STYLES

JAZZ -

Mainstream
 (or Straight Ahead Jazz) Bebop--Virtuoso soloing in a swing context. Cool Jazz--West coast third stream & Brazilian influences. Hardbop--Bebop with a gospel influence Postbop--Modalism & other developments. Traditional--New Orleans & Chicago styles

Contemporary
Posternism The synthesis of various styles Impressionism--Improvisation in the moment

Latin
Salsa & jazz with Afro-Cuban elements

Smooth
The mix of pop soul & jazz with a west coast feel

Lounge
Popular with the cafe society and cocktail crowd- A mix of crooning & groovy tunes,together or alone

Swing
Big band or small combo's. Mainly 30's & 40's dance music

Acid Jazz
(also called nu jazz or new soul). 'Funky', incorporates elements of jazz ,70's funk, hip-hop,soul It can be all live, it can be sampled or a mixture of both

Fusion
Innovative high energy,not for the faint hearted. Fusion is jazz & rock blended into a showcase for exiting virtuoso compositions & musicianship.It may at times be funkified,rockin, jazzy, avant garde,heavy, but always driven by intensity

New age
Meditative music with improvisation

FOLK

Each country has their own folk music, but the genre usually refers to American and British music that has been passed through the generations by oral tradition. It's simple, acoustic-based music that spins everyday events and common people into mythic status. Many traditional folksongs have no known author, they have simply evolved over the years. Most of the earliest recorded folk music was of this nature, but with Woody Guthrie, topical folk began making its way to record. Still, many artists, including The Weavers and Pete Seger, chose to mix traditional songs with newer material, either written by the artists themselves or other contemporary musicians.

Initially, Bob Dylan functioned in that style, but by his second album, "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" he began relying entirely on original material, thereby ushering the modern era of folk, where most performers sang their own (usually personally and introspective) material, and only occasionally throwing in covers.

ROOTS -

Roots music is a broad category of music including country music, gospel, old time music, jug bands, Appalachian folk, blues, Tejano and Cajun and Native American music. The music is considered "American" because it is either native to the United States or there varied enough from its origins that it struck musicologists as something distinctly new; it is considerd "roots music" because it served as the basis of music later developed in the United States, including rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and jazz.

BLUES -

The BLUES is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on a pentatonic scale and a characteristic twelve-bar chord progression. The form evolved in the United Sates in the communities of former African slaves from spirituals, praise songs, field hollers, shouts and chants. The use of blue notes and the prominence of call-and-response patterns in the music and lyrics are indicative of the blues' West African pedigree.

The Blues has been a major influence on later American and Western popular music, finding expression in ragtime, jazz, bluegrass, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, hip-hop, and country music, as well as conventional pop songs.

Electric Blues

Electric Blues in an electric genre that embraces just about every kind of blues that can be played on an amplified instrument. Its principal component is that of the electric guitar, but its amplified aspect can extend to the bass (usually a solid body Fender type model, but sometimes merely an old "slappin" acoustic with a pickup attached), harmonica, and keyboard instruments.

Stylistically, the form is a wide open field, accessible to just about every permutation possible - embracing both the old, the new, and sometimes futuristic, and something that falls between the two. Some forms of it copy the older styles of urban blues (primarily the Chicago, Texas, and Louisiana variants) usually in a small combo format, while others head into funk and soul territory. Yet electric blues is elastic enough to include artists who pay homage to those vintage styles of playing while simultaneously recasting them in contemporary fashion. It is lastly a genre that provides a convenient umbrella for original artists of late '40s and early '50s derivation who seemingly resist neat classifications.

Acoustuc Blues

Acoustic Blues is a general catch-all term describing virtually every type of blues that can be played on a non-electric musical instrument. It embraces a wide range of guitar and musical styles including folk, the songster tradition, slide, fingerpicking, ragtime, and all of the myriad regional strains (Chicago, Delta, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Piedmont, etc) that thrived in the early days of the genre's gestation.

But acoustic blues is not limited to merely guitar music; its "acoustic" appellation is an elastic enough term to also include mandolin, banjo, piano, harmonica, jug, and other non-electric instruments including homemade ones, like the one string monochord bottleneck diddleybow.

WORLD -

Music from around the globe in traditional and popular formats.

ALTERNATIVE -

Todays term for music's underground movement although this genre' is getting wider and wider, and most of Triple J's playlist is Alternative.

CHILLOUT -

Downtempo music - generally and mostly instrumental with a few acceptions. Usually has electronic under tones. If you like Café Del Mar or Buddha Bar compilations, Chillout is your go.

COUNTRY -

Once known as Country & Western music. Is a popular musical form developed in the Southern United States with its roots in traditional folk music, spirituals and the blues.

ELECTRONIC -

An ever expanding genre which is generally computer generated music, having several styles such as Drum & Base, Trance, Side-Trance, Breaks & Beats.

RELAXATION -

Simple - Music to relax by. Often ocean & forest sounds or music for certain pastimes - meditation, reiki, tai chi. Etc.

FUNK -

Originated in the 1960's. A blend of soul music and jazz into a new form danceable music - that de-emphasizes melody and brings a strong, rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the fore with complex horn sections.

CLASSICAL -

Orchestral and solo recordings from Composers as far back as 1750.

SOUNDTRACKS -

Music from movies, stage shows and TV.

REGGAE -

Music developed in Jamaica and is closely linked to the Rastafarian movement. A rhythm style characterized by regular chops on the back beat.

RECOMMENDATIONS -

Our personal favourites across all genres.

POPULAR -

Music for a wide audience distributed through mass media as a commercial product.
 

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