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Genre: straight-ahead jazz

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Parent Genre: jazz

Straight-ahead jazz is a genre that emphasizes swing, improvisation, and traditional jazz structures. It often features a small ensemble of instruments, such as a quartet or quintet, and focuses on the interplay between the musicians. The music is characterized by its use of bluesy melodies, complex harmonies, and rhythmic syncopation. The genre has roots in the bebop and hard bop movements of the 1940s and 1950s, and has continued to evolve over the years. Today, it is still a vibrant and popular style of jazz, with many talented musicians carrying on the tradition.


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Midnight Blue (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
1963
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The Magic of Now
2021
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Bassic Instinct
2021
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where are we
2023
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Standard Time Vol. 3: The Resolution Of Romance
1990
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The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of Four Icons
2020
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Bells On Sand
2022
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Woody III
2012
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#10. A Room With a View
1991
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From Here I See
2013
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The Next Phase
2010
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Lovesome Thing
2021
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The Art of Intimacy, Vol. 2: His Muse
2023
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Trying to Figure It Out
2016

straight-ahead jazz music by decade

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List of straight-ahead jazz artists

Here is a list of straight-ahead jazz artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the straight-ahead jazz genre. You can find out what straight-ahead jazz genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namepopularityfollowers
1 48 225540
2 40 105638
3 39 58978
4 44 84400
5 26 20368
6 35 26076
7 36 32230
8 40 26644
9 28 6131
10 24 23901
11 36 9864
12 26 10370
13 35 20382
14 23 4994
15 26 11384
16 29 18968
17 29 675
18 18 14826
19 17 3161
20 22 7422
21 22 1356
22 20 1892
23 16 3553
24 20 987
25 19 5369
26 18 2570
27 18 904
28 15 2609
29 13 2771
30 13 1019
31 11 2138
32 10 2623
33 10 534
34 10 218
35 9 1525
36 9 1582
37 8 1941
38 7 382
39 7 709
40 7 804
41 7 1112
42 5 876
43 3 223
44 2 226
45 2 1095
46 1 227
47 1 126
48 1 212

straight-ahead jazz playlist created by Chosic

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