Category: cool jazz
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Lennie Tristano
About Leonard Joseph Tristano was an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and teacher of jazz improvisation. Albums/Songs: No significant albums found.
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Dave Brubeck
About David Warren Brubeck was an American jazz pianist and composer. Often regarded as a foremost exponent of cool jazz, Brubeck’s work is characterized by unusual time signatures and superimposing contrasting rhythms, meters, tonalities, and combining different styles and genres, like classic, jazz, and blues. Albums/Songs: No significant albums found.
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Chet Baker
About Chesney Henry “Chet” Baker Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the “Prince of Cool”. Albums/Songs: No significant albums found.
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June Christy
About June Christy was an American singer, known for her work in the cool jazz genre and for her silky smooth vocals. Her success as a singer began with The Stan Kenton Orchestra. She pursued a solo career from 1954 and is best known for her debut album Something Cool. After her death, she was…