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Contemporary Jazz
Contemporary Jazz is essentially a catch-all term for the various permutations of popular, mainstream jazz of the 1980s and '90s. While those years were certainly not devoid of complex, cerebral jazz recordings, music referred to as contemporary jazz does not usually share those sensibilities, nor is the term generally used to describe music centered around hard bop or the avant-garde. Instead, instrumental contemporary jazz is usually informed by some combination of a) fusion -- often slickly produced, with an emphasis on rock and funk rhythms; b) pop-jazz, with its almost exclusive concentration on memorable melodies; c) smooth jazz, with its primary goal of creating pleasant, mellow textures; and d) crossover jazz and contemporary funk, with their blend of polished production and R&B influences. Not all contemporary jazz artists completely discard improvisation and challenging experimentation, but by and large, most instrumentalists emphasize shiny production, melody, and accessibility. In the realm of vocal jazz, artists may or may not possess an improvisational flair, but in most cases, their recordings attempt to evoke an aura of stylish sophistication, sometimes drawing upon pop and R&B in addition to jazz. More in Jazz: Acid Jazz | Ballads - Jazz | Bebop & Straight Ahead | Big Band & Swing | Blues | Contemporary Jazz | Cool | Dixieland | Fusion | Latin Jazz | New Orleans / Second Line | Smooth Jazz Sort by: Newest | Oldest | Alphabetical 
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Street Acid by Chee Wei Tay Music ID: 1252 
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02:31 $8.99 (A) or $50.00 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| A smooth, fun acid jazz piece, suitable for underscores... | ||
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3 Point Landing by Victor Spiegel Music ID: 1369 
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06:32 $16.27 (A) or $50.00 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Fast jazzy trio... | ||
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Spanish Haiku for Julia by Gene Shimosato Music ID: 1896 
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02:40 $6.99 (A) or $34.95 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Rubato tone poem by a jazz quintet.... | ||
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Now, Parting by Gene Ess Music ID: 1905 
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03:03 $7.91 (A) or $39.55 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| A sound canvas for guitar. With the great Rashied Ali(John Coltrane renown).... | ||
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Cocktail Party by Matthew Shaker Music ID: 2137 
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01:02 $20.00 (A) or $35.00 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Lively, sophisticated, and sure to please. 'Cocktail Party' is suitable for any commercial or film sequence requiring a 'welcome to the event' kind of feeling. Easily editable.... | ||
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Juju by Victor Spiegel Music ID: 2372 
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02:08 $5.71 (A) or $50.00 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Dark, percussive, fighting for his life, Can't someone help? Brass, percussion.... | ||
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5/4 Moon by Brian Russell Music ID: 2925 
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02:29 $7.50 (A) or $35.00 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| A jazzy 5/4 tune with vibes taking the melody and drums that really begin to drive about a minute in. For Custom Music, email brian@productionmax.com... | ||
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Dream City Chase by Jorn Lavoll Music ID: 3081 
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02:50 $29.95 (A) or $44.49 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Bad guys chasing the good guys to this very funky acid-jazz track. ... | ||
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Shady Business by Shohei Urata Music ID: 3563 
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00:24 $2.00 (A) or $50.00 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Slow tempo, jazz trio with sneaky, suspicious, shady feeling.... | ||
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Jazz Jam by Stephen Bashaw Music ID: 3739 
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05:03 $59.95 (A) or $59.95 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Contemporary upbeat jazz.... | ||
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Jazz Smoothie by Stephen Bashaw Music ID: 3740 
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02:51 $59.95 (A) or $59.95 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Contemporary jazz.... | ||
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Rain day by David Alford Music ID: 4185 
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03:02 $7.87 (A) or $39.35 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Rain day, is a jazzy instrumental, highlighted by an electric piano and Jazz electric guitar melody. Perfect backing track for film, or product endorsement.... | ||
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Ghost Train by Karl Kalbaugh Music ID: 5094 
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02:24 $10.00 (A) or $25.00 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Chugging midtempo groove, rhythm guitar, blues guitar and brass. This one is a smooth bluesy ride... worth the listen... | ||
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Right Way by Andrew J Dorsett Music ID: 6885 
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04:03 $9.00 (A) or $29.00 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Groovy piece featuring Acoustic Piano. Nu Jazz. Funky keyboards. Driving drums. Good for car commercial.... | ||
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Night Walk by Nik Chinook Music ID: 7059 
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09:32 $79.99 (A) or $79.99 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Epic in every sense. Nearly ten minutes of Metheny-like magic. Massive landscapes of sound, exhillirating rhythms, haunting ambient bridge and a stunning latin carnival climax! A whole soundtrack in... | ||
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Time was... by Nik Chinook Music ID: 7062 
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05:00 $59.99 (A) or $59.99 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Chilled, laid back and emotive. Sound textures and delightful interplay between bluesy soprano sax and piano, underscored by hip beat breaks. This is cool, rhythmic and eligiac all at once!... | ||
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Maui tribal by Jim Rieder Music ID: 7094 
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00:53 $6.00 (A) or $25.00 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| A short trip to Maui. Tremelo guitar lead over Hawaiian drums. Minor chord changes with a haunting melody. Also available on the PT World tour-1 CD... | ||
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Car Trouble by Daniel Domanico Music ID: 7116 
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05:25 $29.95 (A) or $79.95 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Grooves and motives are packaged in elements of straight ahead jazz and fusion.... | ||
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Morning Glory by Krystal Chastin Music Music ID: 7538 
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03:46 $27.50 (A) or $55.00 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Sax and guitar have a chat about green tea. Light and easy going jazz ala the weather channel.... | ||
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Morning Glory_underscore by Krystal Chastin Music Music ID: 7543 
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03:44 $27.50 (A) or $55.00 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Sax and guitar have a chat about green tea. Light and easy going jazz ala the weather channel.... | ||
