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Jazz
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- Starting recordings
- 7
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 The Benny Goodman Trio, The Cosmic Rays and Johnny Doddsʼ Black Bottom Stompers.
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
7 recordingsStart with these recordings
01Body and Soul (take 2)1997 · Swing · swingOpen in new tab 02Come On and Stomp, Stomp, Stomp1927 · Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab 03Body and Soul1935 · Swing · jazzOpen in new tab 04There Is No Greater Love1936 · Swing · swingOpen in new tab 05More Than You Know1997 · Swing · swingOpen in new tab 06After You've Gone (take 1)1997 · Swing · swingOpen in new tab 07Black Sky & Blue Moon2003 · Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
Key artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
Continue with these albums
Album·1997
The Complete RCA Victor Small Group Recordings
Album·1927
After You’ve Gone / Come On and Stomp, Stomp, Stomp
Album·1935
Body and Soul / After You've Gone
Album·1936
Life Begins When You're in Love / There Is No Greater Love
Album·1997
Nightfall - Sophisticated Jazz Classics
Album·2003
Spaceship Lullaby
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