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chamber jazz

Last updated: Wed Oct 22 2025 09:47:39 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time)

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Chamber jazz blends the intimate, conversational interplay of small classical ensembles with jazz's improvisational spirit and harmonic sophistication. It emphasizes careful arrangements, nuanced dynamics, and acoustic textures over traditional jazz's louder, more rhythmic drive. The style often incorporates global influences and contemporary classical techniques, creating contemplative music that rewards close listening.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
41		1962	Modern Jazz Quartet	Blues on Bach	jazz
92		1969-11-15	Brigitte Fontaine	Comme à la Radio	chamber jazz french	french pop # 16
54		1972	Herbie Mann	Concerto Grosso In D Blues	chamber jazz orchestral
100		1973	Hareton Salvanini	S.P. 73	baroque pop chamber jazz classical crossover jazz-funk mpb orchestral soul jazz	baroque pop # 40 orchestral # 82 jazz-funk # 84 classical crossover # 96 soul jazz # 100
90		1974	Eberhard Weber	The Colours Of Chloë	jazz
95		1977	Henri Texier	Varech	chamber jazz spiritual jazz	spiritual jazz # 95
27		1979	Milt Jackson	Soul Believer	chamber jazz jazz vocal jazz
35		1979	Tom Van Der Geld	Out patients	chamber jazz vibraphone
87		1985	Oregon	Crossing	avant-folk chamber jazz fusion instrumental jazz fusion oregon	avant-folk # 21 oregon # 97
91		1986	Kronos Quartet	Music Of Bill Evans with special guest Eddie Gomez & Jim Hall	chamber jazz
98		1988	Penguin Cafe Orchestra	Penguin Café Orchestra	chamber jazz contemporary classical
76		1989	Ralph Towner	City of Eyes	chamber jazz
58		1990	Steve Nelson	Full Nelson	chamber jazz contemporary jazz vibraphone
15		1991	Peter Knight	Crossed and Recrossed	chamber jazz contemporary classical contemporary jazz jazz minimalism
9		1993	Mokave	Volume 2	chamber jazz post-bop
73		1993	Carla Bley	Andando el Tiempo	chamber jazz jazz
49		1995	Double Trio	Green Dolphy Suite	chamber jazz jazz
80		1998	Dave Douglas	Charms of the Night Sky	chamber jazz contemporary jazz drumless jazz	drumless # 47
62		1998-03	John Zorn	Masada - The Circle Maker	avant-garde jazz chamber jazz klezmer
14		1999	Wynton Marsalis	A Fiddler's Tale	chamber jazz spoken word
4		2000	Achim Kaufmann	Double Exposure	chamber jazz post-bop
36		2000	Stars Like Fleas	Took the Ass for a Drive	art rock avant-folk chamber jazz post-rock
65		2000	John Zorn	Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10	chamber jazz klezmer
51		2002	Esa Pethman	The Modern Sound of Finland	chamber jazz jazz post-bop
33		2002	Edward Simon, John Patitucci & Eric Harland	The Process
89		2003-06-02	Paddy McAloon	I Trawl The Megahertz	ambient chamber jazz
77		2003-07-28	Talk Talk	Introducing... Talk Talk	art pop chamber jazz progressive pop sophisti-pop
7		2004-07-27	Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant	Séances	avant-garde jazz chamber jazz jazz
81		2005	Eberhard Weber	The Colors Of Chloe	jazz
57		2005-12-21	Denny Zeitlin	Time Remembers One Time Once	chamber jazz contemporary jazz jazz piano
17		2006	Else Marie Pade	Sange fra en væg	chamber jazz
71		2007	Anat Cohen	Quartetinho	chamber jazz jazz
38		2008	Gabriele Mirabassi	Velho Retrato	chamber jazz jazz
61		2008-03-18	Bar Kokhba Sextet	Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10	chamber jazz klezmer
75		2008-03-18	Bar Kokhba	Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10	avant-garde jazz chamber jazz jazz jazz fusion klezmer
37		2008-10-17	Arild Andersen / Paolo Vinaccia / Tommy Smith	Live At Belleville	chamber jazz post-bop
20		2009	Ramo	Ramo	brazil chamber jazz latin jazz world fusion
52		2009	Colin Cannon	McGolrick	chamber jazz contemporary jazz
6		2010	Gabriel Zufferey	Après L'orage	chamber jazz post-bop
39		2011-04	Oprachina	OPRA CHINA	avant-garde jazz bass contemporary jazz double bass european jazz instrumental jazz chillout jazz saxophone modern jazz	jazz bass # 7 jazz saxophone # 47 double bass # 88 european jazz # 95
74		2011-04	Oprachina	Oprachina	contemporary jazz european jazz bass jazz chamber jazz drum europe instrumental italiana	oregon # 35 double bass # 38 drum # 64 european jazz # 99
16		2011-05-17	Jonathan & Corentin Aussems	Idegael	chamber jazz contemporary classical france world fusion
25		2011-09-24	Démodé	Le Parole Al Vento	chamber jazz contemporary jazz folk instrumental jazz
59		2011-11-21	Golfam Khayam	Narrante	chamber jazz clarinet classical farsi iran iranian jazz persian	clarinet # 37
11		2013	Alec Wilder	Music For Lost Souls And Wounded Birds	acoustic chamber jazz instrumental
50		2013	Mahan Mirarab	Persian Side of Jazz, Vol.2
66		2013-08-19	Julia Holter	Loud City Song	art pop	ambient pop # 3 indie electronic # 5 art pop # 7 experimental pop # 28 experimental electronic # 59
60		2014	Park Jiha	박지하: 자전적 소리의 기록 Park Jiha: A Record of Autobiographical Sounds	chamber jazz jazz korea	korea # 16
19		2014	Alexei Aigui	Week Off	chamber jazz jazz
30		2014-06-23	Bobby Hutcherson, David Sanborn & Joey DeFrancesco	Enjoy the View (feat. Billy Hart)
55		2015	Kari Ikonen Trio	Beauteous Tales and Offbeat Stories	avant-garde jazz chamber jazz contemporary jazz jazz
56		2015	Håkon Kornstad	Im Treibhaus	chamber jazz jazz opera
64		2015	Håkon Kornstad	For You Alone	acoustic chamber jazz jazz opera
79		2016-08-05	Floating Points	Promises	minimalism	progressive electronic # 54 spiritual jazz # 82 minimalism # 90
13		2017	Soolmaan Quartet	Letters to Handenberg	chamber jazz ethnic world fusion
43		2017	Sam Reider	Too Hot to Sleep	chamber jazz contemporary folk
63		2017	Abisko Lights	Abisko Lights	chamber jazz contemporary jazz germany
69		2017	Sylvain Rifflet	Refocus	chamber jazz contemporary jazz france fusion
86		2017-02-03	Craig Taborn	Daylight Ghosts	chamber jazz
45		2017-11-13	Ensemble Minisym	Moondog New Sounds	chamber jazz contemporary classical world fusion
3		2018	Diane Moser	Birdsongs	chamber jazz double bass flute piano	double bass # 28
5		2018	Giuseppe Mazzamuto Quintet	Melodyterranean	chamber jazz contemporary jazz world fusion
26		2018	Aleksandra Kutrzepa Quartet	Impressions	chamber jazz fusion poland
42		2018	Alex Simu Quintet	Echoes Of Bucharest	chamber jazz
10		2018-01-26	Paier Valcic Quartet	Cinema Scenes	chamber jazz contemporary jazz world fusion
44		2018-05-01	Sonata Islands Kommandoh	Zeuhl Jazz	chamber jazz fusion italy
85		2018-10-26	Julia Holter	Aviary	art pop	ambient pop # 6 progressive pop # 18
23		2018-12-21	Eda AND	Augmented Life	chamber jazz contemporary jazz
72		2019-04	Trevor Dunn	Séances	avant-garde jazz chamber jazz contemporary jazz jazz
21		2019-10	Matt Ulery	Delicate Charms	chamber jazz
29		2019-12-05	Henna-Maija Vannemaa Quartet	Haave	chamber jazz contemporary jazz finland fusion
18		2020-02-28	eva kess	Sternschnuppen - Falling Stars	chamber jazz
88		2020-04-24	Brendan Eder Ensemble	To Mix With Time	ambient chamber jazz contemporary classical contemporary jazz instrumental jazz jazz fusion los angeles nu jazz	los angeles # 49
32		2020-05-29	Jean-Louis Matinier, Kevin Seddiki	Rivages
93		2020-08-28	Tigran Hamasyan	The Call Within	avant-prog chamber jazz djent jazz fusion spiritual jazz	djent # 10 spiritual jazz # 93 avant-prog # 95
78		2020-12-01	John Zorn	Lucifer: The Book of Angels Volume 10	chamber jazz klezmer
82		2020-12-01	John Zorn	The Circle Maker: Zevulun	chamber jazz jazz
46		2021-03-26	Mira Lu Kovacs	The Urge of Night (Live)	baroque pop chamber jazz progressive pop
31		2021-08-04	Drimia	Drimia	chamber jazz fusion greece nu jazz
97		2021-08-20	Eiko Ishibashi	Drive My Car Original Soundtrack	ambient chamber jazz cool jazz drone instrumental soundtrack	drone # 10 cool jazz # 87
34		2021-10-01	Stratøs	Planets	chamber jazz
53		2022	Atom String Quartet	Fade In	chamber jazz jazz polish polish jazz	polish jazz # 8
94		2022	Leland Whitty	Anyhow	chamber jazz nu jazz	nu jazz # 51
28		2022-01-21	Eiko Ishibashi	Drive My Car	chamber jazz jazz soundtrack
22		2022-05-06	Aliéksey Vianna Quartet	Ancient Myths	chamber jazz classical guitar
12		2022-11-11	SLUGish Ensemble	An Eight Out of Nine	chamber jazz
68		2023-03-31	Ingrid Laubrock	The Last Quiet Place	avant-garde jazz chamber jazz jazz
99		2024-03-22	Julia Holter	Something in the Room She Moves	art pop chamber jazz
96		2024-05-31	Arooj Aftab	Night Reign	chamber folk chamber jazz ghazal	chamber folk # 69 ghazal # 100
84		2024-06-28	Mabe fratti	Sentir Que No Sabes	art pop	avant-folk # 16 electroacoustic # 55
70		2024-08-09	Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding	Milton + esperanza	chamber jazz jazz fusion mpb
83			RTbridge & Michael Schleinkofer Trio	The Chromatzone	chamber jazz modern jazz	modern jazz # 83
2			Perséides	Fleur persane	canada chamber jazz
8			Blue Ocean Project	Lunar	chamber jazz indonesia world fusion
24			The Casimir Connection	Cause and Effect	chamber jazz
40			ふちがみとふなと	博学と無学	art pop avant-garde jazz chamber jazz japanese vocal jazz
48			Juan Berdugo	Bloom	art rock avant-folk chamber folk chamber jazz post-rock
67			a world wondered full	The Corner	avant-folk chamber jazz field recordings neofolk post-rock ritual ambient
1			Kirsti Huke, Ola Kvernberg, Erik Nylander	Rags & Silks
47			Hear in Now (Mazz Swift, Tomeka Reid, Silvia Bolognesi)	Not Living in Fear

Related genres

• contemporary jazz
• jazz
• fusion
• world fusion
• post-bop
• avant-garde jazz
• avant-folk
• jazz fusion
• instrumental
• ambient