List of jazz genres
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| Genre | Characteristics | Era |
|---|---|---|
| Acid jazz | Combined elements of soul music, funk, disco, including looping beats and modal harmony | 1980s–90s |
| Asian American jazz | 1950s -> | |
| Avant-garde jazz | 1950s -> | |
| Bebop | 1940s -> | |
| Bossa nova | Brazilian Genre influential in Cool Jazz/West Coast Jazz | 1960s -> |
| British dance band | 1920s -> | |
| Cape jazz | 1990s -> | |
| Chamber jazz | 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 | 1970s -> | |
| Cubop | 1940s -> | |
| Dixieland | 1900s -> | |
| Ethno jazz | 1990s -> | |
| European free jazz | 1960s -> | |
| Free funk | 1970s -> | |
| Free improvisation | 1960s -> | |
| Free jazz | 1950s -> | |
| Gypsy jazz | 1930s -> | |
| Hard bop | 1950s -> | |
| Indo jazz | Fusion of jazz with Indian music (see also Sitar in jazz and Jazz in India). | 1950s -> |
| Jazz blues | ||
| Jazz-funk | 1970s -> | |
| Jazz fusion | Combines elements of Jazz and Rock. Characterized by electronic instruments, riffs, and extended solos | 1970s -> |
| Jazz rap | 1980s -> | |
| Jazz rock | 1960s -> | |
| Kansas City blues | 1940s -> | |
| Kansas City jazz | 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 | 1950s -> | |
| Modal jazz | Pioneered by Miles Davis, others. Characterized by use of modes, such as dorian modes. | |
| Neo-bop jazz | 1980s -> | |
| Neo-swing | 1990s -> | |
| Novelty ragtime | 1920s -> | |
| Nu jazz | 1990s -> | |
| Orchestral jazz | 1920s -> | |
| Post-bop | 1960s -> | |
| Punk jazz | 1970s -> | |
| Ragtime | 1890s -> | |
| Shibuya-kei | 1950s -> | |
| Ska jazz | 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 |
