In the late 1940's and 1950's cool jazz evolved directly from bop. Essentially it was a mixture of bop with certain aspects of swing that had been overlooked or temporarily discarded. Dissonances were smoothed out, tones were softened, arrangements became important again and the rhythm section's accents were less jarring. Because some of the key pacesetters of the style (many of whom were studio musicians) were centered in Los Angeles, it was nicknamed "West Coast Jazz." Some of the recordings were experimental in nature (hinting at classical music) while some overarranged sessions were bland but in general this was a viable and popular style. By the late 1950's hard bop from the East Coast ...
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A cool, atmospheric jazz tune. Inspired by 60's cool jazz - swingin' chords with tasty vibes and flute - smooth but soft lead guitar with beat laying bongos. Mad Men, Advertising, Drama. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
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Hip Retro Cool Jazz. Muted trumpet, upright bass, piano, pad and jazz kit percussion. | Usage: full piece composed to be looped or edited for Mobile Games, Flash Games & Advertising, Title Card and Gameplay. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
Cool little tune with Guitar & Vibes swinging blues theme good for lounge jazz bar sophisticated bar scene TV Movie background or incidental mood music with other applications like walking style attitude swaggering high spirits along with colorful dynamics hot & cool expression Romantic with Humor, Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
Muted trumpet and hammond organ start this 50's style atmospheric jazz/blues/song. Then a female vocal in a torch song mode completes this late night New York vibe in a 1950's track. Sexy, smoky bar or lounge, mellow romantic scenes, tough love, hotel piano bar, film-noir, mellow laid back vibe. Female Vocals, Jazz, Lounge Jazz Vocals
Cool, quirky, sexy, and a bit strange. Think of “Twin Peaks” music. This cool jazz instrumental features drums, upright bass, piano, vibes, and flute. Perfect track for Film Noir. Rainy streets in black and white. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
cool jazz quartet with clarinet lead. Melody is light and playful. Nice B section release with piano improve. 4/4 meter and multiple keys moving in circle. Background Lounge traditional jazz cinema TV good for light comedy theme or friends walking in Central Park. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
A supremely smooth and hip jazz track with a very happy overall feeling to it. Perfect for any project that is looking for that smooth and romantic feeling. Sounds like Miles Davis. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
Vintage upright bass is on the case fingering some fine and fickle runs and riffs reminiscent of the 40's and 50's but still very relevant for contemporary uses such as Ads, TV, Film, Documentaries, or even certain sports applications. The uniques sound of the instrument makes it highly memorable. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
Vintage '60's jazz track featuring the Hammond B3 with tenor sax and muted trumpet. Think late-night, dark, smoky jazz club, glasses tinkling, etc. Movie TV Documentary, Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
Upbeat whimsical waltz that features flute, piano, and vibes. Perfect for background play for a romantic dinner, relaxing, or luxury automobile ride. Great for romance, travel channel, upscale commercial play. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
Quirky jazz piece that features tenor sax, vibes, piano, and synth. For the unexpected, peculiar or the oddball. Works well for a surreal night scene for the bizarre beatnik hipster. Crime drama, The Detective. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
Alto Saxophone led catchy West Coast Cool Jazz style. Inspired by John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Wes Montgomery. In particular look to the recording artists of the 'Blue Note' label between 1958-1964. A groovy hammond organ underlines the record in Lonnie Smith style and great hook on the Saxophone. Instrumental, Jazz, Acid Jazz
Alto Saxophone led catchy West Coast Cool Jazz style. Inspired by John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Wes Montgomery. In particular look to the recording artists of the 'Blue Note' label between 1958-1964. A groovy hammond organ underlines the record in Lonnie Smith style and great hook on the Saxophone. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
Dark and smoky jazz tune with a film-noir feel. Sleazy speakeasies, gumshoes on the case, red-dress vixens in cocktail bars, cigarettes in the alleyway. Great for bringing a classic kind of cool to television, advertisements, video games. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
Cool, mysterious, jazz blues piece featuring vibes, jazz guitar lead & real Jazz rhythm section with brushes on drums & bass. A classy downtown feel with nice easy going tempo. Romance, Mystery, Confidence, Class, Sophistication, understated. Real jazz band sound, featuring all real instruments. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
Moody free style guitar and piano Jazz full of emotion, Wandering the city streets with all life passing you by, high rise cityscape at night, thinking about difficult decisions love, regret, hope, following clues trying to work it all out. Cool chilled Jazz for deep thoughts Improvised live feel. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
Dark and rainy city streets in a Film Noir setting. This Cool Jazz instrumental features brush drums, finger snaps, upright bass, piano, horns, with trumpet and alto sax on the melody. Has a classic retro sound to it with jazz changes with a bit of dissonance. Very alluring, hip, and cool. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
Into the rainy black and white world of Film Noir. This jazzy, sultry instrumental track is very “Twin Peaks” inspired. It features brush drums, upright bass, Rhodes electric piano, vibes, and flute on lead. The first pass has no melody, but the second pass does. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
This is the city at night in the film noir world. Foggy, and rainy, walking alone. This Miles Davis influenced jazz piece features brush drums, upright bass, guitar, piano, and that signature muted trumpet sound. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
Some retro cool jazz. Big city, night out on the town hitting the clubs. This jazz instrumental track has all of the elements, brush drums, upright bass, piano, and mellow jazz guitar. Very cool, very hip. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
Twilight falls on the city, and the night is about to begin. This Cool Jazz-Waltz has almost a Film Noir vibe to it. Featuring drums, upright bass, piano, vibes, lush strings, and a Miles Davis style trumpet on the lead. Very much in the style of 1950's urban soundtracks. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
A very cool jazz, big band track. This jazz waltz instrumental features brush drums, piano, upright bass, and horns. Very smooth and laid back. Great for theme music, or background for an upscale urban setting. Chicago, New York, Las Vegas. Has a bit of a retro sound to it. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
Slow food-show restaurant underscore jazz band song smokey bluesy nice cool style. Band with trumpet trombone and sax. With a blues feel this track gives a calm nice groove. Order good food and settle down with this soft tune. A melody a improvisation and a melody again with a nice ending. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
CLASSICAL BLUES: Instrumental jazz track featuring hollow body electric guitar on lead, accompanied by brush drums and upright bass. Cool, mellow, 1960's feel with a jazzy swing and a theme in a minor key that resembles classical music with a bluesy edge. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
A lounge jazz piano piece in a Bill Evans style. Stir the rocks in your cocktail, take a sip, and sit back and listen. Also available with trumpet. Instrumental, Jazz, Lounge Jazz Piano
Funny title but a tribute to Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane Alla 50's 60's Jazz blues outside the box with a little bit of bassoon hits instead of traditional brass accentuation giving it an avante-garde feel while remaining compositional. Good for nostalgia TV theme or slutty scene for film60, Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
The scene could open on a beautiful, sexy girl in black silk stockings; or a ruffled private detective on route to meet a prospective client in LA. This is the music of "film noir", and it sets the scene for cool, cynical, smart action, danger and maybe even a quick romance. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
A cool take on Dave Brubeck's Take Five! A smooth and sexy jazz track in 5/4 time signature with cool jazz brush drums, and a powerful piano bass jazzy riff. Great for jazz bars, jazz clubs, and for evoking that cool jazz sound of the 30s and 40s. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
Dave Brubeck was the King of Cool Jazz his Take Five is part of every modern Jazz instrumentalists training It sounds as modern and cool today as it did when he composed it. His music has that timeless quality and ideal for films videos games that need arts this is a perfect art gallery track muzak, Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz, Frederic Chopin
Smooth jazz with a slightly retro lounge style. Warm jazz piano, downtempo groove, kitch and cool production, feelgood vibes. Great for summer holildays, lazy days, chilling and enjoying life, relax, Old Time Swing, jazz cartoon, Like a walk in the park, joyful. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
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Secret agent, spy, private investigator, whatever you call them, they all need a jazzy theme. Here it is - a big band track that just says... cool and confident. Instrumental, Jazz, Dramatic Jazz
A smooth, and laid-back Cool Jazz instrumental track. It features drums, upright bass, piano, vibes, strings, with trumpet on the melody. Inspired by the early jazz sounds of Miles Davis and others in the genre. Great track for background music in a club or restaurant, or source music. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
A classic, retro big band instrumental cool jazz track. Has a bit of a Mancini sound to it. It features drums, upright bass, piano Saxes, Trombones, and Trumpets. Film Noir, commercials, docs. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
Jazz standard, electric guitar in the main role, drums with brushes, piano and double bass in the accompaniment. Quiet and discreet. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
Think instrumental Dean Martin or Frank Sinatra, cool swing drums, swinging guitars and dance hall piano, very old school sounding, very sombre yet uplifting. takes you back and makes you dream, perfect for so many projects. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
Smooth jazz piece with drums, upright bass and piano/keys with other effects lending an avant garde, improvised feel. Suitable for an upmarket heist, sophistication and friends in high places with swinging comedy. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
West 3rd street is a driving jazz song in 7/8. Mute trumpet and tenor saxophone with piano bass and drums. Suitable for City, traffic, travel, stressed people, on the way, cars, detective, crime, shadow a person, escape, film noir, jazz club. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
A sophisticated swinging jazz track, light and easy. Drums, stand-up bass, rhythm jazzy lead guitar and piano. Has a bit of a retro private detective sound to it. Well suited for the movie documentary projects about early 20th century in the U. S. prohibition law, gangsters. Secret Agents, Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
Simple jazz tune with a catchy groovy bass line. Very determined and powerful this piece of music has a great pace suggesting someone's walking on the street without being bothered with others presence. Great for film, documentary and video games. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
Jazzy Mist is a blend of electronic chill out music with a jazz guitar solo improvisation. A deep bass with a steady rhythm with ambient sound, combined with misty and mysterious electronic sounds and a guitar solo. Appropriate for lounge bars/hotels, easy listening or mysterious night life videos. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
