An early encounter with Dizzy Gillespie's Afro-Cuban music persuaded Acuna that she could find original common ground between the Latin music of her youth and the modern jazz idiom.
Lewis, who went on to mastermind the music of the Modern Jazz Quartet for much of the next forty years or so, was only just starting his experiments with baroque and other classical forms, and this piece is probably well enough titled.
By then, the acceptance of modern jazz had created the public taste required to appreciate Monk's particular tang.
The quartet gained international acclaim and is recognized as one of the most important and influential groups in the history of modern jazz.
Other nominees on the list include Ronnie Scott's club in Soho and Club Eleven, which was closed following a police raid in 1950 after running for just two years, but which is seen as the crucible of modern British jazz.
But the cafe also has a modern aesthetic, and attracts a college-aged crowd with experimental jazz records pumping from the speakers, live performances, art exhibitions and record parties, where people bring their own vinyl collection and discuss music.
From ragtime to modern fusion, jazz music has always relied on one staple instrument: the piano.
When modern jazz bands improvise, there's a tendency to ramp up the energy.
In another emplacement across the entrance to the bay, there is a cartoon of a jazz band - sadly, rather hidden by modern-day graffiti.
In jazz-age America, the neon sign took off, and every business that wanted to prove itself modern had to invest in a neon sign to keep up with the competition.
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