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The related term jazz-samba describes an adaptation of bossa nova compositions to the jazz idiom by American performers such as Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd. Bossa nova was made popular by Elizete Cardoso 's recording of Chega de Saudade on the Canção do Amor Demais LP , composed by Vinícius de Moraes (lyrics) and Antonio Carlos Jobim (music).
This is an A–Z list of jazz tunes which have been covered by multiple jazz artists. It includes the more popular jazz standards, lesser-known or minor standards, and many other songs and compositions which may have entered a jazz musician's or jazz singer's repertoire or be featured in the Real Books, but may not be performed as regularly or as widely as many of the popular standards.
Michael Jackson had the highest number of top hits at the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (9 songs). In addition, Jackson remained the longest at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (27 weeks). Madonna ranked as the most successful female artist of the 1980s, with 7 songs and 15 weeks atop the chart.
Miles Davis (pictured in 1984), whose 1970s fusion music helped lead to the development of smooth jazz in the 1980s. 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.
Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra - jazz, bebop, Afro-Cuban jazz; Globe Unity Orchestra – free jazz; Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - jazz, swing; Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - jazz, swing music rhythm and blues; George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band; GRP All-Star Big Band; Georgia Big Band - Swing, Jazz, Big Band
April. 11 – Zilas Görling, Swedish saxophonist (born 1911).; 13 – Beverly Kenney, American singer (born 1932).; June. 12 – Isidore Barbarin, American cornet and alto horn player (born 1871).
1960s -> Continental jazz: Early jazz dance bands of Europe in the swing medium, to the exclusion of Great Britain. Cool jazz: Contrasts with the hard, fast sound of bebop. A more relaxed, subdued style, with more formal arrangements and elements of swing and classical. 1940s–1960s Crossover jazz: Artists mix different styles of music into ...
1960s in jazz; List of years in jazz; 1966 in music; References Bibliography. The New Real Book, Volume I. Sher Music. 1988. ISBN 0-9614701-4-3. The New Real Book ...