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Featured Genre: Downtown New York

Downtown NYC’s cosmopolitan, melting pot nature defines the improvisational style, which is as likely to draw inspiration from cartoon soundtracks, ethnic music from Asia or minimalist classical works as it is from jazz. NYC jazz may be dramatic, tender or full of humor; but it is always audacious and forward-reaching.[read more]
The Nels Cline Singers - Initiate
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"Initiate "

West Coast Jazz

West Coast Jazz is as exploratory as that of any other region, but the incorporation of European-style counterpoint, avant-garde music, and the inclusion of classical instruments differentiate some of the modern West Coast artists…
The Nels Cline Singers - Initiate Top Seller:
"Initiate "

Chicago Jazz

Chicago Free Jazz of the 60s placed ragtime and stride alongside bebop and abstract improvisation; music ran the gamut from the traditional to the absurd to the surreal. The 1990s saw a new generation of Chicago musicians graft…
Sticks and Stones - Sticks and StonesTop Seller:
"Sticks and Stones"

ECM Style Jazz

With a unique sound that transcends individual genres, ECM has become more than a label; it has become a style all its own. The style is synonymous with creativity, spontaneity and experimentation, even when the music has a strong…
Various Artists - Assemblage 1998-2008Top Seller:
"Assemblage 1998-2008"

European Jazz

With its wild stylistic diversity, regional folk elements and strong roots in classical and avant-garde music, European Jazz differentiates itself from its American counterpart by cultivating a broader spectrum of music that can be…
Georg Graewe / Barre Phillips / Peter Van Bergen - other songsTop Seller:
"other songs"

Free Jazz

Eschewing the rigid conventions of other forms in pursuit of total freedom, Free Jazz delves into collective improvisation. It is often atonal or dissonant, and frequently lacks a steady pulse. Traditional jazz instruments are…
Nels Cline - New Monastery: a view into the music of Andrew HillTop Seller:
"New Monastery: a view into the music of Andrew Hill"

Improvised Music

Improvised Music embraces the same harmonic/rhythmic concepts and spontaneity of form as Free Jazz but is less rooted in jazz tradition. Informed instead by new music, Improvised Music often explores the textural and timbral…
Nels Cline - CowardTop Seller:
"Coward"

Jamband/Electronica

It’s all about the groove. Electronic samplers and looping devices create rhythmic or harmonic backdrops, broadening the sonic potential of any performance. Musically eclectic “jambands” typically improvise over repeated “grooves"…
The Nels Cline Singers - Initiate Top Seller:
"Initiate "
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