Outstanding Jazz Compositions Various of the 20th Century (2xCD, Album, Comp). Label Category Country.

Jazz standards are musical compositions that are widely known, performed and recorded by jazz artists as part of the genre's musical repertoire. This list includes compositions written before 1920 that are considered standards by at least one major fake book publication or reference work. Some of the tunes listed were instant hits and quickly became well-known standards, while others were popularized later. The time of the most influential recordings of a song, where appropriate, is indicated on the list.

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Outstanding jazz compositions of the 20th century. PERFORMERS: Cat Anderson, Ernestine Anderson, Shorty Baker, George Barrow, Kunst Bauer, Joe Benjamin, Eddie Bert, Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Buffington, Don Butterfield, Don Byrd, Harry Carney, Teddy Charles, Willie Cook, Miles Davis, Robert Di Domenica, George Duvivier, Jon Eardley, Duke Ellington, Bill Evans, Art Farmer, Andrews Ford, Barry Galbraith, Orlando Girolamo, Bernie Glow, Paul Gonsalves, Urbie Green, Jimmy Hamilton, Joe Harris, Milt Hinton, Johnny.

The 20th century was a turbulent yet fascinating phase in the music industry. From modernism to minimalism, the previous century yielded richness that was shaped by the events that defined the era – war, race, sex, politics and religion each of which shaped the soundtrack of the bygone century. Interestingly, much of the music of the past century is as fascinating as the historical and cultural context of the century. 20th century gave us some ingenious musicians whose compositions have moved us, astonished us, baffled us, made us think, cry and made our hearts soar

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Jazz became a musical art form around the beginning of the 20th century- a blend of African and European musical traditions, but it incorporated singular rhythmic styles including syncopation, and polyrhythms. Trumpeter, bandleader and singer Louis Armstrong, ‘Sachmo’, the Ambassador of Jazz, became the first internationally known pioneer. Ellington wrote more than one thousand compositions. His signature piece, It Don’t Mean a Thing (if It Ain’t Got That Swing) is only one of a gigantic body of work. On the piano, Oscar Peterson was recognized as a whiz who could swing at breakneck tempos with impressive nimbleness and dexterity. Dave Brubeck was one of its foremost exponents. His group played in every major city and toured in shows that also featured artists Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz.

Unquestionably, the major new influence on 20th-century music performance was electronics. Broadcasting and recording widened even further the potential audience for concert artists, at the same time as they tended to decrease the physical necessity for large new public performance arenas. Electronic instruments appeared, both amplified versions of older ones (guitar, piano, and even some.