History GenreMotif / Jazz

* ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}!'' uses this as its core much in the same way that ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' does, though with a focus on various forms of 20's/30's jazz.

{{Jazz}} is a very broad category that encompasses a ton of styles, but most people only recognize the type that emphasizes brass and piano. Generally gets used to convey the the first half of the 20th century or otherwise make a character/setting seem old fashioned without the elitist stigma of classical music.

* According to the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Grandma's Kisses", one of the requirements of being a grown-up is developing "a taste for free-form jazz."

* In ''[[SonicTheHedgehog Sonic Adventure 2]]'', Rouge's theme and the background music to all of her levels is jazz-based.

* Capcom's Alph Lyla [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome sound team]], from about 1997 to 2000, had an obsession with filling games entirely with Jazz fusion soundtracks. See ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIII'' and ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2.''

* Capcom's Alph Lyla [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome sound team]], from about 1997 to 2000, had an obsession with filling games entirely with Jazz fusion soundtracks. See ''BreathOfFireIII'' and ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2.''

* The soundtrack of KamenRiderDouble is heavily influenced by this, fitting the HardboiledDetective theme.

* According to the ''SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Grandma's Kisses", one of the requirements of being a grown-up is developing "a taste for free-form jazz."

* The entire soul and fiber of ''CowboyBebop'' is based on 70's jazz.

* ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}!'' uses this as its core much in the same way that ''CowboyBebop'' does, though with a focus on various forms of 20's/30's jazz.

* According to the ''SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Grandma's Kisses", one of the requirements of being a grown-up is developing "a taste for free-form jazz."

* One of the motifs in {{Haruki Murakami}}'s Literature/AfterTheQuake is Jazz music as a metaphor in freedom in life.

* Temperance Brennan in the TV series ''{{Bones}}'' enjoys jazz, much to the surprise of Booth.

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* WoodyAllen frequently uses jazz for the soundtracks to his movies.

* ''{{Baccano}}!'' uses this as its core much in the same way that ''CowboyBebop'' does, though with a focus on various forms of 20's/30's jazz.

* Capcom's Alph Lyla [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome sound team]], from about 1997 to 2000, had an obsession with filling games entirely with Jazz fusion soundtracks. See ''BreathOfFireIII'' and ''MarvelVsCapcom2.''

* One of the motifs in {{Haruki Murakami}}'s AfterTheQuake is Jazz music as a metaphor in freedom in life.

* Capcom's Alph Lyla [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome sound team]], from about 1997 to 2000, had an obsession with filling games entirely with Jazz fusion soundtracks. The {{Most Triumphant Example}}s of this are ''BreathOfFireIII'' and ''MarvelVsCapcom2.''

* In ''The Talented Mr. Ripley'', all the characters besides the title one listen to jazz (which, for its time, was the music of free spirited people before Rock came along).