6 days ago · 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 …

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 …

Jan 8, 2026 · The Utah Jazz are an American professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah, that plays in the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association. The team was …

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

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

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.

Dec 5, 2025 · 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 - Swing, Soloists, Improvisation: Major swing soloists also emerged in the 1930s—most notably tenor saxophonists Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, and Ben Webster; …

Cool jazz, a style of jazz that emerged in the United States during the late 1940s. The term derives from what journalists perceived as an understated or subdued feeling in the music of Miles Davis, the …

Jan 6, 2026 · Louis Armstrong, the leading trumpeter and one of the most influential artists in jazz history. He was also a bandleader, singer, film star, and comedian. With his great sensitivity, …