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Cool Jazz

Genre family: Jazz
2000s recordings: 5

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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 Frank Sinatra, The Dave Brubeck Quartet and Big Jay McNeely.

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2000s starting recordings

5 recordings

01It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)2006 · Cool Jazz · cool jazzOpen in new tab 02Real Crazy Cool2001 · Cool Jazz · cool jazzOpen in new tab 03Sorry2004 · Cool Jazz · cool jazzOpen in new tab 04That Lucky Old Sun2006 · Cool Jazz · cool jazzOpen in new tab 05Street Spirit2007 · Cool Jazz · cool jazzOpen in new tab

KEY ARTISTS

2000s artists

Artist·Cool Jazz

Eliza Lumley

ESSENTIAL ALBUMS

2000s albums

Album·2001

Blues & Rhythm Series: The Chronological Big Jay McNeely 1948-1950

Album·2004

Frank Sinatra: The Complete Collection (box 4: When You’re Smiling)

Album·2006

The Voice

Album·2006

Jazz Ladies

Album·2007

She Talks in Maths: Interpretations of Radiohead

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main styleBig Jay McNeelyCool Jazz and Big Jay McNeely share an artist-to-genre connection.
main styleFrank SinatraCool Jazz and Frank Sinatra share an artist-to-genre connection.
main styleThe Dave Brubeck QuartetCool Jazz and The Dave Brubeck Quartet share an artist-to-genre connection.
main styleErnestine AndersonCool Jazz and Ernestine Anderson share an artist-to-genre connection.
main styleEliza LumleyCool Jazz and Eliza Lumley share an artist-to-genre connection.
belongs toJazzCool Jazz is a subgenre of Jazz.
genreThat Lucky Old SunThat Lucky Old Sun is connected with Cool Jazz.
genreSorrySorry is connected with Cool Jazz.
genreReal Crazy CoolReal Crazy Cool is connected with Cool Jazz.
genreIt Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) is connected with Cool Jazz.

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