soul jazz
Groovy gospel fusion
Soul jazz is a style of jazz that emerged in the late 1950s, blending hard bop with gospel, rhythm and blues, and funk influences.
It emphasizes groove, accessible melodies, and emotional directness over complex improvisation.
Hammond organ features prominently in the sound.
Jimmy Smith and Cannonball Adderley were soul jazz pioneers.
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
- deep pocketAbundant financial means
- HammondCommon Anglo-Saxon surname
- organBody's working component
- funkyRhythmic and soulful
blues · smoky · bassline · improvisation · call and response · swing · walking bass · mellow · nightclub · late night set · riff · conga · tenor · saxophone · cool · velvet · late-night · comping
- jazzbebop, swing era, hard bop, post-bop, improvisation
- hybrid genresrock opera, blues rock, folk rock, country rock, pop rock
- Soul MusicMotown, R&B, rhythm and blues, call and response, melisma
- European JazzDjango Reinhardt
- improvisationimprovised, impromptu, ad lib, freestyle, ad-lib
- Jazz FusionWeather Report, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, fusion, Brand X
musical complexity and intellectualism
soul jazzbebop
Fast, complex jazz style
free jazz · hard bop · post-bop · art music · jazz fusion
cultural and spiritual roots
soul jazzclassical crossover
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