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Jazz Music - Genre
Jazz has been called America's classical music, and for good reason. Along with the blues, its forefather, it is one of the first truly indigenous musics to develop in America, yet its unpredictable, risky ventures into improvisation gave it critical...More »
Styles of Jazz:
Big Band/Swing
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Bop
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Fusion
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New Orleans/Classic Jazz
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Soul Jazz/Groove
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Origin Jazz Library website ... ; Origin Jazz Library The record label for Blues, Jazz, Folk, Cajun, and Western Swing since 1960. ... Welcome to the Origin Jazz Library web page. Our releases can be found by clicking on "Catalog." Check back for regular updates on our upcoming new releases! ;
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Jazz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jazz (word) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In the absence of any certain origin, various colourful alternative theories have been put forward, for instance, the name jazz came from the nickname of a certain Jasbo Brown, an itinerant musician along the banks of the Mississippi.
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; They came, by and large, from kingdoms along the hot and humid Guinea Coast of West Africa--the area stretching from the Senegal River in the north to the Bight of Benin and south as far as the mouth of the Congo. Their tribal identities were Ashanti, Fanti, Hausa, Yoruba, ... There, in ports called Bonny and Calabar,
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This soft-cover book accompanied the original "Sincerely, Bix Beiderbecke" LP box sets, which have been since updated, resulting in the current "Bix Restored" compact disc series. The book was written by Chip Deffaa, noted jazz critic for The New York Post.
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