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Cool jazz is a style that emerged in the late 1940s in New York City. During 1945, after the Second World War, there was an influx of Californian (predominantly white) jazz musicians to New York. Once there, these musicians mixed with the mostly black bebop musicians, but were also strongly influenced by the "smooth" sound of saxophonist Lester Young. The style that emerged became known as "cool jazz", which avoided the aggressive tempos and harmonic abstraction of . Cool jazz is often differentiated from other jazz idioms by its emphasis on the intelle… read more
Cool jazz is a style that emerged in the late 1940s in New York City. During 1945, after the Second World War, there was an influx of Californian (predominantly white) jazz musicians to New York. Once there, these musicians mixed with the mostly black bebop musicians, but were also stron… read more
Cool jazz is a style that emerged in the late 1940s in New York City. During 1945, after the Second World War, there was an influx of Californian (predominantly white) jazz musicians to New York. Once there, these musicians mixed with the mostly black bebop musicians, but were also strongly influenced by the "smooth" sound of saxophonist Lester You… read more

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1 Play track Take Five The Dave Brubeck Quartet
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2 Play track My Funny Valentine Chet Baker
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3 Play track That Old Feeling Chet Baker
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4 Play track I Fall in Love Too Easily Chet Baker
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5 Play track Let's Get Lost Chet Baker
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6 Play track Goodbye Pork Pie Hat Charles Mingus
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7 Play track Blue Rondo à la turk The Dave Brubeck Quartet
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8 Play track Strange Meadow Lark The Dave Brubeck Quartet
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9 Play track Kathy's Waltz The Dave Brubeck Quartet
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10 Play track Mood Indigo Charles Mingus
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