four-beat

Also playing in four. A form of rhythm organization in which all four beats are relatively equal. Four-beat was especially common in the swing era and afterwards, but was also found in earlier jazz.


Black Bottom Stomp, Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers (1926)


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