Asian-American jazz

Asian-American jazz
Stylistic origins	Jazz, Music of Asia
Cultural origins	Late-20th century, Asian Americans
Typical instruments	Varies
Subgenres
Jazzipino

Asian-American jazz is a musical movement in the United States begun in the 20th century mainly, though not exclusively, by Asian-American jazz musicians.

Although Asian Americans had been performing jazz music almost since that music's inception in the early 1900s, it was not until the late 20th century when a distinctly Asian-American brand of jazz began to develop, sometimes drawing on traditional Asian music and/or using Asian instruments.

American musician Yusef Lateef (1920-2013) is best known as a saxophonist, but he was also one of the first to use Asian instruments and scales jazz. For example, he played the Chinese xun on the album Eastern Sounds (1961).

Though best known as a bassist, Ahmed Abdul-Malik (1927-1993) also played the Middle Eastern oud in jazz from the 1950s. His albums as a bandleaders sometimes featured Asian influences (see The Eastern Moods of Ahmed Abdul-Malik, which includes a performer on the Daegeum, a traditional Korean flute). He also played the Indian instrument tanpura on three versions of the song "India" on The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings by saxophonist John Coltrane, though the instrument was misidenfied as an oud in the original album liner notes.

Joe Harriott (1928-1973), Anglo-Jamaican saxophonist, and Indian composer John Mayer (1930-2004) collaborated in the 1960s on what they described as "Indo-Jazz Fusion", incorporating elements of both jazz and Indian music with a 10-person ensemble. They recorded three albums: Indo Jazz Suite (Atlantic, 1966) Indo Jazz Fusions Volume 1 and 2 (Columbia (UK). 1967 and 1968).

Pianist Dave Brubeck toured Asia in the 1950s, and wrote some songs inspired by Asian music (see, e.g., "Calcutta Blues" on Jazz Impressions of Eurasia, Columbia (1958))

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