A slow song, usually of a romantic nature; sometimes used for any song of the AABA or similar popular song form.
An older style of piano, rough, loud, and appropriate to playing in noisy bars and dance halls.
Also "kick drum." The largest and lowest-pitched drum of the drum set, and played with a foot pedal.
Also "bop." A style of jazz characterized by long flowing melodic lines, irregular accents, non-symmetrical written themes, and elaborated harmonies; first heard c. 1943.
Shaw 'Nuff (1945)
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
Playing slightly behind the beat as articulated by the rhythm section or implied by the ensemble.
An orchestra of more than 10 members.
The use of two different keys at once.
A series of chords with wide voicings that move in parallel motion. (See also locked hands.)
(1) A 12-bar form built on the I, IV, and V chords; (2 ) a scale with a flatted third, fifth, and perhaps a seventh; (3) a poetic form; (4) a way of articulating tones; (5) a set of verbal sentiments similar to those used in folk blues songs; (6) a vaguely defined, mythic "feeling" that some say is basic to all jazz.
Originally, a Cuban mid-tempo form played by guitar trios; now more generally a slower and more sentimental form (Latin).
Deep Song (2001)
Chris Washburne & The SYOTOS Band
A style of piano blues based on strong left hand eighth note figures. First heard in the late 1920s, but popular throughout the 1940s.
Boogie Woogie Stomp (1939)
Albert Ammons And His Rhythm Kings
The repertoire of a band or singer.
To play with energy and excitement (early jazz).
Recordings or made or sold without the permission of the performers or a recording company.
A Brazilian jazz/pop music form derived from the samba (originated c. 1960), influenced by cool jazz, and usually played quietly, with minimal percussion.
Moosha (2000)
Chris Washburne & The SYOTOS Band
A piano; a guitar.
A short suspension of rhythm or the flow of the music (usually of a four or eight beat duration) while the soloist or melody instruments continue playing.
Black Bottom Stomp (1926)
Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers
The third group of eight-bars in a thirty-two bar chorus (see popular song form); also known as the channel, the middle-eight or the B-section.
Drum sticks with wire brushes on the end, sued to produce a quieter, scratching sound.