Jan 12, 2026 · Jazz, musical form, often improvisational, developed by African Americans and influenced by both European harmonic structure and African rhythms. It is often characterized by …

Jazz music, which was developed by African Americans and was influenced by both African rhythms and European harmonic structure, first appeared at the turn of the 20th century and has since …

Dec 5, 2025 · 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.

Jan 12, 2026 · Jazz - Swing, Soloists, Improvisation: Major swing soloists also emerged in the 1930s—most notably tenor saxophonists Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, and Ben Webster; …

jazz, Musical form, often improvisational, developed by African Americans and influenced by both European harmonic structure and African rhythms.

Jan 12, 2026 · Jazz - Cool, Bebop, Swing: Perhaps in reaction to the hot, more strident, more frenetic expressions of the postwar bands, or perhaps as a direct influence of the Thornhill-Evans approach, …

Jan 12, 2026 · 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 …

Dec 5, 2025 · Jazz - Fusion, Improvisation, Swing: The first signs of these fresh musical sounds could be heard as early as 1941, particularly in works by such composer-arrangers as Buster Harding, …

Jan 12, 2026 · Jazz - Ornette Coleman, Free Jazz, Exploration: Whereas most of these postwar musicians worked out their individual styles through personal explorations within the central modern …

Oct 9, 1999 · Modern Jazz Quartet, American musical ensemble noted for delicate percussion sonorities, innovations in jazz forms, and consistently high performance standards sustained over a …