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  1. Jazz | Definition, History, Musicians, & Facts | Britannica

    Dec 6, 2025 · Jazz, musical form, often improvisational, developed by African Americans and influenced by both European harmonic structure and African rhythms. It is often characterized …

  2. Jazz Music Portal | Britannica

    Latin jazz, a style of music that blends rhythms and percussion instruments of Cuba and the Spanish Caribbean with jazz and its fusion of European and African musical elements. Latin …

  3. jazz summary | Britannica

    jazz, Musical form, often improvisational, developed by African Americans and influenced by both European harmonic structure and African rhythms.

  4. Jazz - Swing, Soloists, Improvisation | Britannica

    Dec 6, 2025 · Jazz - Swing, Soloists, Improvisation: Major swing soloists also emerged in the 1930s—most notably tenor saxophonists Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, and Ben Webster; …

  5. Jazz - Orchestral, Improvisation, Swing | Britannica

    Dec 6, 2025 · Jazz - Orchestral, Improvisation, Swing: It was in the 1920s that the first forms of true orchestral jazz were developed, most significantly by Fletcher Henderson and Duke …

  6. Jazz - Fusion, Improvisation, Swing | Britannica

    Nov 14, 2025 · Jazz - Fusion, Improvisation, Swing: The first signs of these fresh musical sounds could be heard as early as 1941, particularly in works by such composer-arrangers as Buster …

  7. Jazz - Ornette Coleman, Free Jazz, Exploration | Britannica

    Dec 5, 2025 · Jazz - Ornette Coleman, Free Jazz, Exploration: Whereas most of these postwar musicians worked out their individual styles through personal explorations within the central …

  8. Jazz - Ragtime, Blues, Swing | Britannica

    Dec 6, 2025 · Jazz - Ragtime, Blues, Swing: In the early 1930s two bands made important contributions to jazz: Bennie Moten’s, with the recordings of “Toby,” “Lafayette,” and “Prince of …

  9. Stan Getz | Jazz Saxophonist, Grammy Winner & Brazilian Music …

    Stan Getz was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, perhaps the best-known musician of jazz’s “cool school,” noted for his mellow, lush tone. Getz began studying the saxophone at age 13 …

  10. John Stockton | Biography, Statistics, & Facts | Britannica

    John Stockton is a former professional basketball player who is considered one of the greatest point guards ever to play the sport. In his 19-year career with the Utah Jazz, he set National …