Jazz instrumental music of the second half of the XX – the beginning of the XXI century: expressional, style and culturological aspects

The purpose of the article is to analyze the stylistic development of jazz instrumental music of the second half of the XX –the beginning of the XXI century in the context of the formation of academic music and European culture. The methodology involves the use of historical, culturological, analytical, and comparative methods, which reveals the features of the stylistic development of jazz instrumental music of this period. The scientific novelty lies in the study of the stylistic development of jazz instrumental music of the second half of the XX –the beginning of the XXI century in the context of the formation of academic music and European culture. Conclusions. Nowadays, modern jazz instrumental music is a serious conceptual art that exists in a variety of forms and styles. It can be argued that every style emerged in jazz in the second half of XX – the beginning of the XXI century based on mixing expressive elements of different styles. Both in academic music and in jazz, polystylistic lays the foundations for the formation of a mixed or synthetic style, a musical metalanguage, or, as V. Silvestrov points out, an all-encompassing musical style.