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Do you listen to this gentle, tap your feet as we call jazz? Do you dance with your significant other to the sounds of Fats Domino, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington?
While it's undoubtedly cool to use words like 'Swing', 'Bebop' or 'Bossa Nova' to describe a style of jazz few people really know the difference between Hot Jazz, Classic Jazz or Afro-Cuban Jazz. If you do not know the difference between a style of jazz and another, this article is for you. Read on if you want your cool quotient while discussing Hot Jazz:
Classic Jazz: More commonly called "New Orleans Jazz" because its origins, classic jazz established in the late 1800s – early 1900s with bands performing for dances and parties that an assortment of musical instruments including the trombone, saxophone, tuba, clarinet, trumpet, guitar, bass, drums and cornet. At that time, arrangements music varied widely from one representation to another.
Jazz Hot: Launched by Louis Armstrong, hot jazz was characterized by improvised solos that built up in an emotional and 'hot crescendo "that was supported by bass, drums and guitar or banjo.
Chicago Style Jazz: If New Orleans was the birthplace of jazz, Chicago was the breeding ground. Several young, dynamic players including Bud Freeman, Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa and Eddie Condon significantly furthered jazz improvisations with a combination of technical capability and high harmonic, innovative arrangements.
Swing: During the classic 1930's, most jazz groups were Big Bands who played a robust and invigorating version of Classic Jazz. More commonly known as Swing for the first time, jazz has been used as dance music. Many of the most famous musicians the world has every heard were swing musicians jazz. The jazz swing players include celebrities like Duke Ellington, Count Basie, the Dorsey Brothers, Glenn Miller, Louis Armstrong, to name a few. Of course, the kind of ballroom dance called swing grew out of jazz swing music.
Bebop: Immortalized by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and alto saxophonist Charlie Parker who engaged in agreements improvisations, Bebop was a complete deviation from mainstream jazz that was typically obtained from the melodic line.
Bossa Nova: Initiated as "Brazilian jazz" by Brazilian Antonio Carlos Jobim and Joao Gilberto, Bossa Nova is a blend of rhythms of seductive Brazilian samba, classical European harmonies and West Coast cool. Adopting the Bossa Nova style, West Coast Saxophonist Stan Getz and guitarist Charlie Byrd gave this jazz form of significant assistance to the United States around 1962.
Afro-Cuban Jazz: Also known as latin name jazz, Afro-Cuban jazz can be traced back to percussionist Chano Pozo and trumpeter-arranger Mario Bauza. Characterized by its highly infectious rhythms combined with Jazz improvisations, Afro-Cuban jazz is typically played using rhythm instruments including bongo, timbale, conga with assorted Latin percussion instruments and is often accompanied by a guitar or piano and joined by vocals or horns.
Now that you know what different types of jazz are you can talk intelligently on the music you love! Go ahead and enjoy great jazz!
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