HISTORY OF JAZZ:
Pre-Jazz
Ragtime
Dixieland
Tin Pan Alley
Boogie-Woogie
Swing
Dance Bands
BeBop
Cool
Hard Bop
West Coast
Free Jazz
Bossa Nova
Rock Fusion
Neobop
Soul Jazz
Latin Jazz
World Fusion
Pop Jazz
Modern Creative
Contemporary Jazz
Retro-Swing

JAZZ SLANG:
Jazz Slang

JAZZ DICTONARY:
Jazz Dictonary

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Iambic pentameter: A type of poet consisting of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one, with of these combinations in each line of poetry.

Improvise: To perform music that is made up ("created") at the moment, not memory or from written music; a manner of playing extemporaneously.

Instrumentation: The different types of instruments making up an ensemble.