Styles Index

We'd like to assemble documents discussing general features of different styles of jazz -- critical and historical overviews of specific eras as well as comparative work is actively solicited. Sorry, there's no money in it for you, but lots of people will read your work.

The index below lists merely the styles for which general pages have been produced. See the map of Styles of Jazz for a clearer idea of the general organization.

AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians)
Bebop
European Jazz
Fusion
Hard Bop
New Orleans
Swing

Influences on Jazz

(These pages are (or will become) references to very general internet information about these styles. Kind of like a microcosm of the JazzWeb for other music. Send us URL's if you have 'em.

Blues
European Classical Music
Hip Hop
Latin
"World" Music

Joe Germuska
j-germuska@nwu.edu -- 708/467-3037
WNUR-FM, Northwestern University
Last Updated: 95/03/29