Jazz
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Jazz is a genre of music characterized by swing, improvisation, complex harmonies, and roots in African American musical traditions.
Statements (95)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | music genre ⓘ |
| associatedWithDance |
Charleston
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Lindy Hop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithDecade | 1920s ⓘ |
| associatedWithEra | Jazz Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| celebratedOn | April 30 ⓘ |
| developedInPeriod |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| developedInPlace | New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
blue notes
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call and response ⓘ collective improvisation ⓘ complex harmonies ⓘ improvisation ⓘ polyrhythms ⓘ rhythmic flexibility ⓘ swing feel ⓘ syncopation ⓘ |
| hasCulturalOrigin | African American communities ⓘ |
| hasEducationalField | jazz studies ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
funk
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hip hop ⓘ pop music ⓘ rhythm and blues ⓘ rock music ⓘ world music ⓘ |
| hasNotableFigure |
Billie Holiday
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Charles Mingus NERFINISHED ⓘ Charlie Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ Count Basie NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke Ellington NERFINISHED ⓘ Ella Fitzgerald NERFINISHED ⓘ John Coltrane NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Armstrong NERFINISHED ⓘ Miles Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Thelonious Monk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotationPractice |
chord charts
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lead sheets ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryFunction |
art music
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entertainment ⓘ |
| hasRoot |
European harmonic traditions
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blues ⓘ marching band music ⓘ ragtime ⓘ spirituals ⓘ work songs ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre |
Dixieland
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Latin jazz ⓘ avant-garde jazz ⓘ bebop ⓘ cool jazz ⓘ free jazz ⓘ hard bop ⓘ jazz fusion ⓘ modal jazz ⓘ post-bop ⓘ smooth jazz NERFINISHED ⓘ soul jazz ⓘ swing ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
African musical traditions
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Afro-Caribbean music ⓘ European classical music ⓘ |
| performedInSetting |
concert hall
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festival ⓘ jazz club ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | UNESCO International Jazz Day NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesEnsembleType |
big band
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combo ⓘ quartet ⓘ quintet ⓘ trio ⓘ |
| usesForm |
12-bar blues
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32-bar AABA song form ⓘ |
| usesHarmony |
altered chords
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chromaticism ⓘ modal harmony ⓘ ninth chords ⓘ seventh chords ⓘ |
| usesInstrument |
clarinet
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double bass ⓘ drum set ⓘ guitar ⓘ piano ⓘ saxophone ⓘ trombone ⓘ trumpet ⓘ vibraphone ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
comping
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extended chords ⓘ improvised solos ⓘ scat singing ⓘ swing eighth notes ⓘ walking bass ⓘ |
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