Jazz has been called America's classical music, and for good reason. Along with the blues, its forefather, it is one of the first truly indigenous musics to develop in America. At the outset, jazz was dance music, performed by swinging big bands. Soon, the dance elements faded into the background and improvisation became the key element of the music. What tied it all together was a foundation in the blues, a reliance on group interplay and unpredictable improvisation. Throughout the years, and in all the different styles, those are the qualities that defined jazz.

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~Music is well said to be the speech of angels:
in fact, nothing among the utterances allowed to man
is felt to be so divine. It brings us near to the infinite.~ Thomas Carlyle

Updated August 5, 2005

~ 52nd Street Theme ~

~ Ain't Misbehavin' ~

~ Ain't Misbehavin' (2) ~

~ Alexander's Ragtime Band ~

~ All Blues ~

~ Alone Together ~

~ All That Jazz ~

~ American Patrol ~

~ Am I Blue ~

~ Angela ~

~ A Touch Of The Blues ~

~ Aspen ~

~ Bag's Groove ~

~ Big Band ~

~ Basin Street Blues ~

~ Bill Bailey ~

~ Birth Of The Blues (The) ~

~ Blues For Alice ~

~ Blues In The Night ~

~ Blue Train ~

~ Boogie Woogie ~

~ Blue Skies ~

~ Bye Bye Blues ~

~ Caravan ~

~ Chicago Rapid Transit ~

~ Charleston ~

~ Chattanooga Choo Choo ~

~ Cherokee ~

~ E. G. Blues ~

~ Equinox ~

~ Exactly Like You ~

~ Feels So Good ~

~ Getting Sentenimental ~

~ Gentle Rain ~

~ Grand Central ~

~ Hackensack ~

~ Hideaway ~

~ In A Mellow Tone ~

~ I've Got Rythum ~

~ In The Mood ~

~ Hit The Road Jack ~

~ It Don't Mean A Thing ~

~ Jada ~

~ Jazz Lagoon ~

~ Jelly Roll Blues ~

~ Just Jazz ~

~ Kansas City ~

~ Lazy Bird ~

~ Let's Dance ~

~ Little Brown Jug ~

~ Lovesick Blues ~

~ Lullaby Of Birdland ~

~ Mack The Knife ~

~ Maple Leaf Rag ~

~ Moonlight Serenade ~

~ Nardis ~

~ Night Birds ~

~ Piano Blues ~

~ Pianoroll Blues ~

~ Pink Panther ~

~ Puttin' On The Ritz ~

~ Route 66 ~

~ Sing Sing Sing ~

~ St. Louis Blues ~

~ Song Of India ~

~ String Of Pearls ~

~ Sunrise Seranade ~

~ Sweet Georgia Brown ~

~ Take Five ~

~ Take The A Train ~

~ Tangerine ~

~ Trumpeter Blues ~

~ Tuxedo Junction ~

~ Up A Lazy River ~

~ Walkin' Dog Blues ~

~ Wall Street Rag ~

~ Where Or When ~

~ Woodchopper's Ball ~

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