Cool Jazz
Cool is a style of modern jazz music that arose following the Second World War. It is characterized by its relaxed tempos and lighter tone, in contrast to the bebop style that preceded it. Cool jazz often employs formal arrangements and incorporates elements of classical music.
Famous quotes containing the words cool jazz, cool and/or jazz:
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heroes, lies in
lives in the darkness I inhabit in the midst of sterile millions”
—Frank O’Hara (1926–1966)
“The poplars are felled, farewell to the shade
And the whispering sound of the cool colonnade,”
—William Cowper (1731–1800)
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—Norman Mailer (b. 1923)