jazz-rock
Improvised electric hybrid
Jazz-rock is a musical genre blending jazz improvisation and harmony with rock rhythms and electric instrumentation.
It emerged in the late 1960s, overlapping substantially with fusion.
Jazz-rock typically emphasizes rock's driving backbeat while incorporating jazz's complex chord voicings and extended solos: Miles Davis's Bitches Brew pioneered the jazz-rock sound.
Electronic sound-generating instrument
- MoogAnalog synthesizer brand
- distortionTwisting from original state
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
- saxophoneReed instrument, brass body
Patterned stress and silence
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- basslineLow-register musical foundation
- tempoRate of musical performance
pocket · backbeat · polyrhythm · ostinato · vamp · funkiness · shuffle · pulse
Performance by one
- jamCooked fruit spread
- licksTongue strokes
- riffRepeated musical phrase
- freestyleWithout prescribed technique
ad-lib · phrasing · virtuosity · expression · variation · ornamentation · motif · spontaneity
Combine into mixture
- synthesisCombining parts into whole
- hybridThing of mixed parentage
- amalgamMixture of disparate parts
- crossoverGenre-blending work or transition
integration · confluence · melding · merger · combination · composite · meld · intermingling
Fast, complex jazz style
- funkDepression or groove music
- R&BSoulful pop genre
- soulInnermost animating essence
- avant-gardeInnovative cultural pioneers
synthesizer
Electronic sound-generating instrument
- MoogAnalog synthesizer brand
- distortionTwisting from original state
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
rhythm
Patterned stress and silence
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- basslineLow-register musical foundation
tempo · pocket · backbeat · polyrhythm · ostinato · vamp · funkiness · shuffle · pulse · drive
solo
Performance by one
freestyle · ad-lib · phrasing · virtuosity · expression · variation · ornamentation · motif · spontaneity · interplay
blend
Combine into mixture
crossover · integration · confluence · melding · merger · combination · composite · meld · intermingling · coalescence
bebop
Fast, complex jazz style
jazz-rocktraditional jazz
Early American improvised music
bebop · classic rock · hard bop · roots music · Dixieland
jazz-rockunplugged
Disconnected from power
minimalist music · chamber music · singer-songwriter · lo-fi · sparse
jazz-rocktraditional folk
Indigenous popular music heritage
bluegrass · old-time music · ragtime · acoustic blues · Appalachian music
rock, jazz, rocks, rocking, jazzy, rocked, rocker, jazzes, rockers