ragtime
stride
storyville
bigBand
improvisation
chordChanges
bebop
westCoast
hardBop
freeJazz
Fusion
Swing
JellyRollMorton
Ellington
Basie
Bird
Dizzy
Monk
Miles
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oompah style bass, collective improvisation, dotted syncopation
piano style after ragtime
Red-light district of New Orleans where jazz was born.
5 + 5 + 5 + rhythm section
creative discipline in music where a soloist makes melodies based on personal style
harmonic framework for solos based on the 'head' of a tune.
movement in the 40's. Faster, more florid displays of virtuosity and inventions.
Predominantly white counter movement to Bebop.
Funky, blues-based danceable movement in 50's jazz.
60's polymorphic, individual expression.
Jazz with rock, or jazz with anything else.
Idea of rounding of groove for maximum rhythmic effect.
Chief protagonist of ragtime and early jazz
Father of Big Band; urbane, witty compositional sophistication
Father of Big Band; bluesy, stride and improvised arrangements.
Charlie Parker, alto saxophone, father of Bop.
Trumpet companion to Bird; father of Bop
Pianist/composer, founder of bop compostion.
Innovator/composer/turmpet, contributed to swing era.