His own recordings are perhaps best described as contemporary soul jazz with a strong Hip hop music feel.

Black Jazz released various types of music including, funk, free jazz and soul jazz.

The jazz that self-consciously derived from gospel came to be called soul jazz.

He also explored many mediums, including soul jazz and hard bop.

He returned to soul jazz in the 1980s and into the 1990s.

This is great soul jazz: Williams coasts across bar lines, slipping ahead, behind and between the beats.

The descriptor is also used to describe soul jazz, which is commonly associated with hard bop.

As a jazz player Doggett started in swing music and later played soul jazz.

The album opens with an introduction and then includes songs in the likes of typical 70s-era music such as soul, funk, jazz, but also hip-hop.

He was largely forgotten until a resurgence of interest in soul jazz.