Jazz Subgenres

All Jazz 

  • Avant-Garde Jazz
    ex. Sun Ra, Ornette Coleman, Alice Coltrane
  • Cool Jazz
    ex. Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Bill Evans
  • Hard Bop
    ex. John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Wayne Shorter
  • Post Bop
    ex. Charles Mingus, Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner
  • Soul Jazz
    ex. Jimmy Smith, Gil Scott-Heron, Albert Ayler
  • Spiritual Jazz
    ex. Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, John Coltrane
  • Vocal Jazz
    ex. Nina Simone, Chet Baker, Billie Holiday