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Jazz101: Third Stream Jazz
Winter 2010 by Buzz Lamb ( views: 137 last: Feb 22, 2012 )
“Third Stream” is a term which Gunther Schuller coined within a lecture at Brandeis University in 1957. He used it to describe a musical genre which is a synthesis of the longer forms developed in the classical music tradition and jazz improvisation
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Jazz101: Hard Bop Jazz
Fall 2010 by Buzz Lamb ( views: 156 last: Feb 22, 2012 )
A number of jazz styles emerged during the 1950s and 60s...Journalist and publicists of the era coined new names such as "funky jazz", "soul jazz" and "Hard Bop"...more popular than almost any other segment of modern jazz
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Jazz 101: Cool Jazz
Fall 2009 by Buzz Lamb ( views: 107 last: Feb 22, 2012 )
"Cool Jazz" avoided roughness and brassiness. The nine-piece band that Miles Davis recorded in 1949 and 1950 became known as the "Birth of Cool" band.
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Jazz101: Latin Jazz
Spring 2008 by Buzz Lamb ( views: 133 last: Feb 21, 2012 )
Latin jazz, the hybrid of hybrids, has spawned two main categories; Brazilian Latin Jazz, including bossa nova, and Afro-Cuban Latin Jazz, including salsa, meringue, mambo and bolero...
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Jazz101: Weird War Bop - Jazz in the Forties
Fall / Winter 2007 by Buzz Lamb ( views: 107 last: Feb 21, 2012 )
The World War II draft began breaking up the big bands and opened up the competition to new ideas. The country was nervous and the music was nervous and agitated. "Bop" became the first jazz style that was not used for dancing...
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Jazz101: Chicago Swings
Fall 2007 by Buzz Lamb ( views: 103 last: Feb 21, 2012 )
When Storyville (in New Orleans) was closed down on November 12, 1917 by orders of the Navy and the War Department, many musicians sought work elsewhere and both black and white entertainers drifted up the Mississippi to
Chicago...
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