Progressive jazz
Progressive jazz is a supposed jazz style of the late 1940s and early 1950s. This label was first used by Stan Kenton to describe aspects of his own work. He was able to draw on Pete Rugolo , Robert Graettinger , Chico O'Farrill or Franklyn Marks with their compositions and large orchestral arrangements "with a massed abundance of huge chords and masses of sound" for the Kenton band.
The label of progressive jazz was later applied by critics and fans in part to the music of Dave Brubeck , the Modern Jazz Quartet and developments in Cool Jazz and the Third Stream . In this context, progressive meant an understanding of music that was based on certain achievements of the classical period, in particular on the late romantic period and its harmonic extensions.
literature
- Andre Asriel : Jazz - Analyzes and Aspects. Berlin 1966 (4th, revised and expanded edition 1985)
- Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley : The Rough Guide to Jazz. Rough Guides, 2004. ISBN 1-84353-256-5 .
Individual evidence
- ^ JE Berendt: The Jazz Book. Frankfurt a. M. 1972, p. 307