Different types of jazz

 Early Jazz.
 Big Band & Swing Music.
 Bebop.
 Gypsy Jazz.
 Hard Bop.
 Cool Jazz.
 Modal Jazz.
 Latin Jazz.
Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development, by Gunther Schuller, is a seminal study of jazz
from its origins through the early 1930s, first published in 1968.[1] It has since been
translated into five languages (Italian, French, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish).[2] When it
was published, it was the first volume of a projected two volume history of jazz through the
Swing era. (Schuller died before he could write a promised third volume, on the bebop period
and after.) The book takes an enthusiastic tone to its subject.[3] A notable feature of the
series is transcriptions of jazz performances, which increase its value for the musically
literate.
A big band is a type of musical ensemble of jazz music that usually consists of ten or more
musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section. Big
bands originated during the early 1910s and dominated jazz in the early 1940s when swing was
most popular. The term "big band" is also used to describe a genre of music, although this was
not the only style of music played by big bands.
Big bands started as accompaniment for dancing. In contrast to the typical jazz emphasis on
improvisation, big bands relied on written compositions and arrangements. They gave a greater
role to bandleaders, arrangers, and sections of instruments rather than soloists.
bebop, also called bop, the first kind of modern jazz, which split jazz into two opposing camps
in the last half of the 1940s. The word is an onomatopoeic rendering of a staccato two-tone
phrase distinctive in this type of music. ... Thus the harmonic territory open to the jazz soloist
was vastly increased.
Gypsy jazz is a style of small-group jazz originating from the Romani guitarist Jean "Django"
Reinhardt, in conjunction with the French swing violinist Stéphane Grappelli, as expressed in
their group the Quintette du Hot Club de France.
Hard bop is a subgenre of jazz that is an extension of bebop music. Journalists and record
companies began using the term in the mid-1950s to describe a new current within jazz that
incorporated influences from rhythm and blues, gospel music, and blues, especially in
saxophone and piano playing.
Cool jazz is a style of modern jazz music that arose in the United States after World War II. It
is characterized by relaxed tempos and lighter tone, in contrast to the fast and complex
bebop style. Cool jazz often employs formal arrangements and incorporates elements of
classical music.

Modal jazz is jazz that makes use of musical

modes often modulating among them to
accompany the chords instead of relying on
one tonal center used across the piece.

Latin jazz is a genre of jazz with Latin

American rhythms. The two main categories
are Afro-Cuban jazz, rhythmically based on
Cuban popular dance music, with a rhythm
section employing ostinato patterns or a clave,
and Afro-Brazilian jazz, which includes samba
and bossa nova.