- Jazz | Definition, History, Musicians, Facts | Britannica
Jazz, musical form, often improvisational, 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
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jazz, Musical form, often improvisational, developed by African Americans and influenced by both European harmonic structure and African rhythms Though its specific origins are not known, the music developed principally as an amalgam in the late 19th- and early 20th-century musical culture of New Orleans
- 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
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Jazz grew from a mix of African and European music Ragtime, a form of piano music, and blues music also influenced jazz New Orleans, Louisiana, is often called the home of jazz Many important early jazz musicians, such as pianist Jelly Roll Morton, were from New Orleans
- Jazz - Ragtime, Blues, Swing | Britannica - Encyclopedia 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 ”
- 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
- Jazz-rock | Genre, History Influences | Britannica
Jazz-rock, popular musical form in which modern jazz improvisation is accompanied by the bass lines, drumming styles, and instrumentation of rock music, with a strong emphasis on electronic instruments and dance rhythms
- Jazz - Cool, Bebop, Swing | Britannica - Encyclopedia Britannica
Jazz - Cool, Bebop, Swing: Perhaps in reaction to the hot, more strident, more frenetic expressions of the postwar bands, or perhaps as a direct influence of the Thornhill-Evans approach, a cool strain entered the jazz scene in the late 1940s
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