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Jazz Glossary
(adapted from the Center for Jazz Studies website, Columbia University)
Bebop: A style characterized by long, flowing melodic lines, irregular accents, nonsymmetrical written themes, and elaborated harmonies; first hard c. 1943.
Cool jazz: A style characterized by moderate volume, quiet rhythm sections, low vibrato, and sometimes improvised counterpoint; c. 1950s.
Dixieland: A term popularly applied to players who continued the jazz tradition that developed in New Orleans in the early twentieth century.
Embouchure: The way in which a player applies the mouth to the mouthpiece of a brass or wind instrument.
Sideman: Any member of a band or small ensemble other than the leader.
Stride: A style of piano playing (c. 1917-30) with a strong left hand pattern that rapidly moves between bass notes and chords.
Swing: A style popular in the 1930s and 1940s played by large dance bands.
West Coast jazz: A cool style of jazz associated with some California musicians in the 1950s. |