Modal jazz is jazz that uses musical modes rather than chord progressions as a harmonic framework. Originating in the late 1950s and 1960s, modal jazz is epitomized by Miles Davis’s “Milestones” (1958), Kind of Blue (1959), and John Coltrane’s classic quartet from 1960-64.
Modal Jazz musicians:
- Herbie Hancock
- McCoy Tyner
- Miles Davis
- John Coltrane
- Yusef Lateef
- Bill Evans