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  2. List of jazz genres - Wikipedia

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    Jazz rap is a fusion subgenre of hip hop music and jazz, developed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The lyrics are often based on political consciousness, Afrocentrism, and general positivism. 1980s ->. Jazz rock. The term "jazz-rock" (or "jazz/rock") is often used as a synonym for the term "jazz fusion". 1960s ->.

  3. 1980s in jazz - Wikipedia

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    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 and Duke Ellington. In the early 1980s, a commercial form of jazz fusion called pop fusion or "smooth jazz" became successful and garnered significant radio airplay ...

  4. Music of New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    Edmond Hall The use of brass marching bands came long before jazz music through their use in the military, though in New Orleans many of the best-known musicians had their start in brass marching bands performing dirges as well as celebratory and upbeat tunes for New Orleans jazz funeral processions from the 1890s onward. The tradition drove onward with musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Henry ...

  5. Nothing Compares 2 U - Wikipedia

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    help. " Nothing Compares 2 U " is a song written by the American musician Prince for his band the Family. It first appeared on their only album, The Family (1985). Its lyrics express the feelings of longing expressed by an abandoned lover. The Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O'Connor recorded a version for her second studio album, I Do Not Want ...

  6. List of Hot Country Singles number ones of 1981 - Wikipedia

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    Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1981, 48 different singles topped the chart, then published under the title Hot Country Singles, in 52 issues of the magazine, based on playlists submitted by country music radio stations and sales reports ...

  7. 1980 in jazz - Wikipedia

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    List of albums released. 1980 in jazz. Bobby Thomas and Wayne Shorter with Weather Report, Amsterdam, 1980. Decade. 1980s in jazz. Music. 1980 in music. Standards. List of post-1950 jazz standards.

  8. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - Wikipedia

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    Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy. " Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy " is a World War II jump blues song written by Don Raye and Hughie Prince which was introduced by The Andrews Sisters in the Abbott and Costello comedy film, Buck Privates (1941). [1] The Andrews Sisters' Decca recording reached number six on the U.S. pop singles chart in the spring of 1941 ...

  9. Bakersfield sound - Wikipedia

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    The Bakersfield sound is a sub- genre of country music developed in the mid-to-late 1950s in and around Bakersfield, California. [ 1 ] Bakersfield is defined by its influences of rock and roll and honky-tonk style country, and its heavy use of electric instrumentation and backbeats. [ 2 ] It was also a reaction against the slickly produced ...