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The term Mainstream Jazz was coined by
critic Stanley Dance to describe the type of music that
trumpeter Buck Clayton and his contemporaries (veterans of the
swing era) were playing in the 1950s. Rather than modernize
their styles and play bop or join Dixieland bands (which some
did on a part-time basis in order to survive), the former
big-band stars (which included players like Coleman Hawkins,
Lester Young, Harry "Sweets" Edison, and Roy Eldridge) jammed
standards and riff tunes in smaller groups. Mainstream,
which was fairly well documented in the 1950s, was completely
overshadowed by other styles in the '60s and its original
players gradually passed away. However with the rise of tenor
saxophonist Scott Hamilton and trumpeter Warren Vache in the
1970s, as well as the beginning of the Concord label (which
emphasized the music), mainstream jazz made a comeback. ~
Scott Yanow
