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cool jazz

sub-genre of jazz associated with the U.S. West Coast
Intangible music_genre Q327547
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cool jazz

Summary

cool jazz is a music genre[1]. It draws 1,057 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #227 of 1,946).[2]

Key Facts

  • cool jazz's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • cool jazz is a type of jazz[4].
  • cool jazz's country of origin is recorded as United States[5].
  • January 1, 1948 marks the founding of cool jazz[6].
  • cool jazz's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cool jazz[7].

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Definition and Type

cool jazz's instance of is recorded as music genre[3]. It is a type of jazz[4].

Origins

January 1, 1948 marks the founding of cool jazz[6].

Why It Matters

cool jazz draws 1,057 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #227 of 1,946).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → United States
    Subclass of → jazz
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 29986, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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