Continental jazz

{{Short description|Music genre}}

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Continental jazz was a genre of music that included early jazz dance bands of Europe in the swing medium, to the exclusion of Great Britain. The genre was generally practiced until the conclusion of World War II. By the time bebop came to popularity, the style became more or less obsolete.{{cite web

| title = Continental Jazz genre

| publisher = Allmusic

| url = {{Allmusic|class=explore|id=style/d12952|pure_url=yes}}

| access-date = 2007-06-25

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