Jazz

Jazz

A style of music characterized by improvisation, syncopation, and usually a regular or forceful rhythm. It emerged at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions.

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Remote key

Music; Jazz

A key distant on the circle of fifths from the original one, such as E major compared to C major.

Quartal

Music; Jazz

Based on fourths. Chords built up of fourths were, famously, developed by McCoy Tyner in the John Coltrane Quartet in the 60s.

Pocket

Music; Jazz

In the pocket means perfectly in time, especially bass playing that is 'in the center' of the beat (rather than slightly leading or dragging the beat).

Changes

Music; Jazz

(1) The chords of a tune. 'Playing' or 'running' the changes means using suitable scales, etc. , over each given chord of the tune. Determining the exact changes to use is a big part of preparing a ...

West coast school

Music; Jazz

A much criticised label for the 'Cool' style (q. V. ) as it was taken up in California in the early 50s by mostly white players, like Dave Brubeck, Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker and many lesser figures ...