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This is a list of terrestrial, satellite and internet radio stations which identify themselves as playing jazz in any of its forms (mainstream, traditional, fusion, acid, and smooth, among others), or have substantial jazz programming, that can be heard in the United States.
Free jazz's unorthodox structures and performance techniques are not as amenable to transcription as other jazz styles. However, " Lonely Woman " (1959) a blues by saxophonist Ornette Coleman , is perhaps the closest thing to a standard in free jazz, having been recorded by dozens of notable performers.
This is a list of jazz musicians by instrument based on existing articles on Wikipedia. Do not enter names that lack articles. Do not enter names that lack sources.
In the 1980s in jazz, the jazz community shrank dramatically and split. A mainly older audience retained an interest in traditional and straight-ahead jazz styles. Wynton Marsalis strove to create music within what he believed was the tradition, creating extensions of small and large forms initially pioneered by such artists as Louis Armstrong ...
Jazz fusion bassist Jaco Pastorius was known for his expressive fretless electric bass playing. In the experimental post 1960s eras, which saw the development of free jazz and jazz-rock fusion, some of the influential bassists included Charles Mingus (1922–1979) and free jazz and post-bop bassist Charlie Haden (1937–2014).
As jazz was frequently banned in the Soviet Union and its satellite countries, Voice of America was often the only way people in those countries could listen to jazz. . Willis Conover's politics-free broadcasts are widely credited for keeping interest in jazz active in Soviet satellite
Free jazz, or free form in the early to mid-1970s, [1] is a style of avant-garde jazz or an experimental approach to jazz improvisation that developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s, when musicians attempted to change or break down jazz conventions, such as regular tempos, tones, and chord changes.
The following is a list of notable jazz guitar players, including guitarists from related jazz genres such as Western swing, Latin jazz, and jazz fusion. For an article giving a short history, see jazz guitarists .