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A performance at the Jazz in Duketown festival in 2019, located at 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, Netherlands. Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, hymns, marches, vaudeville song, and dance music.
In jazz, when one instrumentalist or singer is doing a solo, the other ensemble members play accompaniment parts. While fully written-out accompaniment parts are used in large jazz ensembles, such as big bands, in small groups (e.g., jazz quartet, piano trio, organ trio, etc.), the rhythm section members typically improvise their accompaniment parts, an activity called comping.
This is an A–Z list of jazz tunes, which includes jazz standards, pop standards, and film song classics which have been sung or performed in jazz on numerous occasions and are considered part of the jazz repertoire. For a chronological list of jazz standards with author details, see the lists in the box on the right.
Since the 1950s, sacred and liturgical music has been performed and recorded by many prominent jazz composers and musicians. [186] The "Abyssinian Mass" by Wynton Marsalis (Blueengine Records, 2016) is a recent example. Relatively little has been written about sacred and liturgical jazz.
The song is one of the most popular pre-1920s standards, and its chord progression has been used in numerous jazz compositions, including Miles Davis's 1947 tune "Donna Lee". [85] 1917 – "Rose Room". [86] Jazz song composed by Art Hickman with lyrics by Harry Williams. [87]
The smallest pitch difference between notes (in most Western music) (e.g. F–F#). Jazz, blues, and various non-Western musics use quarter tones, a smaller subdivision of pitch. session musician, session player, or session man. In jazz and popular music, this refers to a highly skilled, experienced musician who can be hired for recording sessions.
The song has been called "the jazzman's Hamlet". [3] Composer William Grant Still arranged a version of the song in 1916 while working with Handy. [4] The 1925 version sung by Bessie Smith, with Louis Armstrong on cornet, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1993.
The Mills Brothers recorded an a cappella version of the song. More than 350 versions have been recorded. [3] Duke Ellington – New York, May 14, 1937 [1] Valaida Snow – Valaida Snow (vocal and trumpet) and her Orchestra, 1939, Sonora; Art Tatum – Los Angeles, April–July 1940 [1] Dizzy Gillespie – October 25, 1951 [1]