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Modal Jazz
- Genre family
- Jazz
- Starting recordings
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ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
Meet Modal Jazz
Modal Jazz is a branch of the Jazz family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Modal Jazz is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Ran Blake.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreJazz
Current genreModal Jazz
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordingsStart with these recordings
01Lady Sings the Blues2002 · Modal Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab 02Everything Happens to Me2002 · Modal Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab 03Freedom2006 · Modal Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab 04Claudia1967 · Modal Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab 05In the Darkness1967 · Modal Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab 06Tricotism2004 · Modal Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab 07A Love Supreme, Part 3: Pursuance / A Love Supreme, Part 4: Psalm1965 · Modal JazzOpen in new tab 08Don't Fall Off the Bridge2004 · Modal Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab 09A Love Supreme, Part 2: Resolution1965 · Modal JazzOpen in new tab 10Left Alone1987 · Modal Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
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ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
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