jazzers
Improvisational horn blowers
Jazzers are people who play or are devoted fans of jazz music.
The term carries an informal, insider quality—musicians might call fellow performers jazzers, and enthusiasts use it to identify themselves as part of the jazz community.
The jazzers gathered at the club every Thursday for an open jam session.
One who plays woodwind
- trumpeterOne who plays brass
- pianistOne who plays piano
- bassistDeep-string instrumentalist
- drummerOne who keeps rhythm
vocalist · guitarist · clarinetist · trombonist · flutist · composer · arranger · bandleader
Stressed unexpected beats
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
- polyrhythmOverlapping musical beat patterns
- walking bassStepwise rhythmic low accompaniment
- brushworkPainter's stroke method
ride cymbal · hi-hat · backbeat · shuffle · Afro-Cuban · bossa nova · funk · pocket
Performance by one
- scatImprovised vocal jazz
- jamCooked fruit spread
- spontaneityActing without forethought
- ad-libUnscripted speech or remark
riffing · phrasing · variation · exploration · interplay · call and response · blowing · comping
Bebop alto saxophone innovator
- hard bopFunky post-bebop jazz style
- fast tempoRapid musical pace
- hipsterAggressively alternative person
- cool catsTrendy, unflappable people
Dizzy Gillespie · Thelonious Monk · beret · goatee · beatnik
- Count BasieKansas City bandleader
- Glenn MillerSwing era bandleader
- big bandLarge jazz ensemble
- Lindy HopSwing dance from Harlem
Benny Goodman · Savoy Ballroom · dance hall · ballroom · Jitterbug · zoot suit · cabaret · speakeasy
saxophonist
One who plays woodwind
drummer · vocalist · guitarist · clarinetist · trombonist · flutist · composer · arranger · bandleader · sideman
syncopation
Stressed unexpected beats
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
- polyrhythmOverlapping musical beat patterns
- walking bassStepwise rhythmic low accompaniment
brushwork · ride cymbal · hi-hat · backbeat · shuffle · Afro-Cuban · bossa nova · funk · pocket · pulse
solo
Performance by one
- scatImprovised vocal jazz
- jamCooked fruit spread
- spontaneityActing without forethought
ad-lib · riffing · phrasing · variation · exploration · interplay · call and response · blowing · comping · licks
Charlie Parker
Bebop alto saxophone innovator
- hard bopFunky post-bebop jazz style
- fast tempoRapid musical pace
- hipsterAggressively alternative person
Dizzy Gillespie · Thelonious Monk · cool cats · beret · goatee · beatnik
Duke Ellington
- Count BasieKansas City bandleader
- Glenn MillerSwing era bandleader
- big bandLarge jazz ensemble
Benny Goodman · Lindy Hop · Savoy Ballroom · dance hall · ballroom · Jitterbug · zoot suit · cabaret · speakeasy · Cotton Club
jazzerslonghairs
Cultured, artistic people
opera singers · rockers · folkies · metalheads · punk rockers
- jazzed upMade more lively