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Encyclopedia > List of jazz genres
Lists of music genres
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Music genres : A-F · G-M · N-R · S-Z · Cultural and regional · Musical Attributes of the Genres
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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of jazz drummers (3479 words)
Gregg Bendian is a jazz drummer, percussionist and composer.
T.S. Monk (Born in 1949 as Thelonious Sphere Monk, Jr) is a jazz drummer, composer and bandleader.
Paal Nilssen-Love (born December 24, 1974) is a Norwegian drummer active in the jazz and free jazz genres.
NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of jazz musicians (3996 words)
Jazz bassist Vivien Garry led the Vivien Garry Quintet (which, on at least one date, included Edna Williams of The International Sweethearts of Rhythm on trumpet and Ginger Smock on violin) and the Vivien Garry Trio (which included her husband, Arv Garrison, on guitar and Wini Beatty on piano).
At the root of jazz is the blues, the folk music of former African slaves in the U.S. South and their descendants, heavily influenced by West African cultural and musical traditions that evolved as fl musicians migrated to the cities.
Early jazz influences found their first mainstream expression in the marching band and dance band music of the day, which was the standard form of popular concert music at the turn of century.
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