Genres Archives: Modal Jazz

Modal jazz

 

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Others of the many subgenres of jazz that developed in the ’50s and ’60s included MODAL JAZZ, in which musicians based their compositions not on a progression of chords, but on the relationship notes have to each other in “modes,” which are types of scales–“So What,” with Miles Davis on trumpet and John Coltrane on saxophone is a prime example.

So What

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COUNTRY: United States

GENRE: Jazz/Modal Jazz

Mellow, mellow. Miles Davis’ absolute classic.
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