modern jazz
Parker and Gillespie's genre
Modern jazz is the style of jazz that emerged in the 1940s and developed through subsequent decades, distinguished from earlier swing and Dixieland forms.
It encompasses bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, and fusion—characterized by complex harmonies, irregular rhythms, and emphasis on improvisation over danceable beats: She studied modern jazz at Berklee.
- hard bopFunky post-bebop jazz style
- bebopFast, complex jazz style
- saxophoneReed instrument, brass body
- blue noteFlatted pitch in jazz
- Charlie ParkerBebop alto saxophone innovator
Miles Davis · Dizzy Gillespie · John Coltrane · trumpet · syncopation · Herbie Hancock · chromaticism · vibraphone · Beat Generation · post-bop · African American heritage · Thelonious Monk · civil rights movement · fusion · polyrhythm · smoky · quartet · riff
- European JazzDjango Reinhardt
modern jazztraditional jazz
Early American improvised music
Dixieland · New Orleans jazz · trad jazz · hot jazz · ragtime