@@lucianojocy I wouldn't quite compare the term "Latin Jazz" up to "Ethnic." Grouping all non-western music is definitely much worse than grouping music influenced from a continent. Latin Jazz isn't the most culturally sensitive term, but you've gotta start somewhere in talking about music genres.
@@craterellus3577 As a "latin" man myself (I'm Brazilian), I think it's quite racist classifying my culture, my race, together with so many other cultures and races that feel as foreign to me as to a Canadian person, or Japanese. Plus, the term "Latin" was coined to talk about the parts of America that were colonized by nations that spoke romance languages (Portuguese, Spanish, French). I find classifying my culture by the ethnic group of the colonizers that usurped my land and my people.... well... VERY racist. Plus, Brazil itself is such a big country, with sooooo much different culture! "Carimbó", from the north, resembles other Amazonic rhythms like "cumbia", while Ijexá, from the coast, has strong Nigerian roots. For me, it's just stupid calling it all "latin". Racism is always ignorant.
My favorite jazz is specifically the jazz fusion of miles davis from the late sixties through the seventies. The sound that he had just really speaks to me and I've never heard another band that is able to recreate the freeness yet structure and dark moody harmonies that he had.
I love Jazz, but I never knew what exacntly I was listening to. I just knew I liked some jazz, a very specific type. Best thing ever is to watch this video in one screen and saving on spotify in the other. Life is pretty good, and it's even better with Jazz
Did we miss these? Mambo jazz (considered latin though) Big band brass jazz Neo Soul - it’s kind of more jazz and a bit of soul in my view Jazz pop (like Norah Jones, Diana Kral - or are they kind of smooth jazz?) But hey . Nice video . Cheers . You mentioned a few albums I really wanna include in my tidal list.
Norah jones, Diana Krall would fall into the jazz pop strain yes, with predecessors like Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn. However, I think there must be a distinction made between tin pan alley, broadway, and vocal jazz. In my opinion, old time singers like Judy Garland or Vera Lynn should not be considered vocal jazz for example. I would rather choose the modern representatives of vocal jazz to be the likes of Veronica Swift, Samara Joy and Esperanza Spalding. There is another term used - which is "vintage pop" - that immediately denotes in my mind the likes of Michael Búble and those guys. I would stay away from calling Búble a full on JAZZ VOCALIST for example.
well it definetly is a mix of afro-cuban rythms with the jazz tradition, however it predates the fusion of the styles pionered in the 60's by dizzy. Mambo comes more from the the 30's and 40's, mixing with the big band swing sound more so that the bebop and hardpop sound of the 60's@@rolfendlessman7983
This video is extremely helpful thanks to the diverse and cited Jazz artists and tracks spread throughout - one of the biggest challenges of Jazz is that it's a lot harder to get to know tracks by name as a casual listener because there's hardly anything you can easily put into a search engine or talk to people about if you can't see the cover art, making natural discovery in public spaces difficult (unlike tracks with lyrics, which usually include the name of the track or other notable lines that can easily be searched or discussed) TLDR: The track examples given are probably the best thing you could give someone new to the genre - Jazz is hard to start in
Okay here’s the thing, I have been listening to Jazz of ALL Kinds for all of my life. Now that I am creeping closer and closer to 60 years old I think I can safely say I have always loved Smooth Jazz just as much as Hard Bop, Modal or Ragtime or Latin Jazz…. RU-vidrs please stop gate keeping Jazz. Listeners do not appreciate this. People like what they like. Telling the listener that the Jazz they enjoy really isn’t Jazz is not going to get them to have a paradigm shift and suddenly decide that Kind of Blue is just suddenly more appealing to them. Speaking down to your audience is never a good idea. Having said that, I very much enjoyed your video summary of Jazz! Thank you.
"What's your favourite style of jazz?" I don't listen to jazz, that's why I'm here. 😄 At least now I have something to start with in my quest into this genre. I listen to a lot of different genres of music, probably mostly metal, rock and pop. Melancholy is an important key element - I rarely like happy, upbeat songs. The subgenres I wrote down based on these short song clips, which I'm gonna look into more are: chamber jazz, crossover jazz, gypsy jazz, jazzfunk, jazz fusion, latin jazz, livetronica, nu-jazz, punkjazz, shibuya-kei, straight-ahead jazz and third stream (hopefully I spelled them correctly - I was mainly listening, not so much looking at the screen).
Congratulations on your jazz journey! I'd personally advise anyone getting into jazz to listen to hard bop and modal jazz. Check out Miles Davis' Kind of Blue and Art Blakey's Moanin'
@@AlexBecerra Thanks, I will! I stumbled upon this jazz musician talking about how he started listening to Tigran Hamasyan, and then through his metal influences got into metal itself, bands like The Contornionist, Plini, Periphery and Meshuggah, who all have jazz influences in their metal.
Although I appreciate your enthusiasm to learn more this video is NOT a good starting point for someone who is just learning about Jazz. May I also suggest you focus on the basics of jazz instead of trying to understand a huge list of sub-genres that in the end are just buzz words. No disrespect meant for the poster, just a friendly nudge from someone who let's say is very intimate with the subject at hand.
If you like metal and wanna get into jazz, you will LOVE Panzerballett! Give a try to their 1st self-titled record EDIT: also try Mahavishnu Orchestra! It's a jazz-rock group with a very """thrash""" approach and Indian influences
@@AlexBecerra Dude, FOR ME, if one knows what hard bop REALLY is, I'll recommend them Hank Mobley's "Soul Station". You will REALLY know what hard bop is with this Mobley's masterpiece!
You've missed the dark jazz or doom jazz that appeared in the earlie 2000. Some notable mentions are the german band Bohren & der club of Gore and The Killimanjaro darkjazz ensemble.
My favorite style of jazz is by and far Gypsy jazz! Though I like anything you can dance to like Ragtime, Swing, Hard Bop, Latin, etc as well, but as a guitarist and Django Reinhardt fan Gypsy jazz takes the cake as my favorite.
This video reaffirms my love for Jazz, there’s just so much style, groove, and most importantly, personality to it! (Acid Jazz is definitely my favorite)
Loved the video, you really effectively summed up stuff well. Also shout out to Stride Jazz - you could call it a ragtime or kansas city jazz derivitive, but the rythm of that piano is something to behold, & Fats Waller, James Johnson & others deserve more love
Thanks for this, it clarifies a lot for me. So basically a lot of genres I know are Jazz and I didn't know it and what I listen to sometime and think of when thinking of Jazz is Bebop / Hotbop most of the time.^^
Well shoot, I just learned my favorite type of jazz is not "real" jazz. Oh well, smooth jazz/lounge café whatever you would call it chill jazz is nice and I'mma keep listening to it.
Don't worry. That's only HIS opinion. You're entitled to yours. Smooth Jazz is very suitable for people who love to meditate, into Spiritual Cleansing and Healing or just plain relaxing or focusing their mind to relax or concentrate for learning or even to overcome emotional stresses of this world. That's my opinion. Hee! Hee! Btw, excellent information put together. E.g.s could've been a little longer though I do understand he was trying to squeeze a lot in such a small time frame. It might've been better if he had done it in parts instead especially after asking people to put in their suggestions as well in which they did. Just a thought.
I feel like his example wasn't the best representation of Smooth Jazz. Kenny G is cheeseball garbage in my opinion, but there is a lot of good in that genre too. I love Grover Washington Jr., for instance (though maybe some would categorize some of his albums as soul jazz rather than smooth jazz).
I’m with you. I’m leaning towards smooth jazz, heck I know it consider a stripped version of actual jazz. My dad taught me the likes of Fourplay and Rippingtons.
I'm a sucker for all things Mingus, my favourite period of Miles Davis is his Second Great Quintet and I often find myself listening to Bluenote-releases led by Andrew Hill. According to this video that should make me a lover of Post-Bop.
I am not sure in what subgenre would Bill Evans and Ryo Fukui fall but I absolutely love slower piano jazz albums. It's great to listen to when working. It's calming and not distracting.
you are life saver for my spontaneous desire to learn about music genre's I swear this was the exact video I needed to get a clue on where to start. Also swing is my fav :)
In the mid seventies a friend took me to a Chick Correa concert. When I asked what kind of music it was he said jazz. I was a guitar player in a rock band in college but I had an idea what jazz was. I was expecting a standup bass, grand piano, small drum kit and a fat electric jazz guitar. But what they set up was a huge drum kit, an electric bass, a Gibson Les Paul played through a Marshall stack amplifier and a Fender Rhodes electric piano. They played jazz through those instruments. That is jazz fusion. It was amazing.
It's okay that he does extra efforts to present the subgenres better, but I wish the music parts were longer than it is now, and more emphasized :( Some sub-genres didn't even see any example in the video.
My favorite styles of jazz right now are fusion, ethno/world, and afro-cuban. Jazz in non-western modes just really does it for me. Visions of the Emerald Beyond -- Mahavishnu Orchestra, Ethiopiques v.4 by Mulatu Astatke, and AfroCubism -- AfroCubsim. I'm also glad to know the term Bebop, because now I don't have to call it "Headache Jazz" anymore. It's too much of everything for me. I don't care how fast someone can squirrel through scales, I don't care how many extra fingers you need to play your Em7b9#12&dim chords. It's technically impressive but expressively vapid. I don't care how many jazz autist jimmies that just rustled. For me it's emotive expression > technical virtuosity every time. If that pissed you off, please send me a bebop album that I'm wrong about. I'd love to like it, but so far I don't.
It's a matter of taste, honestly. I've bee moved by several bop albums just because of its raw, frantic energy, which is something I definitely enjoy and appreciate. Same reason I also like free jazz, avant-garde jazz and post-bop. By the way, I'm one of those jazz "autists" (I'm literally autistic), but no jimmies were rustled. Take care. 👋
@@AlexBecerra ahahaha you're awesome, and totally right. Taste is taste. I promise I'm not actually as pissed about bop as I probably came off lol. Maybe I just need to up my tolerance.
My favourite Jazz styles: 1 - British Dance Band 1.2 - Dixieland "Hot Jazz" "New Orleans Jazz" 1.3 - Swing / Big Band 1.4 - Ragtime 2 - Cool Jazz 2.2 - Latin jazz "Cha Cha Cha" "Mambo" 2.3 - Hard Bop 3- Modal Jazz
I’m self-taught in music theory & compose Classical style music. Considering early influences like Debussy (see the Cello Sonata); Ravel (see the second movement of Violin Sonata No. 2 [described as as “Blues,”]); and of COURSE George Gershwin (just see Rhapsody in Blue), I feel like Classical deserves a category here…
If you were to compare this to Rock Subgenres, 40% of the subgenres are the same genre, just with different tempos or had a different description in a newspaper that never died down describing the same artist a "subgenre" came from or both.
For Punk Jazz you can also check a Japanese band called 385. Unlike Refused - The Deadly Rhythm which I think only like switching between Punk and Jazz (and only occur in that one particular song), they literally combining these 2 genres seamlessly with heavy thick bass, electric piano, and scream (sometimes). Sorry for my bad english.
You forgot Country Jazz or Western Swing, a combination of Country and Swing with Jazz. A lot of great guitar players in this style, very similar to Django Reinhardt but with electric guitar.
Jazz from the ECM label is pretty distinct, and I've heard it referred to as chamber jazz. It will have a more classical or European influence, not so bluesy as American jazz. The 1990's changed jazz artist's approach to harmony and composition in quite a number of ways. For one, artists modulate to different keys a lot more now. Also, the standard solo with improv became a lot less common. I see it as jazz that arose alongside hip hop and trip hop. I didn't listen to your video all the way through, but I've spend some time thinking about names to call this newer jazz. For some of it, I think "hip hop jazz" would be an OK label. For the rest - IMHO much of it would qualify as "jazz fusion" but its not like the older fusion due to the harmonies and instrumentation being different. Then it occurred to me that "fusion" could be subdivided into at least a half dozen different types. its importance today cannot be overestimated. Also, "jazz -rock" is distinct from fusion and is not listed here.
@@screwtapee I would say it depends on the song like 'love sick' is a pop song influenced by jazz. While haunted is a jazz song in the same vein as wish upon a star.
That's true, but plenty of work (in terms of research and editing) went into this as is, and while it may not be useful for understanding the evolution of jazz it can certainly clear up what the different styles are elementally. This is the most comprehensive thing in RU-vid so far, and quite useful for what it is. For someone able and willing to make a chronological, and perhaps more in-depth breakdown is a wide-open window of opportunity 😎
You left out Western Swing . Swing music played with Country music instrumentation. Fiddle, upright bass, acoustic and electric guitars , pedal steel , drums and vocals. Eldon Shamblin, Bob Willis and the Texas Playboys and Asleep at the Wheel are good examples of the genre.
This video would in-fact be viral if it was simply in chronological order. It’s not that hard. If there are two close together then put them by each-other and clarify.
Jazztronic, Glitch, Liquid Jazz, Fusion, Math Jazz, Acid Jazz,, Progressive, Lo-fi, Contemporary, UK Jazz, World Fusion, Djazz, Modern Jazz, Neo-Soul, Japan Jazz...
immortal onions, waldos gift, tatran are good examples. its commonly known for odd time signature, polyrhythm, dissonant chords and chopped melodies. you could also count some wellknown jazz musician in that genre like gogo penguins or tigran hamasyan @@cosmicpanda7043
One way to do the sub genres is use the World Wars up until Viet Nam. The music seemed to change after every war. After WWI Dixieland lost some of its charm and Swing became popular. After WWII Bop and small groups became more popular. During the Korean War we had the beginnings of Free Jazz and Avant Garde. Viet Nam brought us electric Jazz. It seemed that many Jazz musicians frowned on electric instruments but this era welcomed it with heavy doses of Rock music blended in.
MY all-time favorite jazz are: Hard bop and Free Jazz! I love the sofisticated Hard bop sound, but at the same time I LOVE that chaotic cacophonic Free Jazz have. Maybe I'm one of those crazy people who can hear music on free jazz 😂😂😂😂😂
I'm right with you on smooth jazz (or is it snooze jazz?). I thought I knew a lot about jazz but this was a real eye-opener, or should I say ear-opener. Thanks for the education. 😁
I need to make notes about the chart at the 14:00 point of the chronometer As I am discovering there are actually four minor scales C , D, Eb, F , G, Ab, B. C, D Eb, F , G, Ab, Bb. C, D Eb, F, G, A, B . C, D, Eb, F, G, A, Bb.
Yeah, modes are actually just major (or minor) scales beginning in a different position. However, the sense of "home" of each mode really makes a difference in the sound of a piece. 😸
What about Jazz Rock? It's my favourite. I mean for example: Return to Forever (Chick Corea's electric band), Mahavishnu Orchestra (John McLaughlin), Billy Cobham, Stan Clarke, Pat Metheny, Weather Report, Brand X, Soft Machine, Ginger Baker's Airforce, Colosseum, ELP and early Chicago.
my favorite style is swing and my favorite singer is Cab Calloway. my favorite music is from the video game cuphead though. i know, a video game. but seriously you should listen to it. it is a bop.