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Cool Jazz
- Genre family
- Jazz
- Starting recordings
- 65
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.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreJazz
Current genreCool Jazz
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordingsStart with these recordings
01Blue Grass1963 · Cool Jazz · cool jazzOpen in new tab 02Prelude For SvendCool Jazz · cool jazzOpen in new tab 03Danse De Jeunes Filles1999 · Cool Jazz · cool jazzOpen in new tab 04It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)2006 · Cool Jazz · cool jazzOpen in new tab 05This Land Is Your Land2017 · Cool Jazz · cool jazzOpen in new tab 06That Lucky Old Sun2006 · Cool Jazz · cool jazzOpen in new tab 07Dear Little Boy of MineCool Jazz · cool jazzOpen in new tab 08Off Minor1998 · Cool Jazz · cool jazzOpen in new tab 09Sorry2004 · Cool Jazz · cool jazzOpen in new tab 10Christmas Time Is Here2015 · Cool Jazz · cool jazzOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
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ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
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