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Category: Genre

Summary

Jazz is a family of musical practices shaped fundamentally by African American creativity and developed through ensemble interaction, individual sound and changing approaches to rhythm and improvisation. It includes dance music, song interpretation, intricate composition and open-ended collective exploration. No single instrument or rhythm defines every branch. The music rewards attention to how people respond to one another in real time, including when they follow a score. Its global life contains locally rooted cultures and new artistic languages, rather than a series of imperfect copies of an American original.

Contemporary and trending

Clubs, festivals, community organisations, recordings and educational institutions sustain many kinds of jazz at once. Historical styles remain active while musicians combine inherited languages with electronic production, local traditions and new forms. Commercial chart share captures only part of this life: a modest club, an improvised-music collective or a school band can be culturally significant without a mass audience. International scenes contribute creators, organisers and listening publics of their own. Contemporary jazz is therefore better imagined as interconnected musical worlds than as one dominant trend replacing all earlier styles.

History

New Orleans supplied a formative environment where African-descended and Caribbean practices met bands, dances, blues, ragtime and popular song. Migration and touring connected musicians to Chicago, New York, California and other regions, while records and broadcasting changed circulation. Later swing, bebop, free jazz and electric experiments expanded the field without ending earlier practices. Racial segregation shaped opportunities, credit and economics throughout this history. Outside the United States, musicians developed local identities; South African jazz, for example, became deeply entangled with township life, exile and resistance to apartheid. [1] [2]

Musical characteristics

Improvisation may involve inventing a melodic line over recurring harmony, changing timbre, reorganising rhythm or collectively determining a piece’s direction. A composed passage can be just as central as an improvised solo. Swing is a major rhythmic resource but not a universal requirement: straight-eighth grooves, Afro-Cuban cycles, rubato and freely changing pulse also belong. Tone, attack and placement make an individual voice recognisable. Listening to the bass and drums, or to silence between phrases, often reveals conversations hidden beneath a prominent lead instrument.

Geography and communities

The United States contains several connected home landscapes, including the Northeast, Great Lakes, Gulf region and West Coast. Europe, Japan, South Africa, Brazil and the Caribbean have substantial adopted and independently creative jazz worlds. The map uses broad fields representing those durable ecologies rather than a few conservatory or recording-studio addresses. Their intensity is an editorial view of practice, infrastructure and attachment, not the percentage of residents listening. Other scenes exist beyond these first-pass fields, so absence of a strong mushroom is not a statement that a place lacks jazz.

Christopher Ballantine’s research on South African jazz appreciation societies makes listeners’ organized social life visible alongside musicians and institutions. These networks also connect urban and rural experience. A broad South African jazz field is therefore retained as a cultural landscape, not a list of famous venues or a claim that formal conservatories account for the whole audience. [3]

Artists

Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Mary Lou Williams, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman open very different listening routes. Toshiko Akiyoshi, Abdullah Ibrahim, Carla Bley and many others broaden the geographic and compositional picture. These names are not a ranking or a checklist of one correct tradition. Choose contrasting ensemble settings, then hear several versions of a composition. Follow arrangers, rhythm-section players and band members as well as leaders: jazz history is often shaped by relationships that headline credits conceal.

Representative performances

These recordings offer listening examples of the genre. Notes identify the performance setting and any adaptation or mixed repertoire.

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MuGlobe representative performances
Artist Performance / song / title Embedded player URL Notes Repertoire kind Repertoire date Recording date Format Opening Places Fit Evidence Review note MuGlobe favorite Current hit Authentic
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Take the A Train — 1962 https://www.youtube.com/embed/D6mFGy4g_n8 Storyville’s archival film represents jazz orchestration and ensemble swing, one strand within the much wider jazz field.[4] Embedded playback is currently unavailable (YouTube code 150); the recording reference is retained. popular unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown pending Existing recording Playback blocked: YouTube embedding error 150 observed 19 October 2026. Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. false false false
John Coltrane Quintet My Favorite Things — 1961 https://www.youtube.com/embed/zH3JpqhpkXg The footage archive identifies a quintet with Eric Dolphy on flute, giving an extended small-ensemble improvisational contrast.[5] Embedded playback is currently unavailable (YouTube code 150); the recording reference is retained. popular unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown pending Existing recording Playback blocked: YouTube embedding error 150 observed 19 October 2026. Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. false false false
Miles Davis So What https://www.youtube.com/embed/zqNTltOGh5c The official archival video presents Davis’s modal-jazz repertoire and ensemble performance, complementing the orchestral and vocal selections.[6] Embedded playback is currently unavailable (YouTube code 150); the recording reference is retained. popular unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown pending Existing recording Playback blocked: YouTube embedding error 150 observed 19 October 2026. Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. false false false
Esperanza Spalding Tiny Desk Concert — Chamber Music Society https://www.youtube.com/embed/sBZa7-2bG2I NPR’s performance combines bass, voice and chamber-ensemble textures, demonstrating a contemporary compositional approach rather than restricting jazz to historical recordings.[7] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown pending Existing recording Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. false false false
Immanuel Wilkins Immanuel Wilkins Quartet – Full Performance Live at MONTCLAIR JAZZ FESTIVAL 2022 (Full Set) https://www.youtube.com/embed/-1fvy7L822A?start=34 Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: JAZZ HOUSE KiDS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2022-09-10. Video publication: 2026-09-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[8] popular unknown 2022-09-10 live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: JAZZ HOUSE KiDS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2022-09-10. false false false
Kamasi Washington Kamasi Washington Lesanu 9-12-26 Libby Park Okai California https://www.youtube.com/embed/hEAszPflxPE Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Rev Buddy Greene. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-09-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[9] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Rev Buddy Greene. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Emmet Cohen Emmet Cohen Trio with Yasushi Nakamura and Joe Farnsworth, September 10th, 2026 https://www.youtube.com/embed/Bz0dCM8dfWU Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: RadioFreeBirdland. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-09-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[10] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: RadioFreeBirdland. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Immanuel Wilkins Immanuel Wilkins Montreal Jazz Fest June 27, 2026 https://www.youtube.com/embed/F8M-tKz9veY Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: filmluvr1. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-09-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[11] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: filmluvr1. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Immanuel Wilkins charanam - live at jazz cafe - immanuel wilkins quartet https://www.youtube.com/embed/XwAsA6vp7Q8 Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Ethan Osahn. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-08-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[12] popular unknown unknown live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Ethan Osahn. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Emmet Cohen Emmet Cohen Presents: Miles & Coltrane at 100 (Set 1) - 2026 Mt. Hood Jazz Festival https://www.youtube.com/embed/BZ_WitsPZ5I Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Mt. Hood Jazz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-08-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[13] popular unknown unknown live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Mt. Hood Jazz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Emmet Cohen Emmet Cohen Presents: Miles & Coltrane at 100 (Set 2) - 2026 Mt. Hood Jazz Festival https://www.youtube.com/embed/C9PqUtoM1Zg Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Mt. Hood Jazz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-08-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[14] popular unknown unknown live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Mt. Hood Jazz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Kenny Garrett and Sounds from the Ancestors Kenny Garrett - Jazz à Porquerolles 2026 - ARTE Concert https://www.youtube.com/embed/n1c2VN5gdS8 Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: ARTE Concert. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-08-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[15] popular unknown unknown live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: ARTE Concert. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Samara Joy Samara Joy "Sunset & The Mockingbird" | Jazz in Marciac 2026 https://www.youtube.com/embed/9-kSHLxGdTA Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Jazz In Marciac. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-07-26; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[16] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Jazz In Marciac. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Kamasi Washington Kamasi Washington-Jacksonville Jazz Fest 2026 https://www.youtube.com/embed/E69xZEdDjGU Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: RAILJUNKIE. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-05-24. Video publication: 2026-07-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[17] popular unknown 2026-05-24 unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: RAILJUNKIE. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-05-24. false false false
Emmet Cohen; Peter Washington; Joe Farnsworth Emmet Cohen Trio - Live at SMOKE Jazz Club | July 2026 (First Set) https://www.youtube.com/embed/hk7evkcQXOY Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Emmet Cohen. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-07-10. Video publication: 2026-07-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[18] popular unknown 2026-07-10 live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Emmet Cohen. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-07-10. false false false
Samara Joy Samara Joy , festival de jazz de juan les Pins le 17/07/2026 https://www.youtube.com/embed/B2HVoS3Iq5c Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: jean marc Niguès. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-07-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[19] popular unknown unknown live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: jean marc Niguès. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Samara Joy Samara Joy SECRET SET at Love Supreme https://www.youtube.com/embed/ERPtpLvK9o4?start=30 Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Everything Jazz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-07-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[20] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Everything Jazz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Kamasi Washington Kamasi Washington (live au Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2026) https://www.youtube.com/embed/88fQbreFquw Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: FestivalShows. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-06-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[21] popular unknown unknown live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: FestivalShows. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Nubya Garcia Nubya Garcia no Rio das Ostras Jazz & Blues Festival (2026) https://www.youtube.com/embed/JAQEVunNd7g Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Sebastian Photografia. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-06-06. Video publication: 2026-06-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[22] popular unknown 2026-06-06 live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Sebastian Photografia. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-06-06. false false false
Veronica Swift; Brad Mehldau; Yasushi Nakamura; Joe Farnsworth "There Will Never Be Another You" | ft. Brad Mehldau, Veronica Swift https://www.youtube.com/embed/jWG1dNvXw3E Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Emmet Cohen. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Emmet Cohen is the programme publisher; the credited pianist on this recording is Brad Mehldau. Video publication: 2026-06-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[23] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Emmet Cohen. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Emmet Cohen is the programme publisher; the credited pianist on this recording is Brad Mehldau. false false false
Nubya Garcia Nubya Garcia - Lost Kingdoms @ Casa Natura Musical, São Paulo - 05/03/2026 https://www.youtube.com/embed/vrkSrJiaNAU Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Bruno Capelas. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-06-03. Recording description explicitly gives June 3, resolving ambiguous numerical date in upload title. Video publication: 2026-06-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[24] popular unknown 2026-06-03 unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Bruno Capelas. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-06-03. Recording description explicitly gives June 3, resolving ambiguous numerical date in upload title. false false false
Nubya Garcia Nubya Garcia - Source @ Casa Natura Musical, São Paulo - 05/03/2026 https://www.youtube.com/embed/2i6T-VltlaU Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Bruno Capelas. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-06-03. Recording description explicitly gives June 3, resolving ambiguous numerical date in upload title. Video publication: 2026-06-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[25] popular unknown 2026-06-03 unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Bruno Capelas. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-06-03. Recording description explicitly gives June 3, resolving ambiguous numerical date in upload title. false false false
Nubya Garcia Nubya Garcia - Lean In @ Casa Natura Musical, São Paulo - 03/05/2026 https://www.youtube.com/embed/1OAEwiG3cbU Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Bruno Capelas. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-06-03. Recording description explicitly gives June 3, resolving ambiguous numerical date in upload title. Video publication: 2026-06-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[26] popular unknown 2026-06-03 unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Bruno Capelas. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-06-03. Recording description explicitly gives June 3, resolving ambiguous numerical date in upload title. false false false
Emmet Cohen Jazz Meets Zeppelin! - Emmet Cohen, Veronica Swift & Tim Ries https://www.youtube.com/embed/j5k3R2Wm2Ps Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Emmet Cohen. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-05-21; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[27] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Emmet Cohen. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Immanuel Wilkins Immanuel Wilkins Quartet | Motion (extended live version) https://www.youtube.com/embed/-S0ToXsHhPA Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: BIMHUIS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2023-10-12. Video publication: 2026-05-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[28] popular unknown 2023-10-12 live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: BIMHUIS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2023-10-12. false false false
Kamasi Washington Kamasi Washington - Giant Steps - Tongva Park - Santa Monica, CA May 9, 2026 https://www.youtube.com/embed/CkiglIdKIGM Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: John Ziegwied-Front & Center Concert Videos. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-05-09. Video publication: 2026-05-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[29] popular unknown 2026-05-09 unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: John Ziegwied-Front & Center Concert Videos. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-05-09. false false false
Kamasi Washington Kamasi Washington - Milestones - Tongva Park - Santa Monica, CA May 9, 2026 https://www.youtube.com/embed/nJNGrDRvJ7s Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: John Ziegwied-Front & Center Concert Videos. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-05-09. Video publication: 2026-05-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[30] popular unknown 2026-05-09 unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: John Ziegwied-Front & Center Concert Videos. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-05-09. false false false
Kamasi Washington Kamasi Washington - Together - Tongva Park - Santa Monica, CA May 9, 2026 https://www.youtube.com/embed/vfY2eyULAYk Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: John Ziegwied-Front & Center Concert Videos. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-05-09. Video publication: 2026-05-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[31] popular unknown 2026-05-09 unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: John Ziegwied-Front & Center Concert Videos. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-05-09. false false false
Osceola County School for the Arts Jazz A OCSA Jazz A Essentially Ellington Performance 2026 https://www.youtube.com/embed/qZmAoPqY3LI Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: IHeartJazz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-05-02. Video publication: 2026-05-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[32] popular unknown 2026-05-02 live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: IHeartJazz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-05-02. false false false
Emmet Cohen Emmet Cohen Quintet | Miles and Coltrane at 100 - Live at Jimmy's Jazz & Blues (FIRST SET) https://www.youtube.com/embed/rGdZWuzGurc Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Emmet Cohen. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-03-29. Video publication: 2026-04-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[33] popular unknown 2026-03-29 live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Emmet Cohen. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-03-29. false false false
Emmet Cohen Emmet Cohen Quintet | Miles and Coltrane at 100 - Live at Jimmy's Jazz & Blues (SECOND SET) https://www.youtube.com/embed/HVYTFyfc9IM Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Emmet Cohen. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-03-29. Video publication: 2026-04-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[34] popular unknown 2026-03-29 live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Emmet Cohen. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-03-29. false false false
Cyrille Aimée; Emmet Cohen; Philip Norris; John Lumpkin Emmet Cohen & Cyrille Aimée – “Almost Like Being in Love” (Live) | Jazz Day 2023 https://www.youtube.com/embed/3EnVfigN0Ag Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: International Jazz Day. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2023. Video publication: 2026-03-26; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[35] popular unknown 2023 live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: International Jazz Day. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2023. false false false
Samara Joy Samara Joy Performs "Beware My Heart" | Samara Joy at Royal Albert Hall https://www.youtube.com/embed/m9HmJDhh5mk PBS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-02-26; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[36] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Great Performances | PBS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Samara Joy Samara Joy performs "Day by Day" | Samara Joy at Royal Albert Hall https://www.youtube.com/embed/bKLo4VuRLEc PBS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-02-24; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[37] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Great Performances | PBS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Emmet Cohen; Peter Martin; Endea Owens; Tivon Pennicott; Joe Farnsworth "Footprints" w/ Endea Owens, Tivon Pennicott & Peter Martin https://www.youtube.com/embed/pMKYkUN5Eo8 Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Emmet Cohen. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-02-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[38] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Emmet Cohen. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Immanuel Wilkins Immanuel Wilkins Quartet | Charanam (Alice Coltrane) - Baby's All Right, Brooklyn 1/10/2026* NYCWJF https://www.youtube.com/embed/SdnxAnnb-bo Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: roolin. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-01-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[39] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: roolin. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Emmet Cohen Emmet Cohen Trio | Live at Birdland Jazz Club (Dec 2025) https://www.youtube.com/embed/94Psrom125g Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Emmet Cohen. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-12. Video publication: 2026-01-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[40] popular unknown 2025-12 live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Emmet Cohen. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-12. false false false
Samara Joy Saturday Sessions: Samara Joy performs "Now And Then (In Remembrance Of...)" https://www.youtube.com/embed/2W9kqIYbqpE Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: CBS Mornings. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-12-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[41] popular unknown unknown live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: CBS Mornings. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Emmet Cohen; Joshua Redman; Philip Norris; Kyle Poole; Skylar Tang Emmet’s Place Revival: Joshua Redman Ignites the New Era (Ep. 137) https://www.youtube.com/embed/yssRPU9Rv1E?start=50 Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Emmet Cohen. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-12-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[42] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Emmet Cohen. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Immanuel Wilkins Immanuel Wilkins Quartet Live Studio 104, Paris, 2025 10 11 https://www.youtube.com/embed/x5j2EiQCEKY Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Luc Isenmann. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-10-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[43] popular unknown unknown live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Luc Isenmann. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Samara Joy Samara Joy - I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) #samarajoy #livemusic ‪@samarajoysings‬ https://www.youtube.com/embed/u5p8Rn3Vybo Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Jehrod. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-10-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[44] popular unknown unknown live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Jehrod. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Samara Joy Samara Joy | Live at North Sea Jazz 2025 https://www.youtube.com/embed/qAMyofmbRos Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: NTR North Sea Jazz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-08-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[45] popular unknown unknown live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: NTR North Sea Jazz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Samara Joy Samara Joy - Lover Man (BBC Proms 2025) https://www.youtube.com/embed/mTKHop5_-_A Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: BBC Music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-08-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[46] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: BBC Music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Nubya Garcia Nubya Garcia - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) https://www.youtube.com/embed/E7d9T71UWXE Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: KEXP. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-04-14. Video publication: 2025-07-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[47] popular unknown 2025-04-14 live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: KEXP. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-04-14. false false false
Kamasi Washington Kamasi Washington live at TSF Jazz Chantilly Festival 2025 – ARTE Concert https://www.youtube.com/embed/tpyE1QqpB2k Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: ARTE Concert. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-07-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[48] popular unknown unknown live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: ARTE Concert. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Samara Joy SAMARA JOY - NO MORE BLUES - BLUE NOTE TOKYO Live 2025 https://www.youtube.com/embed/bl89Th4v6M8 Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: BLUE NOTE JAPAN. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-06-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[49] popular unknown unknown live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: BLUE NOTE JAPAN. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Samara Joy Samara Joy - Live at Philharmonie de Paris– ARTE Concert https://www.youtube.com/embed/YC2N4cwd8rs Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: ARTE Concert. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-03-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[50] popular unknown unknown live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: ARTE Concert. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Immanuel Wilkins Immanuel Wilkins New Morning 16 janvier 2025 set2 https://www.youtube.com/embed/gtgo7yT7Pqk Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Luc Isenmann. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-01-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[51] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Luc Isenmann. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Immanuel Wilkins Immanuel Wilkins - Live from Jazz St. Louis https://www.youtube.com/embed/1dg5Mll6GRA Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Jazz St. Louis. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2024-10-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[52] popular unknown unknown live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Jazz St. Louis. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Nubya Garcia 58 JAZZALDIA: NUBYA GARCIA - LIVE 58 JAZZALDIA - july 24, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/embed/pTrAshA3Osc Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Jazzaldia - Donostia / San Sebastián. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2023-08-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[53] popular unknown unknown live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Jazzaldia - Donostia / San Sebastián. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Nubya Garcia Nubya Garcia, Live - Paris, Novembre 2021 https://www.youtube.com/embed/BCdODYlyYCo Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Lolo_from_Paris. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2021-11-18. Video publication: 2021-11-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[54] popular unknown 2021-11-18 live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Lolo_from_Paris. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2021-11-18. false false false
Emmet Cohen; Christian McBride; Marcus Strickland; Giveton Gelin; Russell Hall; Kyle Poole Emmet Cohen w/ Christian McBride, Marcus Strickland, and Giveton Gelin | Impressions https://www.youtube.com/embed/2MsUFTUfCkY Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Emmet Cohen. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2021-07-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[55] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Emmet Cohen. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Nubya Garcia Nubya Garcia 'Lost Kingdom' at Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Awards. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lUmNtpJpm9o Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Worldwide FM. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2018-02-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[56] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Jazz musical recording. Source: Worldwide FM. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false

Related genres

Blues, ragtime, spirituals and Caribbean musical practices are central historical relationships, not interchangeable labels. Swing, bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, free jazz, fusion and Latin jazz receive separate catalogue entries to make their different practices discoverable. Soul, funk, hip-hop and electronic music have ongoing reciprocal relationships with jazz. Improvised music outside the jazz lineage deserves recognition on its own terms rather than automatic inclusion. The broad overlay intentionally overlaps more specific ones; a listener can move from this family-level orientation toward the communities and techniques of a particular branch.

References and further reading

  1. ↑ A New Orleans Jazz History,1895–1927 — National Park Service.
  2. ↑ When jazz fever gripped the townships — UNESCO Courier.
  3. ↑ Christopher Ballantine, Public Culture, Sociality, and Listening to Jazz: Aural Memorialisation in the Time of COVID, 2023. Access note: Public article’s jazz appreciation society and social geography discussion read.
  4. ↑ Duke Ellington and His Orchestra — Take the A Train — 1962. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.
  5. ↑ John Coltrane Quintet — My Favorite Things — 1961. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.
  6. ↑ Miles Davis — So What. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.
  7. ↑ Esperanza Spalding — Tiny Desk Concert — Chamber Music Society. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.
  8. ↑ Immanuel Wilkins Quartet – Full Performance Live at MONTCLAIR JAZZ FESTIVAL 2022 (Full Set).
  9. ↑ Kamasi Washington Lesanu 9-12-26 Libby Park Okai California .
  10. ↑ Emmet Cohen Trio with Yasushi Nakamura and Joe Farnsworth, September 10th, 2026.
  11. ↑ Immanuel Wilkins Montreal Jazz Fest June 27, 2026.
  12. ↑ charanam - live at jazz cafe - immanuel wilkins quartet .
  13. ↑ Emmet Cohen Presents: Miles & Coltrane at 100 (Set 1) - 2026 Mt. Hood Jazz Festival.
  14. ↑ Emmet Cohen Presents: Miles & Coltrane at 100 (Set 2) - 2026 Mt. Hood Jazz Festival.
  15. ↑ Kenny Garrett - Jazz à Porquerolles 2026 - ARTE Concert.
  16. ↑ Samara Joy "Sunset & The Mockingbird" | Jazz in Marciac 2026.
  17. ↑ Kamasi Washington-Jacksonville Jazz Fest 2026.
  18. ↑ Emmet Cohen Trio - Live at SMOKE Jazz Club | July 2026 (First Set).
  19. ↑ Samara Joy , festival de jazz de juan les Pins le 17/07/2026.
  20. ↑ Samara Joy SECRET SET at Love Supreme.
  21. ↑ Kamasi Washington (live au Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2026).
  22. ↑ Nubya Garcia no Rio das Ostras Jazz & Blues Festival (2026).
  23. ↑ "There Will Never Be Another You" | ft. Brad Mehldau, Veronica Swift.
  24. ↑ Nubya Garcia - Lost Kingdoms @ Casa Natura Musical, São Paulo - 05/03/2026.
  25. ↑ Nubya Garcia - Source @ Casa Natura Musical, São Paulo - 05/03/2026.
  26. ↑ Nubya Garcia - Lean In @ Casa Natura Musical, São Paulo - 03/05/2026.
  27. ↑ Jazz Meets Zeppelin! - Emmet Cohen, Veronica Swift & Tim Ries.
  28. ↑ Immanuel Wilkins Quartet | Motion (extended live version).
  29. ↑ Kamasi Washington - Giant Steps - Tongva Park - Santa Monica, CA May 9, 2026.
  30. ↑ Kamasi Washington - Milestones - Tongva Park - Santa Monica, CA May 9, 2026.
  31. ↑ Kamasi Washington - Together - Tongva Park - Santa Monica, CA May 9, 2026.
  32. ↑ OCSA Jazz A Essentially Ellington Performance 2026.
  33. ↑ Emmet Cohen Quintet | Miles and Coltrane at 100 - Live at Jimmy's Jazz & Blues (FIRST SET).
  34. ↑ Emmet Cohen Quintet | Miles and Coltrane at 100 - Live at Jimmy's Jazz & Blues (SECOND SET).
  35. ↑ Emmet Cohen & Cyrille Aimée – “Almost Like Being in Love” (Live) | Jazz Day 2023.
  36. ↑ Samara Joy Performs "Beware My Heart" | Samara Joy at Royal Albert Hall.
  37. ↑ Samara Joy performs "Day by Day" | Samara Joy at Royal Albert Hall.
  38. ↑ "Footprints" w/ Endea Owens, Tivon Pennicott & Peter Martin.
  39. ↑ Immanuel Wilkins Quartet | Charanam (Alice Coltrane) - Baby's All Right, Brooklyn 1/10/2026* NYCWJF.
  40. ↑ Emmet Cohen Trio | Live at Birdland Jazz Club (Dec 2025).
  41. ↑ Saturday Sessions: Samara Joy performs "Now And Then (In Remembrance Of...)".
  42. ↑ Emmet’s Place Revival: Joshua Redman Ignites the New Era (Ep. 137).
  43. ↑ Immanuel Wilkins Quartet Live Studio 104, Paris, 2025 10 11.
  44. ↑ Samara Joy - I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) #samarajoy #livemusic ‪@samarajoysings‬ .
  45. ↑ Samara Joy | Live at North Sea Jazz 2025.
  46. ↑ Samara Joy - Lover Man (BBC Proms 2025).
  47. ↑ Nubya Garcia - Full Performance (Live on KEXP).
  48. ↑ Kamasi Washington live at TSF Jazz Chantilly Festival 2025 – ARTE Concert.
  49. ↑ SAMARA JOY - NO MORE BLUES - BLUE NOTE TOKYO Live 2025.
  50. ↑ Samara Joy - Live at Philharmonie de Paris– ARTE Concert.
  51. ↑ Immanuel Wilkins New Morning 16 janvier 2025 set2.
  52. ↑ Immanuel Wilkins - Live from Jazz St. Louis.
  53. ↑ 58 JAZZALDIA: NUBYA GARCIA - LIVE 58 JAZZALDIA - july 24, 2023.
  54. ↑ Nubya Garcia, Live - Paris, Novembre 2021.
  55. ↑ Emmet Cohen w/ Christian McBride, Marcus Strickland, and Giveton Gelin | Impressions.
  56. ↑ Nubya Garcia 'Lost Kingdom' at Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Awards..

Hotspot mushrooms

Jazz has American formation landscapes and substantial independent adopted worlds. Broad overlapping regional fields represent durable community, education and performance ecologies; studio addresses and famous birthplaces are insufficient.

These fields are editorial illustrations of musical affinity and cultural reach, not listener statistics. Radius marks the zero edge of the fade; overlapping fields of this genre combine by maximum.

Africa completion review: The connected regional fields are retained; their intensity expresses qualitative musical affinity and is not an audience estimate.

The fields express editorial judgments about relative musical affinity and reach, not measured audience shares. Radius is the zero edge of a linear fade; same-genre overlaps combine by maximum.

MuGlobe hotspot mushrooms
ID Location Latitude Longitude Radius (km) Strength Notes
jazz-us-northeast Northeastern US jazz corridor 40.5 -74.0 850.0 1.0 Dense historical and contemporary interconnected professional, community and educational worlds.
jazz-great-lakes Great Lakes and midwestern jazz communities 41.0 -87.0 1150.0 0.91 Chicago, Detroit and connected regional scenes, not isolated urban dots.
jazz-gulf Lower Mississippi and Gulf jazz landscape 30.8 -90.2 880.0 0.88 Formative and continuing community worlds with New Orleans at their centre.
jazz-california California and Pacific jazz corridor 36.0 -120.0 950.0 0.86 Durable independent creative and adopted scenes.
jazz-europe Western and central European jazz networks 49.0 7.0 1700.0 0.86 Substantial local creation, clubs, festivals and listening cultures.
jazz-northern-europe Scandinavian jazz landscapes 59.0 13.0 1200.0 0.8 Independent regional creative and educational worlds.
jazz-japan Japanese jazz corridor 35.5 137.0 1050.0 0.88 Long-established adopted and locally creative jazz culture.
jazz-south-africa South African jazz communities -29.0 26.0 1500.0 0.86 Township, Cape, urban and transnational creative histories.
jazz-brazil Southeastern Brazilian jazz/instrumental worlds -22.0 -44.5 1100.0 0.73 Substantial independent exchange with Brazilian musical languages.
jazz-caribbean Cuban–Puerto Rican jazz landscapes 20.0 -73.0 1250.0 0.76 Afro-Caribbean improvisation, band and Latin-jazz creative worlds.
jazz-australia Southeastern Australian jazz circuits -35.0 146.0 1100.0 0.61 Durable adopted community, professional and educational networks.
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