What subgenre of Jazz do you prefer?

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   So many people voted for jazz fusion, probably because it is the only jazz genre that they are familiar with.  A couple more things.  The original poster said that bebop and hard bop are 100 percent improvisation.  Actually, that's not true, since there is a main melody.  The musicians all play the "head," or melody, through a couple of times and then they go into their solos, where the first instrument improvises stuff based on the chord changes of the head for as long as he wants before stopping and letting the next instrument play, and so on, until everyone that is soloing in the tune is done, at which point they play the head again, and the song is over.  Also, despite its name, hard bop is very different from bebop.

Anyway, I vote for bebop/hard bop, since I love both.

Poll Question: What is your favourite style related to jazz?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Early Jazz	2	[2.53%]
Big Band Music (includes danceable Jazz)	2	[2.53%]
Be Bop/Hard Bop	8	[10.13%]
Cool Jazz	1	[1.27%]
Funk Jazz	3	[3.80%]
Jazz Fusion	31	[39.24%]
Brazilian Jazz	2	[2.53%]
Latin Jazz	2	[2.53%]
World Jazz (Pat Metheny)	2	[2.53%]
Acid Jazz/Rap Jazz/DJ Jazz	2	[2.53%]
Avant Garde/Free Jazz	22	[27.85%]
Boogie Woggie/Stride Piano	0	[0.00%]
Other (Does not include prog rock)	2	[2.53%]
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Sasquamo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 26 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 828	Posted: October 27 2006 at 21:57
	So many people voted for jazz fusion, probably because it is the only jazz genre that they are familiar with. A couple more things. The original poster said that bebop and hard bop are 100 percent improvisation. Actually, that's not true, since there is a main melody. The musicians all play the "head," or melody, through a couple of times and then they go into their solos, where the first instrument improvises stuff based on the chord changes of the head for as long as he wants before stopping and letting the next instrument play, and so on, until everyone that is soloing in the tune is done, at which point they play the head again, and the song is over. Also, despite its name, hard bop is very different from bebop. Anyway, I vote for bebop/hard bop, since I love both.

Arrrghus Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 21 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 5296	Posted: October 27 2006 at 21:58
	Fusion, followed by Coltrane. He's a genre himself, he's that awesome.


B.B Hood Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: October 25 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 60	Posted: October 27 2006 at 22:03
	Bossa Nova

Dick Heath Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Jazz-Rock Specialist Joined: April 19 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 12812	Posted: October 28 2006 at 06:04
	Said it before, jazz fusion covers just under 50% of the other sub-genres listed. You mean jazz rock fusion to avoid ambiguity. One of the first groups/albums with 'fusion' in it name was the Joe Harriott/John Mayer Indo-jazz Fusion group of 1965- 8, who fused jazz and raga.

progismylife Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 19 2006 Location: ibreathehelium Status: Offline Points: 15535	Posted: February 26 2007 at 16:12
	I'll revive this thread with a vote for, um, I don't know. What option is closest to smooth jazz? Ah other I guess.

laplace Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: October 06 2005 Location: popupControl(); Status: Offline Points: 7606	Posted: February 26 2007 at 16:15
	Never seen this thread before so I'm clicking funk jazz under the understanding that it encompasses afrobeat. I spent a while looking for "canterbury" until I saw the last option :(

Mascodagama Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 5111	Posted: February 26 2007 at 16:17
	I like at least some music from every one of those categories. But free / avant garde is probably what I listen to most frequently these days, followed by cool, bebop-hard bop and jazz-rock fusion.
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