That, in essence, is what a jazz band does. They all know the tune beforehand, and the responsibilities of their chosen instruments. The piano, guitar, bass and drums, while all able to fill the ...

The rhythm tends to be more complex than that of soul music. Jazz funk adds electric instruments and effects to more traditional acoustic instruments such as sax and trumpet that feature in jazz.

A lynchpin in the development of jazz, Davis loved experimentation. His early bands included unusual instruments and later work paved the way for jazz fusion in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

To stand at the back of the hall is to be only 20 or so feet from the band. The wooden walls are washed out. Even the instruments used by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, founded with the hall in ...