cool jazz

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Cool jazz is a relaxed, smooth, and understated style of modern jazz that emerged in the late 1940s, characterized by softer dynamics, lyrical improvisation, and sophisticated harmonies.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
cool jazz canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz subgenre ⓘ
music genre ⓘ
characteristic cool tone quality ⓘ
emphasis on arrangement ⓘ
light swing feel ⓘ
lyrical improvisation ⓘ
relaxed feel ⓘ
restrained emotional expression ⓘ
smooth phrasing ⓘ
smooth sound ⓘ
soft dynamics ⓘ
sophisticated harmonies ⓘ
understated style ⓘ
use of counterpoint ⓘ
contrastWith bebop ⓘ
hard bop ⓘ
culturalOrigin Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ
New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
early 1950s ⓘ
late 1940s ⓘ
derivative West Coast jazz NERFINISHED ⓘ
bossa nova jazz ⓘ
modal jazz ⓘ
third stream ⓘ
emphasis arranged ensemble passages ⓘ
melodic development ⓘ
subtle dynamics ⓘ
harmony European classical influence ⓘ
complex chord progressions ⓘ
extended chords ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1950s ⓘ
late 1940s ⓘ
post–World War II era NERFINISHED ⓘ
improvisationStyle linear improvisation ⓘ
melodic improvisation ⓘ
influenced 1960s modal jazz ⓘ
European jazz ⓘ
West Coast jazz musicians ⓘ
influencedBy Duke Ellington arrangements NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lester Young NERFINISHED ⓘ
instrumentation French horn ⓘ
double bass ⓘ
drums ⓘ
nonet ⓘ
piano ⓘ
saxophone ⓘ
small jazz combo ⓘ
trombone ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ
tuba ⓘ
musicFusionGenre West Coast jazz NERFINISHED ⓘ
modal jazz ⓘ
third stream ⓘ
notableArtist Chet Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dave Brubeck NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gerry Mulligan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gil Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lee Konitz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lennie Tristano NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lester Young NERFINISHED ⓘ
Miles Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Modern Jazz Quartet NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paul Desmond NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stan Getz NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRecording Birth of the Cool NERFINISHED ⓘ
Moon Dreams NERFINISHED ⓘ
Take Five NERFINISHED ⓘ
Time Out NERFINISHED ⓘ
Walkin' Shoes NERFINISHED ⓘ
scene New York jazz scene ⓘ
West Coast jazz scene ⓘ
stylisticOrigin bebop ⓘ
classical music influences ⓘ
swing music ⓘ
tempo medium tempo ⓘ
slow tempo ⓘ
vocalStyle cool jazz vocals ⓘ
subdued vocal delivery ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lester Young → movement → cool jazz ⓘ
George Shearing → genre → cool jazz ⓘ
Joe Pass → movement → cool jazz ⓘ
Paul Desmond → genre → cool jazz ⓘ