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This is a list of genres associated with the jazz tradition.
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| Acid blues |
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| Acid jazz |
Combined elements of soul music, funk, disco, including looping beats and modal harmony |
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| Afro-jazz |
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| Asian American jazz |
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| Avant-garde jazz |
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| Bebop |
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| Bossa nova |
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| British dance band |
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| Calypso jazz |
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| Cape jazz |
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| Chamber jazz |
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| Contemporary jazz |
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| Continental Jazz |
Early jazz dance bands of Europe in the swing medium, to the exclusion of Great Britain. |
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| Cool jazz |
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| Crossover jazz |
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| Cubop |
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| Dixieland |
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| Ethno jazz |
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| European free jazz |
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| Free funk |
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| Free improvisation |
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| Free jazz |
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| Gypsy jazz |
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| Hard bop |
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| Jazz blues |
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| Jazz-funk |
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| Jazz fusion |
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| Jazz rap |
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| Jazz rock |
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| Kansas City blues |
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| Kansas City jazz |
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| Latin jazz |
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| Livetronica |
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| M-Base |
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| Mainstream jazz |
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| Modal jazz |
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| Modern Creative |
Combines older jazz genres like fusion, bop, and free with more contemporary musical styles such as funk, pop, and rock |
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| M-Base |
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| Neo-bop jazz |
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| Neo-swing |
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| Novelty ragtime |
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| Nu jazz |
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| Orchestral jazz |
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| Post-bop |
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| Postmodern fusion |
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| Punk jazz |
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| Ragtime |
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| Ska jazz |
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| Sci-Fi Jazz |
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| Shibuya-kei |
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| Ska jazz |
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| Smooth jazz |
Combines jazz and jazz fusion elements with other styles of music, mostly R&B but also funk and pop music. |
1970s–present |
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| Soul jazz |
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| Splab |
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| Stride jazz |
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| Straight-ahead jazz |
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| Swing |
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| Third stream |
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| Trad jazz |
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| Urban jazz |
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| Vocal jazz |
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| West Coast Gypsy jazz |
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| West Coast jazz |
A less frenetic, calmer style than hard bop, heavily arranged, and more often compositionally-based sub-genre of cool jazz. |
1950s–60s |
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| See also: The Jazz Portal |
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