Jazz

Jazz

A style of music characterized by improvisation, syncopation, and usually a regular or forceful rhythm. It emerged at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions.

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tetrachord

Music; Jazz

A four-note portion of a scale. For example, the diminished scale is composed of two tetrachords with identical interval constructions.

swing

Music; Jazz

(1) The style of the 30s, when the big band was the dominant form of Jazz. The style implies certain types of harmony (use of added 6ths rather than 7ths in major and minor chords, of un-embellished ...

free jazz

Music; Jazz

A style of the early and middle sixties, involving 'free' playing and a vehement affect. It was originally associated with black cultural nationalism. Sometimes two drummers and/or two bass players ...

front line

Music; Jazz

The horn players in a combo, those who aren't in the rhythm section.

groove

Music; Jazz

An infectious feeling of rightness in the rhythm, of being perfectly centered. This is a difficult term to define. A Medium Groove is a tempo of, say, 112, with a slinky or funky feeling.

montuno

Music; Jazz

A term of Latin music which crops up in other Jazz. (1) An indefinitely repeated pattern of 1, 2 or 4 bars in the piano, typically with ingeniously syncopated moving inner voices and a differently ...

James Patrick

Music; Jazz

Regarded as one of the most influential blues-rock guitarists, Jimmy Page began his music career as a studio session guitarist. Having played the guitar since his teenage years, he was able to ...