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Krall is one of the most highly acclaimed mainstream jazz vocalists to have emerged in recent years.
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Jazz critics panned Byrd for deviating from the jazz mainstream, but he was unperturbed.
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Certain purists may raise their eyebrows at the inclusion of the likes of Marvin Gaye and Aretha Franklin, but the influences they share with the jazz mainstream give them credibility, and no one will disagree with the bulk of the stars represented.
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Having brought jazz into the mainstream, he then transformed it, with innovative new rhythms on albums like Time Out -- the first jazz album to ever sell more than a million copies and still one of the best-selling jazz albums of all time.
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At the same time, within the big markets, a range of new genres hip-hop, trip-hop, lounge, acid house, acid jazz, and many, many more are growing at the expense of the mainstream.
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