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Cool jazz is a style of modern jazz music inspired by bebop and big band [1] that arose in the United States after World War II. It is characterized by relaxed tempos and a lighter tone than that used in the fast and complex bebop style. Cool jazz often employs formal arrangements and incorporates elements of classical music.
List of cool jazz and West Coast jazz musicians and vocalists. A. Curtis Amy [1]: 97, 105 ...
Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the "Prince of Cool".
Birth of the Cool is a compilation album by the American jazz trumpeter and bandleader Miles Davis, released in February 1957 by Capitol Records. [nb 1] It compiles eleven tracks recorded by Davis's nonet for the label over the course of three sessions during 1949 and 1950.
Cool jazz musicians (4 C, 8 P) Cool jazz standards (2 P) Pages in category "Cool jazz" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans (né Green; May 13, 1912 – March 20, 1988) [1] was a Canadian–American jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader.He is widely recognized as one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz, playing an important role in the development of cool jazz, modal jazz, free jazz, and jazz fusion.
Cool jazz musicians by instrument (13 C) C. Cool jazz singers (8 P) Pages in category "Cool jazz musicians" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Cool jazz; Pages in category "Cool jazz guitarists" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.