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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
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Parent genreJazz
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United States · Modal Jazz
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01Everything Happens to Me2002 · Modal Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab 02Lady Sings the Blues2002 · Modal Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab 03So What1959 · Modal JazzOpen in new tab 04Blue in Green1959 · Modal JazzOpen in new tab 05All Blues1959 · Modal JazzOpen in new tab 06A Love Supreme, Part 1: Acknowledgement1965 · Modal JazzOpen in new tab 07Left Alone1987 · Modal Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab 08Church on Russell Street1987 · Modal Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab 09Straight Ahead1987 · Modal Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab 10Laura1987 · Modal Jazz · jazzOpen in new tab
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