Jazz & Blues
A Chance Encounter with Diana Krall
The Music of Al Capone's America
The Idiosyncratic Thelonious Monk
A Great Day in Harlem, New Year 1959
From its beginnings in the early 20th century jazz has given rise to a copious variety of subgenres: from New Orleans Dixieland dating and big band-style swing, bebop, Latin jazz fusions and acid jazz, right through to nu jazz and even hip-hop.
There's a world of Jazz & Blues music to discover. Rich and diverse, it's often surprising how much jazz music has been influence by Classical genres.
To get you started on your journey of discovery, read all about the American Giants of Jazz.
For something a little different, try reading one of these more in-depth featurettes:
How the Chicago Blues inluenced the Rolling Stones
Satchmo a.k.a. Louis Armstrong
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