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Modal Jazz
- Genre family
- Jazz
- 1980s recordings
- 6
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 Ran Blake and Jeanne Lee.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreJazz
Current genreModal Jazz
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1980s · United States · Modal Jazz
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6 recordings1980s starting recordings
01Left Alone1987 · Modal Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab 02Church on Russell Street1987 · Modal Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab 03Straight Ahead1987 · Modal Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab 04Laura1987 · Modal Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab 05Love Isn’t Everything1987 · Modal Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab 06Blue Monk1987 · Modal Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
1980s artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
1980s albums
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