to saveJazz 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 musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation.
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Jazz is a music genre that developed in African-American communities in New Orleans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, blending influences from blues, ragtime, African rhythms, spirituals, and other musical traditions. Since the 1920s, jazz has been recognized as a major form of musical expression, known for its distinctive features like improvisation, swing rhythm, and complex harmonies.
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- Jazz
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- See: Jazz (word)
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- Late 19th century, New Orleans, U.S.
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- <span id="Definition"></span> Etymology and definition
- Elements
- Improvisation
- Traditionalism
- Diversity in jazz
- Jazz and race
- Roles of women
- Jews in jazz
- Early development
- Blended African and European music sensibilities
- African rhythmic retention
- Afro-Cuban influence
- Ragtime
- Ragtime in other regions
- Blues
- African genesis
- W. C. Handy: early published blues
- New Orleans origins
- Syncopation
- Swing in the early 20th century
- The Jazz Age
- Swing in the 1920s and 1930s
- The influence of Duke Ellington
- Beginnings of European jazz
- Post-war jazz
- Bebop
- Afro-Cuban jazz (cu-bop)
- Machito and Mario Bauza
- Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo
- "Un Poco Loco"
- African cross-rhythm
- Dixieland revival
- Hard bop
- Modal jazz
- Free jazz
- Free jazz in Europe
- Latin jazz
- Afro-Cuban jazz renaissance
- Afro-Brazilian jazz
- African-inspired
- Rhythm
- Pentatonic scales
- Sacred and liturgical jazz
- Jazz fusion
- Miles Davis's new directions
- Psychedelic-jazz
- Weather Report
- Jazz-rock
- Electronic music
- Jazz-funk
- Straight-ahead jazz
- Neo-bop
- Smooth jazz
- Acid jazz, nu jazz, and jazz rap
- Punk jazz and jazzcore
- M-Base
- Jazz pluralism
- Social media
- See also
- References
- Citations
- General and cited references
- Further reading
- External links
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 musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation.
As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different styles. New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation. However, jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, Kansas City jazz (a hard-swinging, bluesy, improvisational style), and gypsy jazz (a style that emphasized musette waltzes) were the prominent styles. Bebop emerged in the 1940s, shifting jazz from danceable popular music toward a more challenging "musician's music" which was played at faster tempos and used more chord-based improvisation. Cool jazz developed near the end of the 1940s, introducing calmer, smoother sounds and long, linear melodic lines.