[Dixielandjazz] Straight Ahead Jazz

[Stephen Barbone]

As used in the Northeast part of the USA, (I think) "Straight Ahead"
Jazz is a post swing, pre bop style of jazz. Like the music of Lester
Young, Ben Webster, Most of Coleman Hawkins, Paul Desmond, Johnny
Hodges. Big Band stuff like Count Basie in the late 50s and afterwards.
Hard to define exactly, but not bop or anything that was newly developed
thereafter. Sometimes probably misnamed "Small Band Swing"

Many quartets / trios do it today by jazzing up Gershwin, Kern, McHugh
and others.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone