jazz

Jazz is an American musical art form which originated around the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions. The style's West African pedigree is evident in its use of blue notes, call-and-response, improvisation, polyrhythms, syncopation, and the swung note of ragtime.

From its early development until the present, jazz has also incorporated music from 19th and 20th century American popular music, which is based on European music traditions.The word jazz began as a West Coast slang term of uncertain derivation and was first used to refer to music in Chicago in about 1915; for the origin and history, see Jazz (word).

Jazz has, from its early 20th century inception, spawned a variety of subgenres, from New Orleans Dixieland dating from the early 1910s, big band-style swing from the 1930s and 1940s, bebop from the mid-1940s, a variety of Latin-jazz fusions such as Afro-Cuban and Brazilian jazz from the 1950s and 1960s, jazz-rock fusion from the 1970sPublicar entrada and later developments such as acid jazz.

Jazz

Stylistic origins:	Blues and other folk musics, Ragtime, marching bands, 1910s New Orleans.
Typical instruments:	Saxophone – Trumpet – Trombone – Clarinet – Piano – Guitar – Double bass – Drums – Vocals
Mainstream popularity:	1920s–1960s
Subgenres
Avant-garde jazz – Bebop – Cool jazz – Free jazz – Gypsy jazz – Hard bop – Jazz fusion – Latin jazz – Mainstream jazz – Modal jazz – M-Base – Smooth jazz – Swing – Trad jazz – Third stream
Fusion genres
Acid jazz – Asian American jazz – Bossa nova – Calypso jazz – Crossover jazz – Jazz blues – Jazz fusion – Jazz rap – Punk jazz – Soul jazz – Nu jazz – Smooth jazz
Regional scenes
Australia – Brazil – France – India – Italy – Japan – Malawi – Netherlands – Poland – South Africa – Spain – United Kingdom
Local scenes
Dixieland – Kansas City jazz – West Coast jazz
Jazz musicians
Bassists – Clarinetists – Drummers – Guitarists – Organists – Pianists – Saxophonists – Trombonists – Trumpeters
Other topics
Jazz standard – Jazz royalty – Jazz (word)– Jazz clubs – Jazz drumming

Blues and other folk musics, Ragtime, marching bands, 1910s New Orleans. Typical instruments: Saxophone – Trumpet – Trombone – Clarinet – Piano – Guitar – Double bass – Drums – Vocals Mainstream popularity: 1920s–1960s Subgenres Avant-garde jazz – Bebop – Cool jazz – Free jazz – Gypsy jazz – Hard bop – Jazz fusion – Latin jazz – Mainstream jazz – Modal jazz – M-Base – Smooth jazz – Swing – Trad jazz – Third stream Fusion genres Acid jazz – Asian American jazz – Bossa nova – Calypso jazz – Crossover jazz – Jazz blues – Jazz fusion – Jazz rap – Punk jazz – Soul jazz – Nu jazz – Smooth jazz Regional scenes Australia – Brazil – France – India – Italy – Japan – Malawi – Netherlands – Poland – South Africa – Spain – United Kingdom Local scenes Dixieland – Kansas City jazz – West Coast jazz Jazz musicians Bassists – Clarinetists – Drummers – Guitarists – Organists – Pianists – Saxophonists – Trombonists – Trumpeters Other topics Jazz standard – Jazz royalty – Jazz (word)– Jazz clubs – Jazz drumming