jazzstep

English

Etymology

From jazz +‎ -step (“denoting a genre of electronic dance music, especially one influenced by drum and bass”).

Noun

jazzstep (uncountable)

1. (music) A genre of electronic dance music which combines elements of drum and bass and jazz.
   • 1997 August, Tim Haslett, “Bristolian Renaissance”, in CMJ New Music Monthly, volume 48, page 50:

     Tracks such as "Stoned Love" and Die's "Reincarnations" effect a nearly perfect synthesis of Alex Reece/Wax Doctor-esque jazzstep and the rumbling hardstep styles exemplified by outfits like DJ Recordings and Renegade Hardware.

   • 2013, Simon Reynolds, Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture, Faber & Faber, →ISBN:

     Despite having played a big role in the gentrification process with his crusade for 'jazzstep', Fabio railed against the reduction of drum and bass to mere 'wallpaper fodder' by its use in TV links and commercials.

   • 2015 May 12, Xilent [Eryk Jerzy Kowalczyk], quotee, “Xilent on crossing genre boundaries and working with some of the biggest names in pop”, in MusicRadar‎^[1], archived from the original on 2021-06-15:

     I was around 19 when I heard about more VST instruments like Massive and FM8, and the first track I actually made after the punk rock phase was this jazzstep jungle song - a liquid funk piece that was so badly done; the drums were just a loop I found online and so on.

   • 2015 August 24, “The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s”, in Pitchfork‎^[2], archived from the original on 2022-12-15:

     In wistful instrumental stretches the song slides into an extended keyboard solo of unexpected (even for Womack & Womack) minimalism and economy, a slow jazzstep in zero gravity.

   • 2018, Bill Kandiliotis, The Blood Ring, →ISBN:

     Jazzstep plays in the background, a five-year-old classic, 'Gyrating to the Rhythm' by Two Evil Uncles.