<h8><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98279702">Soul-Jazz: Where Jazz, Blues And Gospel Meet</a></h8> . . Born in the '60s, soul-jazz is a groove-oriented style built from the bottom up. You take a strong bass line, establish a steady groove between the bass and drums, and then embellish that groove with riffs and melody lines that draw heavily from gospel, blues and R&B.