Jazz style of the 1940's;

Fragmented approach to improvisation 

Jazz style of the 1960's;

Often dissonant and experimental

Precursor to jazz;

Mostly composed;

Dance music

Mainstream popular music of the 1930's;

Dance music

Jazz influenced by other styles; 

popularized in the 1970's

Traditional blues;

loose form

Blues influenced by popular song;

popularized in the 1920's

Clarinetist;

Nicknamed "The Kind of Swing"

Trumpeter;

Leader of the Hot Five and Hot Seven

Trumpeter;

Member of the AACM

Ragtime bandleader;

Brought jazz to France in WWI

Bandleader of the 1920's;

Played sweet music

Early jazz pianist;

influenced by ragtime and spanish music

Played at the Cotton Club in Harlem

Pianist of the swing era;

played with Benny Goodman

Trumpeter;

Advocate of Neo-Classicism

Trumpeter known for playing high and fast;

Pioneer of bebop

Swing era bandleader;

described as "beyond category"

Bandleader of the swing era;

advocate for female musicians

Clarinetist;

Moved to France int he 1920's

Guitarist;

Member of the Quintette of the Hot Club

Swing era bandleader;

known for his arrangements

Member of the Count Basie band;

Singer of "Strange Fruit"

A bebop technique; irregular rhythmic patterns;

mostly found in the drums

The speed of a song;

determined by the beat

He feels that bebop musicians are trying something new just to be different;

they do no know jazz.

Contains a head, but a short one; it' s mostly improv.

Includes improvised features for the sax, trumpet, and drums.

Follows a four-beat meter

Differs from most bebop in its danceable tempo and relaxed feel

Exemplifies the "fragmented" style of improv used by Dizzy Gillespie

Contains a head, but a short one--mostly improv

By John Coltrane

Four note motive

mostly improvised

By Miles Davis

regular beat

contains a funk-like groove in the bass line

By Charles Mingus

Longer, traditional head

contains both homophonic and polyphonic sections

follows a four-beat meter