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jazz-rock

American  
[jaz-rok] / ˈdʒæzˌrɒk /

noun

  1. music that combines elements of both jazz and rock and is usually performed on amplified electric instruments.


Etymology

Origin of jazz-rock

First recorded in 1965–70


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The music legend sold more than 40 million records and helped shape the sound of jazz-rock in a career that started in the streets of Toronto and led to major stages like Woodstock.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

Clayton-Thomas joined the jazz-rock band Blood, Sweat & Tears in 1968, becoming a crucial members of what became one of most popular groups of the late 1960s.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

Chicago had long since made its name as a swinging jazz-rock outfit when Foster came onboard for a creative and commercial reboot led by him and the band’s singer, Peter Cetera.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2024

In 1970, Blood, Sweat & Tears, the enormously popular nine-piece jazz-rock group, undertook a tour of Yugoslavia, Romania and Poland under the aegis of the U.S.

From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2023

Ms. Sloane made a few small-label recordings, but her understated approach was out of step with the era of disco music and jazz-rock fusion.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 24, 2023

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