
Jazz Repertory
Concurrent with smooth jazz, some seasoned musicians such as Dexter Gordon (saxophonist), Johnny Griffin (saxophonist), and Ron Carter (bassist) became interested in jazz styles before fusion and jazz-rock. They and others began to return to jazz just after WWII, such as bebop, cool, and hard bop (i.e., 1945 to mid 1960s). Moreover, younger musicians, influenced by Wynton Marsalis and his projects at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, began to include jazz styles from its beginning through the 1960s in their studies and performances, namely New Orleans jazz, ragtime, blues, swing, bebop, cool, and hard bop. The purpose is to help raise social consciousness and awareness regarding the proper placement of jazz as a valuable American genre worthy of the same level that classical music receives in Europe. Therefore, as a methodology for furthering the study and performance of jazz, this section will include selected pieces and performance practices that best represent musical elements and techniques of styles before the 1970s. No matter what, by 1980, jazz musicians began to pursue jazz innovations as a way of, as Southern says, "…expressing its [their] concept of how jazz should be freed of its shackles" (Southern 1997, 572).
Groups and individuals responsible for leading the charge include the following SIDE NOTEAlthough the goal is to show original videos of these artists from the 1980s or 1990s, at times the author has included other sources due to availability or because he considered certain documentaries to be more informative:
1. Modern Jazz Quartet, known for combining elements of classical with jazz, thus forming a "third stream"

"Django"(John Lewis), Modern Jazz Quartet in London
2. Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, centered on experimentation started by Muhal Richard Abram

A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music [ 00:00-00:00 ]
3. The World Saxophone Quartet, a group that focused on individual virtuosic solos

World Saxophone Quartet Berlin 1987
4. Pianist Geri Allen, who, in addition to being a professional performing musician and bandleader, was also an associate professor at Pittsburg University

Lenny White (drums) - Geri Allen: Feed The Fire - 1987 [ 00:00-00:00 ]
5. Guitarist Stanley Jordan, who developed a stunning style of guitar playing that entailed tapping on the guitar neck (as seen in the following video)

Stanley Jordan Trio / Autumn Leaves (1991) [ 00:00-00:00 ]
6. Saxophonist Bradford Marsalis, of the musical Marsalis family, who, in addition to being a professional performing musician and bandleader, led The Tonight Show Band from 1992 to 1995

Branford Marsalis Quartet - Cianna (Live) [ 00:00-00:00 ]
7. Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, of the musical Marsalis family, who was the artistic director of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, a professional performing musician, and bandleader

Wynton Marsalis Jazz in Marciac 2009
8. Percussionist and bandleader Thelonius Monk, Jr., son of famous bebop pianist Thelonius Monk

T.S. MONK at International Jazz 2014