- Jazz | Definition, History, Musicians, Facts | Britannica
Jazz, musical form, often improvisational, developed by African Americans and influenced by both European harmonic structure and African rhythms It is often characterized by syncopated rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, and the use of original timbres
- jazz summary | Britannica
jazz, Musical form, often improvisational, developed by African Americans and influenced by both European harmonic structure and African rhythms Though its specific origins are not known, the music developed principally as an amalgam in the late 19th- and early 20th-century musical culture of New Orleans
- Jazz - Orchestral, Improvisation, Swing | Britannica
Jazz - Orchestral, Improvisation, Swing: It was in the 1920s that the first forms of true orchestral jazz were developed, most significantly by Fletcher Henderson and Duke Ellington
- Jazz - Ragtime, Blues, Swing | Britannica
Jazz - Ragtime, Blues, Swing: In the early 1930s two bands made important contributions to jazz: Bennie Moten’s, with the recordings of “Toby,” “Lafayette,” and “Prince of Wails,” and the Casa Loma Orchestra, with “Casa Loma Stomp” and “San Sue Strut ”
- Jazz - Swing, Soloists, Improvisation | Britannica
Jazz - Swing, Soloists, Improvisation: Major swing soloists also emerged in the 1930s—most notably tenor saxophonists Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, and Ben Webster; pianists Art Tatum and Teddy Wilson; and singer Billie Holiday
- jazz - Kids | Britannica Kids | Homework Help
But most jazz is at least partly improvised This means that a jazz musician composes (makes up) the music while playing it, rather than beforehand Jazz bands can have many different types of instruments They often feature drums, piano, bass, trumpet, trombone, and saxophone Jazz often includes singers, too
- Jazz-rock | Genre, History Influences | Britannica
Jazz-rock, popular musical form in which modern jazz improvisation is accompanied by the bass lines, drumming styles, and instrumentation of rock music, with a strong emphasis on electronic instruments and dance rhythms
- Improvisation | Jazz, Classical Creative Techniques | Britannica
Early attempts to define jazz as a music whose chief characteristic was improvisation, for example, turned out to be too restrictive and largely untrue, since composition, arrangement, and ensemble have also been essential components of jazz for most of its history
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