The Various Forms Of Jazz

Do you like listening to that smooth, toe-tapping music we call jazz? Do you like to dance with your
loved one to the music of Fats Domino, Louis Armstrong, or Duke Ellington?
While it's unquestionably cool to make use of words like 'Swing', 'Bebop' or 'Bossa Nova' when
explaining a jazz design, not extremely many individuals actually know the difference between Hot
Jazz, Classic Jazz or Afro-Cuban Jazz. This article is for you if you don't understand the difference
between one style of jazz and another. Keep reading if you desire to up your cool quotient while
talking about Hot Jazz:
Classic Jazz: More widely called 'New Orleans jazz' because of its origins, timeless jazz came from in
the late 1800's - early 1900's with brass bands performing for celebrations and dances using a
variety of musical instruments consisting of the trombone, saxophone, tuba, clarinet, cornet, guitar,
bass, drums and cornet. At the time, musical plans varied significantly from one efficiency to
another.
Hot Jazz: Pioneered by Louis Armstrong, hot jazz was defined by improvised solos that developed up
to an emotional and 'hot' crescendo that was supported by bass, drums and guitar or banjo.
Chicago Style Jazz: If New Orleans was the birth location of jazz, Chicago was the breeding ground.
Several young, dynamic players consisting of Bud Freeman, Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa and Eddie
Condon substantially furthered jazz improvisations with a combination of high technical ability and
harmonic, innovative arrangements.
Swing: During the traditional 1930's, most Jazz groups were Big Bands who played a robust and
stimulating version of Classic Jazz. More widely called Swing, for the very first time jazz was utilized
as dance music. Many of the most popular musicians the world has every heard were swing jazz
musicians. The well-known jazz swing players consist of individuals such as Duke Ellington, Count
Basie,
The Dorsey Brothers, Glenn Miller, and Louis Armstrong, to name a few. Obviously, the genre of
ballroom dance called swing grew out of jazz swing music.
Bebop: Immortalized by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and alto saxophonist Charlie Parker who took part
in chordal improvisations, Bebop was a total discrepancy from mainstream jazz that was normally
stemmed from the melodic line.
Bossa Nova: Initiated as "Brazilian jazz" by Brazilian's Antonio Carlos Jobim and Joao Gilberto, Bossa

Nova is a blend of seductive Brazilian samba rhythms, classical European harmonies and West Coast
cool. Embracing the Bossa Nova design, West Coast saxophonist Stan Getz and guitar player Charlie
Byrd provided this jazz form a big boost in the United States around 1962.
Afro-Cuban Jazz: Also called Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban jazz can be traced back to percussionist Chano
Pozo and trumpeter- arranger Mario Bauza. Defined by its highly infectious rhythms combined with
Jazz improvisations, Afro-Cuban jazz is generally played making use of rhythm instruments
consisting of bongo, timbale, conga along with assorted Latin percussion instruments and is typically
accompanied by guitar or piano and joined by vocals or horns.
Now that you understand what the various types of jazz music are, you can speak intelligently about
the music that you love! So get out there and have some terrific jazzy enjoyment!