What makes jazz great?

Improvisation
Charlie Christian – “Waiting For Benny”

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Composition
Duke Ellington – “Concerto For Cootie”

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Blues feeling
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers – “Moanin'”

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Romance
Count Basie – “Lil Darlin'”

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Effortless virtuosity
Clifford Brown and Max Roach – “Joy Spring”

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Reinterpreting pop music
Miles Davis – “Someday My Prince Will Come

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Funk
Herbie Hancock – “Fat Albert Rotunda”

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Soul-searching and inner flight
John Coltrane – “Venus”

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