A style of music that developed in America in the early twentieth century in New Orleans and other southern cities. It is characterized by syncopated rhythms, improvisation, extremes in pitch and dynamics, call and response, and experimentation. Jazz draws on traditional African American music, and swing jazz, which was popular in the 1920s, and has often been described as following the patterns of speech. Indeed, the instruments in a jazz piece often seem to be "talking" back and forth to one another.
Music in which improvisation and soloing play an important part. There is tremendous variety in jazz, but most jazz is very rhythmic, has a forward momentum called "swing," and uses "bent" or "blue" notes. You can often hear "call-and-response" patterns in jazz, in which one instrument, voice, or part of the band answers another.
Jazz, rooted in Western music technique and theory originating around the early 1920s in New Orleans is an original American musical art form, marked by the cultural contributions from African Americans.
A polyphonic and syncopated style marked by improvisation and solo virtuosos. There have been and still are many styles of jazz such as: trad, swing, the big band sound and bebop.
exuberant music played by straightfaced serious musicians (as opposed to straightfaced music played by straightfaced musicians) in two distinct styles; Trad where a group of players politely take turns to ginger up or otherwise obscure an old tune, and Modern, where they don't
style of American dance music originated in the South by black Americans; it is characterized by strong, prominent meter, improvisation, and dotted, or syncopated patterns
a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
play something in the style of jazz
A genre of music that is the subject of this program. While no simple definition exists for jazz, the most important elements of jazz are often said to be swing and improvisation.
in a big band chart, a rhythm indication for medium to up-tempo swing (as opposed to latin).
a style of music created in the early 20th century by African Americans, characterized by strong, syncopated rhythms, particular chords and harmonic structures, and a large amount of improvisation
a diverse, multi-faceted genre rooted in a synthesis of African and European musical concepts that emerged during the late 19th century. The African concepts include polyrhythms, syncopation, and improvisation, while the European contributions include standardized systems of notation, music theory, and European instruments. Much of this exchange of ideas took place in New Orleans. During the past century jazz has continued to evolve, and a wide variety of different jazz styles have come, gone, and then reappeared.
a style of music that originated from Negro music in the United States of America, it relies on improvisation, syncopations and strong rhythmic patterns
style of music performed solo or by an ensemble marked by improvisation; characterised by a rhythm section over which players improvise
A style of music developed from ragtime and blues, featuring strong, flexible, often syncopated rhythms and ensemble. Sometimes improvisational, played by bands commonly led by a brass section, especially saxophone and trumpet, or by a pianist. Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis and Wynton Marsalis are prominent jazz artists.
A musical style created mainly by African-Americans in the early twentieth century that blended elements drawn from African musics with the popular and art traditions of the West.
A music originating in America. Characteristics include syncopation, improvisation and strong expressions of emotion.
American music developed especially from ragtime and blues and characterized by propulsive syncopated rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, varying degrees of improvisation, and often deliberate distortions of pitch and timbre.
Originated in cities such as New Orleans, St. Louis, and Chicago by African American musicians around the turn of the twentieth century, jazz developed in a variety of ways. Its roots are from African American folk music, but as jazz developed, elements from other musical cultures--from contemporary Western classical music to musics of the Far East--were gradually assimilated, resulting in a broad range of sub-genres within the larger context known as "jazz." Jazz is characterized by solo and group improvisation, complex syncopation, and extended harmonies, as well as idiosyncratic interpretations of popular songs. Different styles of jazz have markedly different sounds, and the New Orleans jazz of Louis Armstrong sounds strikingly different from the urbane jazz of Duke Ellington in 1920s Harlem.
A style of music originally derived from Blues and Classical which emphasizes poetic lyricism, improvisation, and rhythmic spontaneity in search of music without boundaries.
A popular music style influenced by the blues, popular song, and other musical genre. Jazz is characterized by highly sophisticated improvised melodic lines over chord progressions (changes) with a steady beat and considerable syncopation.
A style of music of Afro-American roots chracterized by a strong rythmic understructure, blue notes, and improvisation on melody and chord structure.
Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States at around the start of the 20th century. Born out of a blend of African American musical styles with Western music technique and theory, jazz uses blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation among its many stylistic markers.
Jazz is a 1978 album by English rock band Queen. It was the band's seventh studio album, and comprises a number of different styles of music, including disco-funk ("Fun It"), vaudeville ("Dreamer's Ball"), rock and roll ("Dead On Time") and a country-flavored stomp ("Fat Bottomed Girls"). Curiously, it contains nothing recognizable as jazz, except perhaps the music-hall swing of "Dreamer's Ball".