Country of origin: USA

Description: A musical genre developed by African-Americans in the United States of America. It is characterized by a strong rhythm, blue notes, and improvisation.

Jazz has evolved into multiple forms throughout the decades giving way to numerous subcategories such as bebop, cool jazz, fusion, Latin jazz, smooth jazz, etc. It has also become internationalized, with new jazz styles that vary from the American jazz roots.

Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong, Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Max Roach, Roy Hargrove, Pat Metheny, Marcus Miller, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Bill Evans, Ornette Coleman, Theolonious Monk, Sonny Rollins,

• Sketches of Spain - Miles Davis
• A Love Supreme - John Coltrane.
• Kind of Blue - Miles Davis.
• Ah Um - Charles Mingus.
• The legendary Fargo Concert 1940 - Duke Ellington
• Ellington at Newport - Duke Ellington
• Money jungle - Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Max Roach
• Oliver Nelson - The Blues and the Abstract Truth
• Jazz at Massey Hall - Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus and Max Roach
• Brilliant Corners- Theolonious Monk
• Saxophone Colossus - Sonny Rollins
• Hot Fives and Sevens - Louis Armstrong
• Moanin' - Art Blakey
• The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings - Charlie Parker
• The Shape of Jazz to Come - Ornette Coleman
• Our man in Paris - Dexter Gordon
• Speak no Evil- Wayne Shorter

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