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24.82What gives the “jazz ballad” sound?
Not one trick.
It's the combination of:
- seventh/extended harmony
- smooth voice leading
- spacious voicing
- expressive timing
- melody projection
- restrained fills
- chromatic approach harmony
- careful register
- dynamic arc
Style emerges from the combination.