Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Jazz

Subdivisions, per the Wikipedia entry:
Dixieland
Bebop
Big Band
Cool Jazz
Hard Bop
Modal Jazz
Free Jazz
Latin Jazz
Post Bop
Soul Jazz
Fusion
Small Combo
Asian American Jzz
Avant-Garde
Chamber Jazz
Continental Jazz
Gypsy Jazz
Mainstream Jazz
Mini-Jazz
M-Base
Neo-Bop
Orchestral Jazz
Stride
Swing
Third Stream
Traditional Jazz
Tratitional Pop
Vocal Jazz

There are also a wide range of Fusion genres that I'll save for later.

1 comment:

  1. Rock and Roll subdivisions
    (there will be more)...
    Rock and Roll (first wave, early rock and roll)
    Folk Rock
    British Invasion
    Mod Rock
    Garage Rock
    Psych Rock
    Hippy Rock (mainstream version of Psych... there's probably a better name... Freedom Rock, maybe?)
    Country Rock/Cosmic American Music
    Power Pop
    Hard Rock
    Southern Rock
    Funk Rock
    Prog Rock
    Glam Rock
    Folk/Singer-Songwriter
    Heavy Metal
    Punk
    Alt Rock
    Alt Country
    Post-Rock

    Punk subdivisions...
    Punk (first wave, US and UK)
    Hardcore
    Skate Punk
    Emocore
    Agit Prop
    Funk Punk
    Psych Punk/Acid Punk
    Garage Punk/Garage Revival
    Proto-Punk
    Thrash
    No Wave
    Cow Punk
    Rockabilly Revival

    Hardcore Punk
    DC Hardcore
    LA Hardcore
    New York Thrash/Hardcore
    Texas Psych Punk
    Chicago Hardcore
    Midwest Hardcore
    Northwest Hardcore/Grunge
    ...various regional styles

    Heavy Metal Subdivisions
    Heavy Rock/Blues Rock
    New Wave British Metal
    Thrash
    Speed Metal
    Hair Metal/Pop Metal
    Math Rock
    Grindcore
    Doom
    Stoner Metal

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