List of jazz genres

This is a list of subgenres of jazz music.

Genre	Characteristics	Era
Acid jazz	Combined elements of soul music, funk, disco, including looping beats and modal harmony	1980s–90s
Afro-Cuban jazz	It mixes Afro-Cuban clave-based rhythms with jazz harmonies and techniques of improvisation.	1940s ->
Asian American jazz	Asian-American jazz combines standard jazz instruments with Asian instruments (such as taiko, shamisen, erhu, suona, or kulintang), which are often performed by musicians from Asia.	1950s ->
Avant-garde jazz	a style of music and improvisation that combines avant-garde art music and composition with jazz. It originated in the 1950s and developed through the 1960s.	1950s ->
Bebop	Bebop or bop is a style of jazz characterized by a fast tempo, instrumental virtuosity, and improvisation based on a combination of harmonic structure and occasional references to the melody.	1940s ->
Bossa nova	Brazilian melodic samba-like genre influential in Cool Jazz/West Coast Jazz	1960s ->
British dance band	British dance band is a genre of popular jazz and dance music that developed in British dance halls and hotel ballrooms during the 1920s and 1930s	1920s ->
Cape jazz	Cape jazz (more often written Cape Jazz) is a genre of jazz that is performed in the very southern part of Africa, the name being a reference to Cape Town, South Africa.	1990s ->
Chamber jazz	Chamber jazz is a genre of jazz involving small, acoustic-based ensembles where group interplay is important	1960s ->
Continental Jazz	Early jazz dance bands of Europe in the swing medium, to the exclusion of Great Britain.
Cool jazz	Contrasts with the hard, fast sound of Bebop. Based largely on Lester Young.	1940s-1960s
Crossover jazz	where artists mix different styles of music into jazz	1970s ->
Dark Jazz	A form of modern jazz characterized by the fusion of downtempo, minimalist ambient music with jazz.	2010s - >
Dixieland	Dixieland music or New Orleans jazz, sometimes referred to as hot jazz or early jazz, is a style of jazz music which developed in New Orleans at the start of the 20th century. Stylistically it is essentially a form of Ragtime, typically transposed for brass band, banjo and/or clarinet.	1900s ->
Ethno jazz	Ethno Jazz, a form of Ethno Music, is sometimes equaled to World Music or is regarded as its successor, particularly before the 1990s. An independent meaning of "Ethno Jazz" emerged around 1990	1990s ->
European free jazz	European free jazz is a part of the global free jazz scene with its own development and characteristics.	1960s ->
Free funk	A combination of avant-garde jazz with funk music	1970s ->
Free improvisation	Free improvisation or free music is improvised music without any rules beyond the logic or inclination	1960s ->
Free jazz	Free jazz musicians attempted to alter, extend, or break down jazz convention, often by discarding fixed chord changes or tempos.	1950s ->
Gypsy jazz	style of jazz music often said to have been started by guitarist Jean "Django" Reinhardt in the 1930s	1930s ->
Hard bop	incorporated influences from rhythm and blues, gospel music, and blues, especially in saxophone and piano playing.	1950s ->
Indo jazz	Fusion of jazz with Indian music (see also Sitar in jazz and Jazz in India).	1950s ->
Jazz blues
Jazz-funk	Jazz-funk is a subgenre of jazz music characterized by a strong back beat (groove), electrified sounds[1] and an early prevalence of analog synthesizers.	1970s ->
Jazz fusion	Combines elements of Jazz and Rock. Characterized by electronic instruments, riffs, and extended solos	1970s ->
Jazz rap	Jazz rap is a fusion subgenre of hip hop music and jazz, developed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The lyrics are often based on political consciousness, Afrocentrism, and general positivism.	1980s ->
Jazz rock	The term "jazz-rock" (or "jazz/rock") is often used as a synonym for the term "jazz fusion".	1960s ->
Kansas City blues	is a genre of blues music. It has spawned the Kansas City Blues & Jazz festival and the Kansas City Blues Society.	1940s ->
Kansas City jazz	Kansas City jazz is a style of jazz that developed in Kansas City, Missouri and the surrounding Kansas City Metropolitan Area during the 1930s	1930s ->
Latin jazz	Draws heavily on salsa and merengue influences. Heavy use of percussion, including congas, timbales, bongos, guiros, and others.
M-Base		1980s ->
Mainstream jazz	a genre of jazz music that was first used in reference to the playing styles around the 1950s	1950s ->
Modal jazz	Pioneered by Miles Davis, others. Characterized by use of modes, such as dorian modes.
Neo-bop jazz	A comparatively accessible, 'retro' genre that emerged in the 1980s as a stylistic reaction against free jazz and jazz fusion. Notably associated with Wynton Marsalis	1980s ->
Neo-swing		1990s ->
Novelty ragtime		1920s ->
Nu jazz	Music that blends jazz elements with other musical styles, such as funk, soul, electronic dance music, and free improvisation.	1990s ->
Orchestral jazz	Also known as "Symphonic Jazz"	1920s ->
Post-bop	A genre of small-combo jazz that assimilates hard bop, modal jazz, avant-garde and free jazz without necessarily being immediately identifiable as any of those forms	1960s ->
Punk jazz		1970s ->
Ragtime	A genre that uses a specific type of syncopation in which melodic accents occur between metrical beats. Particularly popular with pianists pre World War I, it is also the underlying stylistic form for most Dixieland jazz.	1890s ->
Shibuya-kei		1950s ->
Ska jazz		1960s ->
Smooth jazz	In general a smooth jazz track is downtempo (the most widely played tracks are in the 90–105 BPM range), layering a lead, melody-playing instrument (saxophones – especially soprano and tenor – are the most popular, with guitars a close second) over a backdrop that typically consists of programmed rhythms and various synth pads and/or samples.	1960s ->
Soul jazz		1950s ->
Stride jazz		1920s ->
Straight-ahead jazz		1960s ->
Swing	Big Band arrangements, always swung. Pioneered by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, others.	1930s-1950s
Third stream	The fusion of the Jazz stream and Classical stream.	1950s ->
Trad jazz
Vocal jazz		1950s ->
West Coast jazz	A less frenetic, calmer style than hard bop, heavily arranged, and more often compositionally-based subgenre of cool jazz.	1950s–60s

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