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• Shibuya-kei

  Shibuya-kei (渋谷系) is a sub-genre of Japanese pop music which originated in the Shibuya district of Tokyo. It is best described as a mix between jazz, pop, and electropop. Shibuya-kei gained popularity from the Japanese music corner of some foreign-affiliated retail music chains in Shibuya (Tower...

• Jazz rap

  Jazz rap is a sub-genre of hip hop which incorporates jazz influences, developed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The lyrics are often based on political consciousness, Afrocentricity, and general positivism. Allmusic writes that the genre "was an attempt to fuse African-American music of the...

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• Modern Creative

  Modern Creative is a genre of jazz that combines older genres like bop, free, and fusion, with contemporary musical styles such as funk, pop, and rock. Allmusic defines it as: "Continuing the tradition of the '50s to '60s free-jazz mode, Modern Creative musicians may incorporate free playing into...

• Afro-jazz

  Afro-jazz refers to jazz music which has been heavily influenced by African music. The music took elements of marabi, swing and American jazz and synthesized this into a unique fusion. The first band to really achieve this synthesis was the South African band Jazz Maniacs founded by Solomon Cele...

• Smooth jazz

  Smooth jazz is a genre of music that grew out of jazz fusion and is influenced by R&B;, funk, rock, and pop music styles (separately, or, in any combination). Modern derivatives of the genre include the more-recent New Adult Contemporary format of broadcast radio. "Smooth jazz" has been successful...