Consider enjoying the American rhythms of urgent beats, syncopation, improvisation, and the sound of impromptu Jazz solos.
Jazz originated in the late-19th to early-20th century. It developed out of many forms of music, including blues, spirituals, hymns, marches, vaudeville songs, ragtime, and dance music.
It also incorporated interpretations of American and European classical music, entwined with African and slave folk songs and the influences of West African culture. Its composition and style have changed many times throughout the years with each performer's interpretation and improvisation, which is also one of the greatest appeals of the genre
If there was one theme that fans notice while sorting through the volume of recordings at the top of the heap in jazz, it is that time does not take its toll on great music.
"Take Five," was the first jazz single to sell 1 million copies, was the undisputed top choice, while Miles Davis' "So What" which was coincidentally recorded in the same year, 1959 is the clear second favorite.
1 Take Five Dave Brubeck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryA6eHZNnXY
2 So What Miles Davis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylXk1LBvIqU
3 Take The A Train Duke Ellington https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2G1fKYFgVU
4 Round Midnight Thelonious Monk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrAfjW5qiyo
5 My Favorite Things John Coltrane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWG2dsXV5HI
6 A Love Supreme John Coltrane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll3CMgiUPuU
7 All Blues Miles Davis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-488UORrfJ0
8 Birdland Weather Report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fm10whccto
9 The Girl From Ipanema Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s61-e29Vr6Q
10 Sing, Sing, Sing Benny Goodman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_E0UVNtJ9Y
11 Strange Fruit Billie Holiday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=649wWWkW_1o
12 A Night in Tunisia Dizzy Gillespie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQHpwnXf0mI
13 Giant Steps John Coltrane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwIC6B_dvW4
14 Blue Rondo a la Turk Dave Brubeck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqPC-BkylxA
15 Goodbye Pork Pie Hat Charles Mingus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWWO_VcdnHY
16 Stolen Moments Oliver Nelson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1dK1JHacbQ
17 West End Blues Louis Armstrong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTxhgmk_ofk
18 God Bless The Child Billie Holiday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKNtP1zOVHw
19 Cantaloupe Island Herbie Hancock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B1oIXGX0Io
20 My Funny Valentine Chet Baker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGq8cgN1gwU
21 Body And Soul Coleman Hawkins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeTR_8bTFng
22 Song For My Father Horace Silver https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecy0XTmFhTQ
23 Spain Chick Corea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEhQTjgoTdU
24 Blue In Green Miles Davis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLDflhhdPCg
American Music https://www.si.edu/spotlight/african-american-music/jazz-blues
South Florida has had a special soft spot for jazz for many years. As a university student and Miami Jazz fan, I recall enjoying and listening to China Valles radio broadcasts - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf-zCsNg5hc then DJ SS temporarily left the airwaves https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMqkt3CTIAs He then moved to Islamorada and began broadcasting from Miami Beach. https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=PuEN0nY1B6UY1s2f&v=roIXNhdqKYg&feature… This is when I had the opportunity to meet and play music inside the WBUS-FM Studio with the one and only, Symphony Sid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_2Cnc7u4VE
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call-and-response vocals, polyrhythms, and improvisation.
Jazz also has roots in African rhythmic rituals.