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Jazz
- Subgenres
- 9
- 1950s recordings
- 31
ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
Meet Jazz
Jazz is a genre connected to a wider network of artists, recordings and musical traditions.
The clearest way to understand Jazz is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with George Gershwin, Mel Tormé and Charles Mingus.
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordings1950s starting recordings
01The Casbah1959 · Hard Bop · hard bopOpen in new tab 02Jump Monk1956 · Hard Bop · jazzOpen in new tab 03So What1959 · Modal JazzOpen in new tab 04Blue in Green1959 · Modal JazzOpen in new tab 05Self-Portrait in Three Colors1959 · JazzOpen in new tab 06Better Git It in Your Soul1959 · JazzOpen in new tab 07All Blues1959 · Modal JazzOpen in new tab 08Boogie Stop Shuffle1959 · JazzOpen in new tab 09Goodbye Pork Pie Hat1959 · JazzOpen in new tab 10Portrait of Ravi1959 · Hard Bop · hard bopOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
1950s artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
1950s albums
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