History. Smooth jazz is a commercially oriented, crossover jazz which came to prominence in the 1980s, displacing the more venturesome jazz fusion from which it emerged. It avoids the improvisational "risk-taking" of jazz fusion, emphasizing melodic form and much of the music was initially "a combination of jazz with easy-listening pop music and lightweight R&B".

The swing era lasted until the mid-1940s, and produced popular tunes such as Duke Ellington's "Cotton Tail" (1940) and Billy Strayhorn's "Take the 'A' Train" (1941).With the big bands struggling to keep going during World War II, a shift was happening in jazz in favor of smaller groups.Some swing era musicians, such as Louis Jordan, later found popularity in a new kind of music, …

Jazz FM is a radio station broadcasting on digital radio in the United Kingdom and Malta which predominantly plays jazz music, jazz standards as well as blues and soul music.The station, in this incarnation set up by Richard Wheatley, traces its roots back to 102.2 Jazz FM, which first launched in 1990.The current station commenced broadcasting on 6 October 2008.

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 …

Cool jazz is a style of modern jazz music that arose in the United States after World War II.It is characterized by relaxed tempos and lighter tone, in contrast to the fast and complex bebop style. Cool jazz often employs formal arrangements and incorporates elements of classical music.Broadly, the genre refers to a number of post-war jazz styles employing a more subdued …

Jazz guitar may refer to either a type of electric guitar or a guitar playing style in jazz, using electric amplification to increase the volume of acoustic guitars.. In the early 1930s, jazz musicians sought to amplify their sound to be heard over loud big bands.When guitarists in big bands switched from acoustic to semi-acoustic guitar and began using amplifiers, it enabled …

Il jazz, raramente adattato in italiano come giazz, è un genere musicale nato agli inizi del XX secolo come evoluzione di forme musicali già utilizzate dagli schiavi afroamericani. Inizialmente aveva la forma di "canzoni di lavoro" (work songs) nelle piantagioni e durante la costruzione di ferrovie e strade negli Stati Uniti e serviva a ritmare e coordinare i movimenti (il ritmo era binario).

History GMG Radio ownership. The station was launched by Radio Investments Ltd on 1 September 1994 as Jazz FM, but was also known as JFM in an attempt to appeal to listeners who could be put off by the use of the word "jazz".Jazz FM originally played a wide variety of jazz, pandering to more smooth jazz during the daytime in order to attract the 25- to 45-year-old …

Vocal jazz or jazz singing is an approach to jazz using the voice.. Vocal jazz emerged in the early twentieth century, with its roots in Blues.Popular blues singers such as Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey had a great deal of influence of jazz vocalists such as Billie Holiday. Other characteristics of vocal jazz such as scat singing came out of the New Orleans jazz tradition.

The Original Dixieland Jass Band, recording its first disc in 1917, was the first instance of jazz music being called "Dixieland", though at the time, the term referred to the band, not the genre.The band's sound was a combination of African American/New Orleans ragtime and Sicilian music. The music of Sicily was one of the many genres in the New Orleans music scene during …