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Cool Jazz
- Genre family
- Jazz
- Starting recordings
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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 Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra and Bill Evans.
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Parent genreJazz
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United States · Cool Jazz
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01Budo1949 · Bebop · jazzOpen in new tab 02Blue Grass1963 · Cool Jazz · cool jazzOpen in new tab 03It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)2006 · Cool Jazz · cool jazzOpen in new tab 04This Land Is Your Land2017 · Cool Jazz · cool jazzOpen in new tab 05Christmas Time Is Here2015 · Cool Jazz · cool jazzOpen in new tab 06The Christmas Song2015 · Cool Jazz · cool jazzOpen in new tab 07The Riddle1960 · Cool Jazz · cool jazzOpen in new tab 08How High the Moon2010 · Cool Jazz · cool jazzOpen in new tab 09My Favorite Things2015 · Cool Jazz · cool jazzOpen in new tab 10Just One Way to Say I Love You1949 · Cool Jazz · cool jazzOpen in new tab
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