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Cool Jazz
- Genre family
- Jazz
ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
Meet Cool Jazz
Cool Jazz is a branch of the Jazz family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Cool Jazz is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with Big Jay McNeely.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreJazz
Current genreCool Jazz
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
1980s starting recordings
1980s recordings are still being reviewed. Continue through the related topics above in the meantime.
KEY ARTISTS
1980s artists
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