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Modal Jazz genre — history, bands and artists

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Geography of Modal Jazz

Where the artists of the genre come from and where it is on the radio

Landmark albums of Modal Jazz

Studio albums that listeners most often call this genre

Kind of Blue1959
Kind of BlueMiles Davis
Africa/Brass1961
Africa/BrassJohn Coltrane Quartet
Bach / Coltrane2007
Bach / ColtraneBach, Coltrane; Raphaël Imbert Project
Maiden Voyage1965
Maiden VoyageHerbie Hancock
Empyrean Isles1964
Empyrean IslesHerbie Hancock
Lee Morgan1972
Lee MorganLee Morgan
Jazz Impressions of Japan1964
Jazz Impressions of JapanThe Dave Brubeck Quartet
1964
Idle MomentsGrant Green

Modal Jazz by year

How many studio albums of the genre came out each year

Peak — the 1960s10 albums in all

Artists of Modal Jazz

The most listened artists of the genre and its subgenres: the bigger the name, the more listeners

Overview

Genre relations

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Subgenres

Subgenres or what Modal Jazz is divided into

Origins

Genres from which Modal Jazz originated

Parent genre

Modal Jazz is a subgenre, i.e. a narrower direction of these styles

Derived genres

Genres that evolved from Modal Jazz

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