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Today, I get to talk about my favorite movement in jazz music. Cool jazz! This movement, which occurred during the 1940s and ’50s, had a huge effect on jazz in general.
Okay, so in the movement before cool jazz, the music was faster and more aggressive. It consisted of instruments like saxophones and trumpets to give the music a more raging sound. Cool jazz changed this. It had a classical European influence that promoted the use of instruments that had never had a home in jazz before, like flutes and tubas. These instruments added something new to the music: a lighter, softer sound. Because of this softer sound, jazz bands started having more players and became mid-sized orchestrated groups.
Also, cool jazz put a greater focus on the individual musician. Miles Davis is sort of seen as the first cool jazz icon. He recorded Birth of the Cool with his band. With this recording came the individual recognition of Miles Davis. Before, people pretty much attended jazz concerts to dance. But with cool jazz, they came to hear specific musicians like Davis.