cool jazz
Refers to the jazz style that emerged in the late 1940s and 1950s, characterized by relaxed tempos and lighter tone, in contrast to bebop.
マイルス・デイヴィスの『クールの誕生』はクールジャズの名盤だ。
Miles Davis's 'Birth of the Cool' is a classic cool jazz album.
Variant with an interpunct; less common in running text.
Loanword from English 'cool jazz'.