Orchestral jazz or symphonic jazz is a form of jazz that developed in New York City in the 1920s. Early innovators of the genre, such as Fletcher Henderson...
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Sketches of Spain (category Orchestral jazz albums)
of unparalleled grace and lyricism," while Q magazine said it "took orchestral jazz in a new direction." Robert Christgau was less enthusiastic about the...
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subgenres of jazz music. Jazz portal Cook, Richard (2005). Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia. London: Penguin. p. 2. ISBN 0-141-00646-3. "Acid jazz (genre)"...
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List of music genres and styles (section Jazz)
City jazz Latin jazz Livetronica M-base Mainstream jazz Modal jazz Neo-bop jazz Neo-swing Nu jazz Orchestral jazz Post-bop Progressive jazz Punk jazz Samba-jazz...
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C.'s jazz scene, developing an innovative musical idiom for his orchestra. Abandoning the conventions of swing, he experimented with orchestral sounds...
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Both Sides Now (Joni Mitchell album) (category Orchestral jazz albums)
Vocal Jazz Album of the Year. The album traces the progress of the modern relationship through Mitchell's orchestral renditions of classic jazz songs...
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beverages. Jazz clubs were in large rooms in the eras of Orchestral jazz and big band jazz, when bands were large and often augmented by a string section...
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an ode to lovemaking while a woman is menstruating. "Fall," a fully orchestral jazz ballad, reads like the breakup of a relationship but is in fact the...
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of AllMusic called it an "underrated set ...well worth searching for". On Jazz History Online, Michael Verity observed "By 1973, when he recorded Soaring...
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Bebop (redirect from Modern Jazz)
Bebop or bop is a style of jazz developed in the early to mid-1940s in the United States. The style features compositions characterized by a fast tempo...
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Classical music (redirect from Western orchestral/chamber music)
verification] George Gershwin's 1924 orchestral composition Rhapsody in Blue has been described as orchestral jazz or symphonic jazz. The composition combines elements...
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Miles Davis (category 20th-century American jazz composers)
led into the early 1960s. During this period, he alternated between orchestral jazz collaborations with arranger Gil Evans, such as the Spanish music-influenced...
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This is a list of jazz musicians by instrument based on existing articles on Wikipedia. Do not enter names that lack articles. Do not enter names that...
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albums, Porgy and Bess has earned recognition as a landmark album in orchestral jazz. Davis biographer Jack Chambers described the album as "a new score...
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The origin of the word jazz is one of the most sought-after etymologies in modern American English. Interest in the word – named the Word of the Twentieth...
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beverages. Jazz clubs were in large rooms in the eras of Orchestral jazz and big band jazz, when bands were large and often augmented by a string section...
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Trad jazz, short for "traditional jazz", is a form of jazz in the United States and Britain that flourished from the 1930s to 1960s, based on the earlier...
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Don Redman (category Orchestral jazz musicians)
different orchestral sections and soloists. His use of this technique was sophisticated, highly innovative, and formed the basis of much big band jazz writing...
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Duke Ellington (category Orchestral jazz musicians)
(April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life...
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Michael Gibbs (composer) (redirect from Michael Gibbs (jazz composer))
vibraphonist Gary Burton, his student, and for his use of rock elements in orchestral jazz. Gibbs was born in Harare, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). He moved...
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of the remaining tracks on the soundtrack album are the early 1960s orchestral jazz pieces, matching the style of the era. Although variations of the main...
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Lady in Satin (category Orchestral jazz albums)
early 1940s, rather than in the setting of a jazz combo Holiday returns to the backdrop of full orchestral arrangements as done during her Decca years...
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jazz styles ranging from 1910s-style Dixieland jazz to 1970s-era jazz fusion and 1980s-era Latin jazz. The techniques and instrumentation of this type...
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An American in Paris is a jazz-influenced symphonic poem (or tone poem) for orchestra by American composer George Gershwin first performed in 1928. It...
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Ron Carter (category Orchestral jazz double-bassists)
May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history. He has...
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Fletcher Henderson (category Orchestral jazz musicians)
bandleader, arranger and composer, important in the development of big band jazz and swing music. He was one of the most prolific black musical arrangers...
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Uncle Meat (category Jazz fusion albums by American artists)
direct-to-video in 1987. The music is diverse in style, drawing from orchestral, jazz, blues and rock music. The Uncle Meat album was a commercial success...
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His Orchestra Either/Orchestra Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - jazz, orchestral jazz, swing Les Elgart Larry Elgart The Don Ellis Orchestra Ziggy Elman...
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Gary McFarland (category American male jazz composers)
the jazz imprints Verve and Impulse! Records during the 1960s. DownBeat magazine said he made "one of the more significant contributors to orchestral jazz"...
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Skies of America (category Orchestral jazz albums)
Skies of America is the 17th album by jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman, released on Columbia Records in 1972. It consists of one long composition by Coleman...
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