♪ Genres · 38 genres
Jazz Genres
38 genres, 1479 genre tags on 1374 reviewed albums
Every genre with 5 or more albums reviewed on Vinyl Standard, as the reviews file them: 38 genres, from Hard Bop (419 records) down. Each genre page lists every reviewed record in it by year, with the artists and labels behind them.
38Genres
1374Reviewed albums
5Record minimum
By genre
Most reviewed first. The number is how many reviewed albums carry that genre; the years are the span of those records. A record can carry more than one.
- Hard Bop1953–2017 419
- Post-Bop1959–2025 163
- Soul Jazz1958–2016 125
- Cool Jazz1951–1988 89
- Bebop1949–1986 69
- Jazz Orchestra1951–1989 53
- Avant-Garde1956–2018 52
- Jazz Fusion1969–2005 42
- Japanese Jazz1958–2018 41
- Vocal Jazz1950–2025 33
- Jazz-Funk1970–2022 32
- Big Band1954–2008 27
- Standards1955–2016 23
- Swing1951–1982 23
- Free Jazz1961–2014 22
- Electric Jazz1969–1989 21
- West Coast Jazz1955–1986 20
- Ballads1955–1995 17
- Funk1965–2006 17
- Piano Trio1951–2021 17
- Modal Jazz1958–2019 16
- Mainstream Jazz1960–2016 15
- Bossa Nova1962–2008 14
- Solo Piano1956–2019 14
- Blues1953–1997 13
- Latin Jazz1952–2021 12
- Contemporary Jazz1980–2019 11
- Release1979–2019 10
- Spiritual Jazz1965–2021 10
- Japanese Jazz-Pop1969–1972 9
- Japanese Fusion1979–1983 8
- Pop1955–1985 7
- Songbook1953–1962 7
- Gospel1960–1997 6
- Guitar Trio1977–1981 6
- Traditional Jazz1951–1957 6
- Soul1970–1978 5
- Third Stream1955–1966 5
The genre is whatever the review’s category line says, which is the reviewer’s filing, not a taxonomy. Spellings are folded (Post Bop and Post-Bop are one page) and format words such as live or compilation are not genres. Genres under 5 reviewed records have no page yet.