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Jazz is an original American musical art form originating around the start of the 20th century in New Orleans. Its roots lie in the fruitful collision between African and Western musical traditions; it was, and remains, highly open to influences from many different cultures and musical traditions (from Jelly Roll Morton's "Spanish tinge" to the Latin and African experiments of the 1950s and 1960s to current attempts to borrow from rock, hip-hop and pop), and has become an artform with a global reach, but it remains most closely identified with the profound cultural contributions of African Americans. Jazz became a music that bridged many worlds: never shaking off its whiff of an illicit subculture (beginning with its shady origins in turn-of-the-century saloons and bordellos) but also becoming for a time the sound of American pop music, and yet also inspiring the dawning recognition that it was (as one polemicist has put it) "America's Classical Music." Reaching its height of popularity in the 1930s and early 1940s with the big-band craze, it gradually lost its wider popularity as it was displaced by rock and other musics, a development that pained or perplexed many older musicians and fans and led to a variety of responses from younger ones (ranging from attempts to update and alter jazz into a new artform with wider appeal, to a self-conscious attempt to return to and recreate earlier styles of jazz). Yet even as it has (by and large) had to settle for a smaller audience of aficionados, jazz has remained surprisingly durable music, continuing to change, grow and assimilate new ideas from the contemporary music scene.
Jazz is notoriously hard to define, and few generalizations can account for all of its over-one-hundred-year history. Most jazz involves improvisation, both in the "solos" which are central to a jazz performance, and in the accompaniment, which is created spontaneously by the musicians over the bare framework of the tune (its melody and chords); the result is a complexly polyrhythmic music, which thrives on continuous (call and response) interaction between performers. A good jazz performance "swings" – a term that both refers to a specific rhythmic approach (emphasizing the offbeats 2 and 4 in the bar and turning smooth pairs of eighth notes into lightly assymetrical "swung eighths") and, more generally, to the ineffable rhythmic grace and power of the best jazz performances. Jazz adopts Western music's concept of tonality, but also bends it with devices like blue notes – notes (usually the third or fifth) that are deliberately played or sung flat in order to give added emotional power to a performance.
History
Jazz has roots in the combination of Western and African music traditions, including spirituals, blues and ragtime, stemming ultimately from West Africa, western Sahel, and New England's religious hymns and hillbilly music, as well as in European military band music. After originating in African American communities near the beginning of the 20th century, jazz gained international popularity by the 1920s. Since then, jazz has had a pervasive influence on other musical styles worldwide. Even today, various jazz styles continue to evolve. More on [ Jazz ]
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24 Seven Artist Development - Management and bookings for Javon Jackson, Kenny Barron, Sphere and Stefon Harris. Downloadable photos and biographies.
3DFamily.org - A French agency representing Jazz and World music artists. Site includes roster and company information.
All That Jazz, Inc. - Independent record promotion for NAC/Smooth Jazz music. Lots of links, photos, interviews and music news.
AsiaNetwork - Website of a booking agency focused on Jazz and World music artists.
B.H. Hopper Management - [Germany] Site include information about represented artists, projects, and tour offers.
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Bennett Morgan and Associates, Ltd. - Represents artists such as George Shearing, Ramsey Lewis, Monty Alexander, Tierney Sutton, Ann Hampton Callaway and Eartha Kitt. Information, news, and contact.
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Big Bear Music Group - Agency in Birmingham, England offers acts, label, awards, and the Jazz Rag magazine.
Christian Pégand Productions - Represents Jazz and World music artists: site includes biographies, discographies, and concert schedule. Based in France.
Company of Heaven - Represents European and American artists. Offices in Austria. Website includes performers' biographies, schedules, and booking information.
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Custom Entertainment - Represents Tom Rust and many of the United Kingdom highly regarded Jazz talents. Located in London.
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David Hansen Agency - A New Orleans, USA agency specializing in Jazz bands.
Dune Music - An agency representing award-winning talents in the United Kingdom Jazz. Artist roster includes Soweto Kinch, Denys Baptiste, Abram Wilson, Jazz Jamaica.
Estruga Artists Management, S.L. - Represents artists of the genre from all over the world. Also provides booking and production services. Based in Barcelona, Spain.
European Tours and Management - An agency with based in Switzerland. Site includes company information, credits, and current tour offers.
Gert Rude Music Marketing - Specializes in national jazz and experimental radio marketing and tracking. Includes services covering music business consultation and personalized web page design for musicians and independent music small business.
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International Music Network - Offers artist representation, concerts and tour bookings for bands of Jazz, World music, and Latin. Offices in Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA.
Jazz Corner - Features more than 150 musicians and Jazz organizations.
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Jazz Moods - A booking agency in the United Kingdom, providing Jazz bands and artists for corporate, commercial and private events.
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Jazz Talent Music Agency - Provides an array of professional jazz musicians for all types of events: private, corporate, restaurants, bars and hotels. Located in London, United Kingdom.
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JPJazz Entertainment Group - Provides live music for weddings, parties, special events and club gigs in the San Francisco bay area. Specializes in Jazz, Blues, RB and Classical ensembles. Offices in California, USA.
LVanHart Artist Productions - Representing Jazz musicians Steve Wilson, Terell Stafford, Ray Vega, Paul Bollenback, and Steve Davis.
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Michael Reavey Music - Offers live Classical and Jazz and for weddings, private parties, corporate engagements, and other special events. Located in Ohio, USA.
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Mike Williamson Music Productions - Provides artists for live music shows, corporate events, casinos, festivals and tour groups.
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New Music Agency - Jazz promotion company located in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Panagency - [Switzerland] Representing Randy Crawford, Jestofunk, Marla Glen, and Johnny Clegg.
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Saudades Tourneen - Based in Austria: site includes concert offers, touring schedules, and artists available for workshops and masterclasses.
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September Song - An agency in Toronto, Canada representing local Jazz musicians. Books a variety of live music for events.
Sheila Mathis Enterprises - Booking agent for pianist/vocalist Shirley Horn as well as Sheila Jordon, Nat Adderly and LaVerne Butler. History, references.
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Tekkno Base Production - Based in Germany. Website includes a list of represented artists, audio samples, and tour information.
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The Entertainment Agency - Specializes in providing Jazz bands, piano bar entertainers, pub entertainers, lounge bands, and show revues from the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia.
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The Oxford Jazz Agency - Provides Jazz music for events.
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