List of jazz genres
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Genre | Characteristics | Era |
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Acid jazz | Combined elements of soul music, funk, disco, including looping beats and modal harmony | 1980s–90s |
Asian American jazz | 1950s -> | |
Avant-garde jazz | 1950s -> | |
Bebop | 1940s -> | |
Bossa nova | Brazilian Genre influential in Cool Jazz/West Coast Jazz | 1960s -> |
British dance band | 1920s -> | |
Cape jazz | 1990s -> | |
Chamber jazz | 1960s -> | |
Continental Jazz | Early jazz dance bands of Europe in the swing medium, to the exclusion of Great Britain. | |
Cool jazz | Contrasts with the hard, fast sound of Bebop. Based largely on Lester Young. | 1940s-1960s |
Crossover jazz | 1970s -> | |
Cubop | 1940s -> | |
Dixieland | 1900s -> | |
Ethno jazz | 1990s -> | |
European free jazz | 1960s -> | |
Free funk | 1970s -> | |
Free improvisation | 1960s -> | |
Free jazz | 1950s -> | |
Gypsy jazz | 1930s -> | |
Hard bop | 1950s -> | |
Indo jazz | Fusion of jazz with Indian music (see also Sitar in jazz and Jazz in India). | 1950s -> |
Jazz blues | ||
Jazz-funk | 1970s -> | |
Jazz fusion | Combines elements of Jazz and Rock. Characterized by electronic instruments, riffs, and extended solos | 1970s -> |
Jazz rap | 1980s -> | |
Jazz rock | 1960s -> | |
Kansas City blues | 1940s -> | |
Kansas City jazz | 1930s -> | |
Latin jazz | Draws heavily on salsa and merengue influences. Heavy use of percussion, including congas, timbales, bongos, guiros, and others. | |
M-Base | 1980s -> | |
Mainstream jazz | 1950s -> | |
Modal jazz | Pioneered by Miles Davis, others. Characterized by use of modes, such as dorian modes. | |
Neo-bop jazz | 1980s -> | |
Neo-swing | 1990s -> | |
Novelty ragtime | 1920s -> | |
Nu jazz | 1990s -> | |
Orchestral jazz | 1920s -> | |
Post-bop | 1960s -> | |
Punk jazz | 1970s -> | |
Ragtime | 1890s -> | |
Shibuya-kei | 1950s -> | |
Ska jazz | 1960s -> | |
Soul jazz | 1950s -> | |
Stride jazz | 1920s -> | |
Straight-ahead jazz | 1960s -> | |
Swing | Big Band arrangements, always swung. Pioneered by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, others. | 1930s-1950s |
Third stream | The fusion of the Jazz stream and Classical stream. | |
1950s -> | ||
Trad jazz | ||
Vocal jazz | 1950s -> | |
West Coast jazz | A less frenetic, calmer style than hard bop, heavily arranged, and more often compositionally-based subgenre of cool jazz. | 1950s–60s |