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Ethnic Jazz

Time Period: 1959 to present

Style characteristics and performance practices:
  1. Draws heavily on the identifiable musical characteristics of other ethnic musics
  2. Utilizes the melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic characteristics of other ethnic musics
  3. Uses the compositions of other ethnic musics
  4. Makes use of the instruments, instrumental concepts, and often the musical philosophy of other ethnic musics

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