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Post-bop Keyboardists
Post-bop is a jazz term with several possible definitions and usages.Yudkin, Jeremy (2007), p. 125 It has been variously defined as a musical period, a musical genre, a musical style, and a body of music, sometimes in different chronological periods, depending on the writer. Musicologist Barry Kernfeld wrote in ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' that post-bop is "a vague term, used either stylistically or chronologically (with divergent results) to describe any continuation or amalgamation of Bebop, bop, modal jazz, and free jazz; its meaning sometimes extends into Swing music, swing and earlier styles or into Jazz fusion, fusion and third-world styles." Definitions and uses The term post-bop has a variety of usages which vary widely. Jazz historian Stuart Nicholson (jazz historian), Stuart Nicholson wrote that "The term post-bop is a wonderful catch-all, used not so much to describe what a style of music is, but more what it isn't. Post-bop isn't Free jazz, free o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, hymns, marches, vaudeville song, and dance music. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different styles. New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation. However, jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |