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  2. Trad jazz - Wikipedia

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    A Dixieland revival began in the United States on the West Coast in the late 1930s as a backlash to the Chicago style, which was close to swing. Lu Watters and the Yerba Buena Jazz Band, and trombonist Turk Murphy, adopted the repertoire of Joe "King" Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong and W. C. Handy: bands included banjo and tuba in the rhythm sections.

  3. Coltrane changes - Wikipedia

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    [3] He developed his sheets of sound style while playing with Miles Davis and with pianist Thelonious Monk during this period. [4] In terms of the origin of this “sheets of sound” technique, saxophonist Odean Pope considers pianist Hasaan Ibn Ali a major influence on Coltrane and his development of this signature style.

  4. Mysterious Traveller - Wikipedia

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    Mysterious Traveller is the fourth studio album by the jazz and jazz fusion ensemble Weather Report and was released in 1974. This was their final recording with founding bassist Miroslav Vitouš, who left due to creative differences.

  5. Songs for Swingin' Lovers! - Wikipedia

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    This album was arranged by Nelson Riddle, and took a different tack after In the Wee Small Hours (1955), recording existing pop standards in a hipper, jazzier fashion, revealing an overall exuberance in the vein of Songs for Young Lovers and Swing Easy!. An additional track, "Memories of You", was recorded during the sessions but ultimately ...

  6. List of compositions by Thelonious Monk - Wikipedia

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    A tune based on rhythm changes in B ♭, [83] and one of Monk's staple tunes. [ 84 ] [ 85 ] "Rhythm-A-Ning" was first recorded on May 15, 1957, for the album Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk , [ 17 ] and later appears on Mulligan Meets Monk , [ 60 ] Les Liaisons dangereuses 1960 , [ 9 ] and on Criss-Cross . [ 10 ]

  7. List of pre-1920 jazz standards - Wikipedia

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    Some of the tunes listed were instant hits and quickly became well-known standards, while others were popularized later. The time of the most influential recordings of a song, where appropriate, is indicated on the list. From its conception at the change of the twentieth century, jazz was music intended for dancing.

  8. List of 1930s jazz standards - Wikipedia

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    The lyrics for the Ellington composition were written by Irving Mills. The same year, a rendition by the Mills Brothers rose to the charts. The song's title introduced the term "swing" into common usage and gave name to the swing era. [66] "New Orleans" [67] is a song by Hoagy Carmichael.

  9. List of jazz contrafacts - Wikipedia

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    A contrafact is a musical composition built using the chord progression of a pre-existing song, but with a new melody and arrangement.Typically the original tune's progression and song form will be reused but occasionally just a section will be reused in the new composition.