Style recipe for Suno v5

Nu Jazz

Nu jazz electronica from the 2000s: electric piano, programmed drum break, upright bass, warm and seductive in feel. A name-free Suno recipe that reproduces the signature sound without tripping the artist-name filter.

History

Nu jazz pushes jazz further into electronics than its close cousin acid jazz, trading blues roots for synthetic textures, house beats and free improvisation. The line starts in the 1970s, when Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and Ornette Coleman plugged jazz into electronic instruments; Hancock's early-1980s Future Shock, made with Bill Laswell, brought in electro and hip hop rhythms and did much to define the sound. By the late 1980s Gang Starr, A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots and Nas were working jazz into rap, while house producers borrowed from post-bop and jazz-funk. The name itself appeared in the late 1990s. From the mid-1990s St Germain, Jazzanova and Trüby Trio set jazz over house and downtempo grooves, Squarepusher explored it from the intelligent dance music side, and Venetian Snares tried a harsher, noisier variant. Norwegian pianist Bugge Wesseltoft and trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær improvised within it, and The Cinematic Orchestra mixed traditional jazz with electronics. Labels such as Thirsty Ear, home to Meat Beat Manifesto, and Ninja Tune gave the style a base, and St Germain's album Tourist sold 1.5 million copies.

The recipe

Nu jazz electronica, 2000s, warm, seduct…

Built from 36 tags across 613 characters, this 2000s style runs at 90–115 BPM with a mixed vocal delivery.

Artists in this style

• Parov Stelar
• St Germain

Similar styles

• Nu Jazz Swing2000s · 110–135 BPM
• Contemporary Jazz2000s · 90–140 BPM
• Electro Swing2010s · 110–128 BPM
• Bulawayo Jazz1950s · 110–150 BPM
• Jazzy House1990s · 118–124 BPM
• Noir Jazz1950s · 60–95 BPM
• Acid Jazz1990s · 95–115 BPM
• Nordic Jazz2000s · 70–120 BPM