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Jazz
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- Starting recordings
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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, Alain Bashung and Mel Tormé.
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
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01Single‐O2013 · Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab 02April Showers1999 · Jazz · jazz/jazzOpen in new tab 03J’ai longtemps contemplé1994 · Jazz · jazz/jazzOpen in new tab 04My Happiness2017 · Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab 05Stormy Weather2002 · Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab 06500 West 52nd1998 · Free Jazz · free jazzOpen in new tab 07Ma petite entreprise2016 · Rock · rock/rockOpen in new tab 08The Casbah1959 · Hard Bop · hard bopOpen in new tab 09Buddy Bolden Story1984 · Dixieland · dixielandOpen in new tab 10Everything Happens to Me2002 · Modal Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab
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ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
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