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cool jazz

cool jazz: what it is, how it sounds and 36 musicians associated with it.

Cool jazz is a style and genre of modern jazz music inspired by bebop and big band 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. Broadly, the genre refers to a number of post-war jazz styles employing a more subdued approach than that of contemporaneous jazz idioms. As Paul Tanner, Maurice Gerow, and David Megill suggest, "the tonal sonorities of these conservative players could be compared to pastel colors, while the solos of [Dizzy] Gillespie and his followers could be compared to fiery red colors." The term cool started being applied to this music around 1953, when Capitol Records released the album Classics in Jazz: Cool and Quiet. Mark C.

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cool jazz musicians

Miles Davis 1926–1991 · American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer… Dave Brubeck 1920–2012 · American jazz pianist and composer (1920–2012) Thelonious Monk 1917–1982 · American jazz pianist and composer (1917–1982) Sarah Vaughan 1924–1990 · American jazz and classical singer (1924–1990) Bill Evans 1929–1980 · American jazz pianist (1929–1980) Sade Adu b. 1959 · British singer Ahmad Jamal 1930–2023 · American jazz pianist (1930-2023) Gerry Mulligan 1927–1996 · American jazz musician and composer (1927–1996) Julie London 1926–2000 · American actress and singer (1926-2000) Joe Zawinul 1932–2007 · Austrian jazz keyboardist and composer (1932–2007) George Shearing 1919–2011 · British-American jazz pianist Gil Evans 1912–1988 · American composer, arranger, bandleader, and pianist… Jim Hall 1930–2013 · American jazz guitarist, composer (1930–2013) Marian McPartland 1918–2013 · British pianist, composer, writer and radio host (1918–2013) Michel Petrucciani 1962–1999 · French jazz pianist Bob James b. 1939 · American jazz keyboardist, arranger, and record producer… Candy Dulfer b. 1969 · Dutch saxophonist and singer Modern Jazz Quartet 1952– · American musical group; jazz ensemble Miroslav Vitouš b. 1947 · Czech bass guitarist, jazz musician and contrabassist John Dankworth 1927–2010 · British musician (1927-2010) Bud Shank 1926–2009 · American jazz saxophonist and flautist (1926–2009) Steve Gadd b. 1945 · American jazz drummer, percussionist and session musician… Lee Aaron b. 1962 · Canadian rock singer (born 1962) Shorty Rogers 1924–1994 · American West coast jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and… Dorothy Ashby 1932–1986 · American jazz harpist (1932-1986) Mundell Lowe 1922–2017 · American jazz guitarist (1922-2017) Jutta Hipp 1925–2003 · Jazz pianist (1925-2003) Steve Grossman 1951–2020 · American saxophonist (1951–2020) Chuck Loeb 1955–2017 · American smooth jazz guitarist and musician (1955-2017) Bob Cooper 1925–1993 · West Coast jazz musician (1925–1993) Mélanie De Biasio b. 1978 · Belgian soul jazz singer, composer and flutist Larry Bunker 1928–2005 · American musician (1928–2005) Hal McKusick 1924–2012 · American jazz flautist and saxophonist (1924–2012) Pete Jolly 1932–2001 · American musician (1932–2004) Monty Budwig 1926–1992 · American double bassist (1926–1992) Bill Perkins 1924–2003 · American jazz musician (1924–2003)