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Jazz is an original American musical art form originating around the start of the 20th century in New Orleans. Its roots lie in the fruitful collision between African and Western musical traditions; it was, and remains, highly open to influences from many different cultures and musical traditions (from Jelly Roll Morton's "Spanish tinge" to the Latin and African experiments of the 1950s and 1960s to current attempts to borrow from rock, hip-hop and pop), and has become an artform with a global reach, but it remains most closely identified with the profound cultural contributions of African Americans. Jazz became a music that bridged many worlds: never shaking off its whiff of an illicit subculture (beginning with its shady origins in turn-of-the-century saloons and bordellos) but also becoming for a time the sound of American pop music, and yet also inspiring the dawning recognition that it was (as one polemicist has put it) "America's Classical Music." Reaching its height of popularity in the 1930s and early 1940s with the big-band craze, it gradually lost its wider popularity as it was displaced by rock and other musics, a development that pained or perplexed many older musicians and fans and led to a variety of responses from younger ones (ranging from attempts to update and alter jazz into a new artform with wider appeal, to a self-conscious attempt to return to and recreate earlier styles of jazz). Yet even as it has (by and large) had to settle for a smaller audience of aficionados, jazz has remained surprisingly durable music, continuing to change, grow and assimilate new ideas from the contemporary music scene.
Jazz is notoriously hard to define, and few generalizations can account for all of its over-one-hundred-year history. Most jazz involves improvisation, both in the "solos" which are central to a jazz performance, and in the accompaniment, which is created spontaneously by the musicians over the bare framework of the tune (its melody and chords); the result is a complexly polyrhythmic music, which thrives on continuous (call and response) interaction between performers. A good jazz performance "swings" – a term that both refers to a specific rhythmic approach (emphasizing the offbeats 2 and 4 in the bar and turning smooth pairs of eighth notes into lightly assymetrical "swung eighths") and, more generally, to the ineffable rhythmic grace and power of the best jazz performances. Jazz adopts Western music's concept of tonality, but also bends it with devices like blue notes – notes (usually the third or fifth) that are deliberately played or sung flat in order to give added emotional power to a performance.
History
Jazz has roots in the combination of Western and African music traditions, including spirituals, blues and ragtime, stemming ultimately from West Africa, western Sahel, and New England's religious hymns and hillbilly music, as well as in European military band music. After originating in African American communities near the beginning of the 20th century, jazz gained international popularity by the 1920s. Since then, jazz has had a pervasive influence on other musical styles worldwide. Even today, various jazz styles continue to evolve. More on [ Jazz ]
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AppleJazz - Independent record company offers jazz CDs and records online, as well as other related merchandise.
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Birka Jazz - Rare vinyl and secondhand jazz records - LPs, EPs and CDs. Based in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Brown Sugar Records - Specializing in rare German and euro-jazz LPs. Based in Germany.
Counterpoint Music - Specialists in jazz CDs with secure online ordering. Also offers blues, instructional jazz and fresno area musicians' CDs. Links to jazz festivals musical groups.
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Crazy Jazz - Supplying jazz on Compact Disc by mailorder.
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ejazzlines.com - Online sales of jazz CDs including imports and rarities as well as jazz videos on VHS and DVD, books, sheet music and posters. Out-of-print search service.
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Eramus Records - Jazz trumpeter James Wilkerson's new release, available on CD and cassette. Audio samples. Order by mail.
Euphoria Jazz - Vintage 60's jazz guitar from the likes of Howard Roberts, Chuck Wayne, George Van Eps and Herb Ellis. Artist profiles, discography and online sales.
Fog City - Specializing in funk/acid jazz.
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G's Jazz, Inc. - Sells rare and out of print jazz LPs, recordings, and memorabilia online to collectors.
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Hitchcock Media Records - Jazz Legends, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, The Four Freshmen. Live unreleased recordings from 1971. Clearwater, Florida.
Jazz by Mail - Online music store specializing in classic jazz, Dixieland and ragtime from labels such as Stomp Off, Arbors Jazz, and Gaslight Records.
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Jazz Mark - Produces and sells jazz recordings by premier recording artists.
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Jazz Record Center - Buy and sell jazz and blues LPs, CDs, books, videos, posters and magazines.
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Jazz Record Mart - Jazz, blues, and world recordings, including out of print product, LPs, CDs, videos, and Chicago artists.
Jazz Store, The - Selection of hard-to-find jazz audio, video, DVDs, and collectibles.
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Jazz Unlimited - More than 350 jazz CDs, offers vintage American jazz of the twenties.
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Jazzcds - Offers a selection of contemporary jazz CDs by top artists, specialising in independent jazz albums, many of which are normally only available at gigs or at a limited range of record stores.
JazzLegends.com - Vintage jazz videos, recordings, books, by Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, Benny Goodman and dozens of other Jazz Legends direct from the producer.
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Jazzman Records - Hard to find and out of print jazz CDs and LPs. Free search if they do not have it in stock.
Jazzos - Specialized in Italian and international jazz CDs.
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Jazzpromo.com - Online store selling jazz CDs and offering promotion services. Also contains free MP3s.
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Just Funkin Music's Jazz Store - Australian CD shop.
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Latin Jazz Sounds - Philadelphia pianist Tony Marino offers original latin jazz compositions with band formerly known as Havana Heat as downloads and on compact disc.
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M.C. Productions - Dedicated to preserving and making available the recordings of the 78 rpm era, focussing on the Jazz Age(1925 - 1935), reissuing on compact disc and cassette.
Mosaic Records - Specializing in limited edition jazz collections.
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Music Quest - Utah store specializing in jazz and fusion CDs, vinyl, and cassette tapes. Also offers a search service to find specially-ordered items.
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Paris Jazz Corner - New and used jazz CDs, vinyl, books, and magazines. Monthly auction, articles, and interviews. Based in Paris. [English/French]
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PastPerfect - Jazz, big band and swing era nostalgia and music digitally remastered as CDs.
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Phil Casagrande - CD of cover songs and original music by the smooth jazz keyboardist. Audio samples.
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Piatcat - Online distribution of jazz and improvisation on CD, VHS, and DVD.
Roadhouse Records - Contemporary jazz store located in the Pacific Northwest offers CDs and cassettes, as well as free MP3 samples.
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Satchmo Jazz On Line - Jazz on-line shop with all the new releases, fusion and latin.
SaxTrax.com - SaxTrax specializes in rare and out of print Smooth Jazz CDs including WNUA 95.5/Chicago Smooth Jazz CD Samplers.
The Bebop Shop - Specializes in bebop, hardbop and modern jazz recordings.
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The Radio Big Band - Fascinating City - CD single featuring two songs about Edinburgh, Scotland.
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