Folk jazz
{{Short description|Music genre}}
{{Infobox music genre
| name = Folk jazz
| stylistic_origins = {{flatlist|
}}
| cultural_origins = 1950s, U.S.
| instruments = * Electric guitars
- violins
- double basses
- string section
- electric bass
- piano
- pipe organ
- saxophone
- woodwind instruments
- trumpet
- brass instruments
- drums
- hammond organ
- tambourines
- vocals
- xylophone
| derivatives = New-age
}}
Folk jazz is a musical style that combines traditional folk music with elements of jazz, usually featuring richly texturized songs. Its origins can be traced back to the 1950s, when artists like Jimmy Giuffre and Tony Scott pursued distinct approaches to folk music production, initially, as a vehicle for soloist expression.{{Cite web | title=Folk Jazz | url=http://www.allmusic.com/explore/style/folk-jazz-d470 | work=Allmusic | access-date=December 21, 2010}} Many already popular musical styles diversified as counter-culture bands embraced experimentation and inclusiveness in their works.{{Cite encyclopedia| last=O'Brien | first=Lucy | title=Sounds of the Psychedelic Sixties | url=http://www.britannica.com/psychedelic/textonly/psychedelic.html | encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica | year=1999 | access-date=December 21, 2010}}
"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" from Bob Dylan's 1966 double album Blonde on Blonde blends various Americana traditions with a jazzy rhythm.{{Cite web| last=Erlewine | first=Stepehen Thomas | title=Blonde on Blonde{{snd}}Review | url=http://allmusic.com/album/blonde-on-blonde-r661161 | work=AllMusic | access-date=December 21, 2010}} In 1968, Van Morrison released the influential Astral Weeks, a mixture of folk, jazz, blues, soul and classical music.{{Cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/astral-weeks-mw0000190975 | first=William | last=Ruhlmann | title=Van Morrison: Astral Weeks{{snd}}Review | website=AllMusic | access-date=January 10, 2010}} In 1969, Tim Buckley released Happy Sad, an album in which he hinted at his early jazz influences{{snd}}most notably Miles Davis{{snd}}by infusing his folk-based songs with a non-traditional jazz timbre.{{cite book|last1=Dimery|first1=Robert|title=The 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die|year=2005|publisher=Quintet|page=180}} Joni Mitchell released three albums in a folk-jazz hybrid style between 1975 and 1977, beginning with The Hissing of Summer Lawns.{{cite web |last1=Himes |first1=Geoffrey |title=Herbie Hancock and Joni Mitchell: Music & Lyrics |url=https://jazztimes.com/archives/herbie-hancock-and-joni-mitchell-music-lyrics/ |website=Jazz Times |access-date=9 March 2023}}