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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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The Words by Rishni Rishni Music ID: 56166 
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04:21 $5.95 (A) or $34.00 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Soul. Relaxed, Soft/Smooth, Groovy. Electric Piano/Rhodes, Drum Grooves, strings,pads,Saxophone, General Backgrounds... | ||
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TheSwitch by Dennis Palm Music ID: 24975 
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02:12 $9.95 (A) or $49.75 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| A modern Guitar and Piano piece. Light - yet motivated. Uplifting and cheerful............... .......................... | ||
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Time Bomb by Eric Bolvin Music ID: 234356 
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03:54 $12.95 (A) or $39.95 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Bluesy, driving, funky tune featuring guitar and trumpet. Non-stop, wire to wire driving energy.... | ||
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Time Slide by Randy Lamont Jones Music ID: 154404 
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01:32 $1.99 (A) or $4.99 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Funk and smooth jazz track with octave guitars and a driving funky beat.... | ||
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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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Toi et Moi by Dan Foster Music ID: 9506 
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05:17 $59.00 (A) or $79.00 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Fresh & mellow soft jazz piece with trumpet, piano, and stylish sax ala Kenny G. Soulful and sensual.... | ||
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Tommy's Tune by Alan Marchand Music ID: 77371 
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03:26 $9.95 (A) or $49.75 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| "Tommy's Tune" is an up-tempo arrangement (4/4 time, quarter note = 195) that features acoustic piano, vibraphone, and baritone saxophone solos backed by an energetic rhythm section. Our arr... | ||
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Too Heavy For Jazz IS3 by Image Sounds Music ID: 361660 
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02:40 $9.95 (A) or $24.95 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Bizarre, energetic Jazz-Rock with fresh breaks, exciting electric guitar riffs and bass.... | ||
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Trap Jazz Trio by Point Sound Studio Music ID: 336321 
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02:11 $30.00 (A) or $90.00 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Traditional jazz trio of piano, double-bass and drums. Positive and catchy tune, which has lyrical middle part, some swinging rush and then it fastens a lot until the sharp end.... | ||
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Trash Talkin by E L Mahon Music ID: 68942 
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06:43 $25.95 (A) or $75.00 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Kind of a hard hitting instrumental with soprano sax lead. Really cool...... | ||
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Trouble with legs by Chris Winham Music ID: 69001 
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04:50 $100.00 (A) or $100.00 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Quirky Jazz tune with bass and drums intro great for animated short or indy film humorous sophisticated cartoon or art piece... | ||
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Two Glasses Of Melancholy by Sergey Eybog Music ID: 187564 
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01:58 $4.99 (A) or $39.95 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Soft and pensive jazz track filled with bits of melancholy thoughts. Rhodes, walking bass, strings, harp, flute and some synthesizers.... | ||
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Two Jazzmen by Andrew Gleibman Music ID: 114894 
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04:13 $9.95 (A) or $75.00 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Two virtuosic jazz pianists compete, smile, and tease each other with their sounds...... | ||
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ULTIMATE VIBE by Dan Foster Music ID: 53960 
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03:53 $79.00 (A) or $79.00 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Smooth jazz piece featuring solo piano in the style of Dave Grusin, Brian Culberston groovy, melodic, sultry, delicate. mid tempo. great for romance, show, tv series, travel, corporate.... | ||
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Unfolding by Brian Kelly Music ID: 67098 
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04:26 $29.00 (A) or $79.00 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Contemporary jazz piano instrumental. Usage: commercials, infomercials, film, TV, webisodes, internet, lifestyle.... | ||
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UNITED JAM by Dan Foster Music ID: 68912 
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04:00 $69.00 (A) or $89.00 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| Downtempo smoothness full of silky, sultry and jazzy tones chilled out sounds featuring Acoustic, bass, eerie sax riffs to the cool, groovy drumbeat . Excellent for crime scene investigation, spy... | ||
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UnJazz 02 by Eugen Petrov Music ID: 244323 
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04:13 $1.99 (A) or $9.95 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| It's near jazz improvisation by piano, double bass and drum set including electronic effects. 2nd track from UnJazz Album. Created February 25, 2011. Made by samples. ... | ||
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UnJazz 04 by Eugen Petrov Music ID: 244363 
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04:16 $1.99 (A) or $9.95 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| It's near jazz improvisation by piano, double bass and drum set including electronic effects. 4th track from UnJazz Album. Created February 25, 2011. Made by samples. ... | ||
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UnJazz 06 by Eugen Petrov Music ID: 244367 
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03:18 $1.99 (A) or $9.95 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| It's near jazz improvisation by piano, double bass and drum set including electronic effects. 6th track from UnJazz Album. Created February 25, 2011. Made by samples. ... | ||
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UnJazz 08 by Eugen Petrov Music ID: 244370 
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03:15 $1.99 (A) or $9.95 (B) Add to Cart | More Options |
| It's near jazz improvisation by piano, double bass and drum set including electronic effects. 8th track from UnJazz Album. Created February 26, 2011. Made by samples. ... | ||
