A Quartet Playing…

Call it what you will

As much as anything the contemporary jazz movement pushed discussions about “what is jazz?”

Well, jazz is definitely an improvisational music based on the blues developed in the United States with African origins.

From there we can have a conceptual free-for-all about the various elements and what makes what authentic. The players in the longstanding contemporary jazz band Fourplay have likely heard it all.

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