Jazz Images

From photographs of jazz artists (famous or otherwise) to abstract art representing the jazz concept, from the word "jazz" in graphic design to T-shirts, posters, postcards, bumper stickers, other products etc. Great images for anyone who loves jazz!

What is jazz? The word "Jazz" was first used in about 1915 in Chicago. Jazz is a musical style which began to appear from about the beginning of the 20th Century in the Southern United States, and had influences from both Africa and Europe.

Jazz is a very popular form of music around the world today, and has sub-styles including swing, trad. jazz, be-bop, cool jazz, jazz-fusion, ragtime, jazz-rock, new cool, stride, and many others. Jazz has been a huge influence on many other musical styles including classical music, with composers such as Stravinsky, Gershwin and Copeland being obviously influenced by jazz to varying degrees.

What is jazz imagery? Jazz images represent jazz in various ways, such as photographs of jazz artists or abstract representations of the concept of jazz, or the word "jazz" used in graphic designs. They can vary from intense images representing the nervous energy of be-bop, to cool relaxed images representing the more laid-back jazz styles, from old black-and-white photographs of famous early jazz artists, to pure abstract art relating to the concept of jazz.

The word jazz is a great word to use in imagery as it is fairly short and has interesting shapes.

Jazz performers have been widely photographed, from early trad-jazz greats to little-known fusion artists and everything in between. Photographs of jazz artists can be processed to change them in various ways.

Jazz abstracts:- abstract or semi-abstract art somehow representing the concept of jazz in some way, sometimes including recognizable elements such as jazz performers, instruments or notation, or sometimes purely abstract.

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