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Jazz 101 Style
Crossover
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Crossover jazz is a contemporary phenomenon that has returned
jazz music to the spotlight, albeit at a price that gives many jazz purists
cause for serious concern. Contemporary instrumental music, as well as jazz-rock
fusion and contemporary funk, are in essence jazz-inflected styles of popular
music that might feature a limited amount of improvisation, but are far from
devoted to the accepted conventions of jazz as their primary purpose. Critics
sometimes forget, however, that what essentially amounts to popular instrumental
music has been a constant component of jazz for decades. Most recently, this trend
has been manifested by trumpeter Chuck Mangione in the 1970s, and onetime saxophone
session man Kenny G in the 1980s and 1990s. By some accounts, Kenny G has become
the best-selling instrumental artist of all time. Other hugely popular crossover
jazz artists include Grover Washington, Jr., David Sanborn, and Pat Metheny. Crossover
jazz styles have also grown to include variations of acid jazz, ambient, trip-hop and forms of hip-hop.
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Traditional
