- 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
- Jazz Music Portal | Britannica
Jazz music, which was developed by African Americans and was influenced by both African rhythms and European harmonic structure, first appeared at the turn of the 20th century and has since undergone several distinctive phases of development
- jazz summary | Britannica
jazz, Musical form, often improvisational, developed by African Americans and influenced by both European harmonic structure and African rhythms
- 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
- Jazz - Ornette Coleman, Free Jazz, Exploration | Britannica
Jazz - Ornette Coleman, Free Jazz, Exploration: Whereas most of these postwar musicians worked out their individual styles through personal explorations within the central modern tradition, the arrival of saxophonist Ornette Coleman and trumpeter Donald Cherry constituted an even more radical break from the recent past
- 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 ”
- 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
- 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
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