More popular, well known and mainstream jazz was placed in the core playlist.

While Mr. Granz obviously loved mainstream jazz, he had another idea, one that translated into his biggest success.

She also includes more mainstream jazz and orchestral music played with both acoustic and electronic instruments.

"I wanted fairly mainstream jazz with a nice edge to it," she said.

In the process, they have made mainstream jazz an experimental form again, leaving the standard theme and variation of most small-group jazz sounding limited.

To mark his 60th birthday In 1988, Ferguson returned to a large band format and to more mainstream jazz.

This results in less work for other artists and audiences weaned on classical, mainstream jazz rather than more adventurous fare.

It is mainstream jazz at its best, adult and literate.

Soon he was dividing his time between mainstream jazz and progressive jazz fusion.

Festival, brought together three veteran musicians who have avoided mainstream jazz.