Description: Cool jazz is a style of jazz music that emerged in the late 1940s and early 1950s in the United States. It is characterized by a more subdued, relaxed, and understated approach compared to the frenetic energy of bebop. Cool jazz often features lighter textures, slower tempos, and a focus on melodic improvisation. Musicians associated with cool jazz include Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Chet Baker, and Gerry Mulligan. The style became popular as a contrast to the intensity of bebop and contributed to the development of modal jazz and other subgenres in the 1950s and 1960s.
