Just as easily as they embrace jazz, they can escape it entirely.

Before hip hop, the Japanese had embraced jazz, rock n roll and funk.

They have embraced jazz, rock 'n' roll, funk, and other forms of African American expression.

Leopold Stokowski, the conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1924, publicly embraced jazz as a musical art form and delivered praise to various jazz musicians.

The emphasis is on classical music, but also embraces jazz, world music and popular song.

Given the obstacles, when electronic producers embrace jazz, they most often wind up turning their backs on the dance floor entirely.

"Early on we made the decision, a fairly radical decision, to really embrace jazz in the broader sense of the word," she says.

Byron did eventually embrace jazz, but on his own schedule.

One cannot embrace true vocal jazz without embracing Betty Carter.

Pete York appears in the list of All-Time Great Drummers embracing rock, jazz and blues.