West Coast jazz is a form of jazz music that developed around Los Angeles and San Francisco at about the same time as hard bop jazz was developing in New York City, in the 1950s and 1960s. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Hard bop is a style of Jazz that is an extension of Bebop (or "bop" music The City of New York West Coast jazz was generally seen as a sub-genre of cool jazz. Cool jazz is a Jazz style that emerged in the late 1940s in New York City. West Coast jazz also often contains elements of bossa nova. Bossa nova ( is a style of Brazilian music popularized by Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes and João Gilberto.
It featured a less frenetic, calmer style than hard bop. The music tended to be more heavily arranged, and more often compositionally based. While this style was prominent for a while, it was by no means the only style of jazz played on the West Coast, which exhibited more variety than could be conveyed by a simple name.
The Pacific Jazz Records and Contemporary record labels were two of the best known that carried West Coast jazz, just as Blue Note was the biggest hard-bop label. Pacific Jazz Records was a Los Angeles based Record label best known for releasing Cool jazz or West coast jazz. Contemporary Records was a jazz record label founded by Lester Koenig in 1951 in Los Angeles. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Some of the major pioneers of West Coast jazz were Shorty Rogers, Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, Bud Shank, Bob Cooper, Jimmy Giuffre, Shelly Manne, Bill Holman, Manny Albam, André Previn, and Dave Brubeck with Paul Desmond. Milton “Shorty” Rogers ( April 14, 1924 &ndash November 7, 1994) born Milton Rajonsky in Great Barrington Massachusetts Gerald Joseph "Gerry" Mulligan (April 6 1927 – January 20 1996 was an American Jazz saxophonist Composer and arranger. Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr ( Yale Oklahoma, 23 December 1929 - Amsterdam, 13 May 1988) was an American Clifford Everett "Bud" Shank Jr (born May 27, 1926 in Dayton Ohio) is an American alto saxophonist and Flautist Bob Cooper may refer to Bob Cooper (journalist, freelance writer and Runner's World columnist ultramarathoner Bob Cooper (musician James Peter Giuffre ( April 26, 1921 &ndash April 24, 2008) was an American Jazz composer arranger and Saxophone Shelly Manne (June 11 1920&ndashSeptember 26 1984 born Sheldon Manne in New York City, was an American jazz drummer. Manny Albam (born June 24, 1922 in Samana, Dominican Republic; died October 2, 2001 in Croton-on-Hudson, WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> André Previn ( Andreas Ludwig Priwin) KBE (b David Warren Brubeck (born December 6, 1920 in Concord California) better known as Dave Brubeck, is an American jazz pianist Paul Desmond ( November 25, 1924 - May 30, 1977) born Paul Emil Breitenfeld, was a Jazz alto saxophonist and
Some jazz critics, such as French critic Hugues Panassié, looked down upon West Coast jazz as inauthentic, due to most musicians in the style being white. Hugues Panassié (1912-1974 was a French Jazz Critic and producer. However, there were a sizable number of African American musicians who played in the style, such as Curtis Counce, Chico Hamilton, Buddy Collette and Hampton Hawes. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Curtis Counce ( January 23, 1926 &ndash July 31, 1963) was an American Hard bop and West Coast jazz Double Chico Hamilton (born Foreststorn Hamilton on September 21, 1921, Los Angeles) is a jazz drummer and band leader Buddy Collette (born William Marcel Collette August 6, 1921 in Los Angeles California) is an American tenor saxophonist, Flautist Hampton Hawes ( November 13, 1928 – May 22, 1977) was an African American Jazz Pianist. Regardless of the race of the musicians who played it, much of the music has withstood the test of time, as shown by numerous reissues on CD of West Coast jazz recordings dating back many decades.
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References
- Gioia, Ted. For the main articles please see Cool jazz or West Coast jazz A Curtis Amy Third stream is a term coined in 1957 by composer Gunther Schuller to describe a Musical genre which is a Synthesis of classical music Chamber jazz is a genre of jazz based around small acoustic-based ensembles where group interplay is important The Lighthouse Café is a Nightclub located at 30 Pier Avenue in Hermosa Beach, California. West Coast Jazz: Modern Jazz in California 1945-1960 (Oxford University Press, 1992)
- Gordon, Robert. Jazz West Coast: The Los Angeles Jazz Scene of the 1950s (Quartet Books, 1986)
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