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Donna Lee is a bebop jazz standard attributed to Charlie Parker, but possibly composed by drummer Norman "Tiny" Khan and taught to Miles Davis. Learn about its authorship, recordings, name origin, and Grammy award.
Straight-ahead jazz is a genre of jazz that developed in the 1960s, with roots in swing, bebop, and hard bop. It avoids rock and free jazz influences, and features acoustic instruments, walking bass, and swing- and bop-based rhythms.
Stride jazz piano is a style that arose from ragtime players in the 1920s, featuring left hand bass notes and chords, syncopated right hand melodies, and improvisation. Learn about its technique, history, practitioners, and compositions from this Wikipedia article.
A comprehensive list of subgenres of jazz music, with characteristics, eras, and examples. Learn about the history and evolution of jazz styles, from Dixieland to Ethio-jazz, from bebop to electro swing.
Johnny Hates Jazz are a British pop band, currently consisting of Clark Datchler and Mike Nocito. They achieved international success in the late 1980s with hits like "Shattered Dreams" and "I Don't Want to Be a Hero", and reformed in 2009 with their original line-up.
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation, and has many subgenres and regional scenes.
This is an A–Z list of jazz tunes which have been covered by multiple jazz artists. It includes the more popular jazz standards, lesser-known or minor standards, and many other songs and compositions which may have entered a jazz musician's or jazz singer's repertoire or be featured in the Real Books, but may not be performed as regularly or as widely as many of the popular standards.
Giant Steps is a jazz standard by John Coltrane, featuring a challenging chord pattern known as Coltrane changes. Learn about its background, musical characteristics, reception and recordings by Coltrane and other artists.