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Subgenres of jazz - Coggle Diagram
Subgenres of jazz
New Orleans Jazz
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features 'front line' instruments (trumpet/cornet, trombone, clarinet) and 'rhythm section' (guitar/banjo, string bass/tuba, piano, drums)
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Artists include Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Jelly Roll Morton
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influences from military brass bands, ragtime, blues and gospel
all the musicians improvise simultaneously instead of taking turns - creates a harmonious improvised sound
Traditional Big Band
Bebop
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many key and chord changes, often rapid and unexpected
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made up of a horn section (with saxes, trombones, trumpets) and a rhythm section (drums, guitar, bass, piano
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tended to have a melody that each horn improvised off of. Melody known as 'head' and usually started and ended the composition.
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Nu jazz
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started in 1970s with artists like Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis
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