Some radio stations do play jazz; there just might not be one in your local area that does.
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Jive music is kind of like be-bop jazz or hard-bop jazz.
Reggae and jazz
Jazz Music was first known in New Orleans. It was created during the time radio was invented and from there, music of jazz has spread in different parts of the world such as in Chicago, Kansas and New York.
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Jazz instrumental music can be found in lots of places. There are a variety of online radio stations that allow for listening to Jazz Instrumental music, the most easily accessible being Pandora Internet Radio. There is also Last.Fm and Top100sRadio. Of course, many local clubs in your area probably have live music that includes this genre at times(or all the time). The internet or radio commercials would be the easiest way to find this out.
Jazz Music was first known in New Orleans. It was created during the time radio was invented and from there, music of jazz has spread in different parts of the world such as in Chicago, Kansas and New York.
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Shoutcast Radio is an internet radio site that offers thousands of free MP3 and AAC radio stations from radio stations and broadcasters around the world. Types of music they offer includes electronic, jazz, and classical.
Wamu plays mostly Jazz and older pieces when it is playing music. Primarily Wamu is a radio station for news and information. if you are looking for a music radio this is probably not the way to go.
The type of music played by Smooth Radio is mostly older music that appeals to it's 30-60 year old target audience. It includes a fair proportion of jazz music as it was previously Jazz FM, and has a minimum of 20% of daytime music programming that is at least 40 years old.
Some examples of offbeat music genres not commonly heard on mainstream radio include experimental electronic music, avant-garde jazz, noise music, and outsider music.