What is "contemporary jazz?

What are some good sad lyrical songs for a jazz/contemporary day?

• I want to choreograph my own jazz/contemporary dance so I need a sad song.... Here are song of the songs I'm thinking of using(you can look them up if you want to get a feel of what I like...my two favorite are Deserve me by Jessica Riddle Jacobs and Paris is burning my St. Vincent): *Breathe me - Sia *Deserve me - Jessica Riddle Jacobs(not on YouTube in you want to here it, I found it on itunes) *Paris is burning - St. Vincent *Miss Invisible - Maire Digby

• Answer:

  Lyrical/ballet/modern/contemporary Evanescence --Lithium , Hello, Like you, Lacrymosa, Good enough, Missing, Fields of innocence, The last song I wasting on you, You, Exodus, Breathe no more, Eternal, Demise, Ascension of the spirit, Give unto me, Forgive me, lost in paradise Pink Floyd—Marooned, Terminal frost, Echoes, Interstellar Overdrive, One of these day, Run like hell On the turning away, Absolutely Curtains, Mudmen, Obscured by clouds, Dogs, A great day for freedom, High Hopes, Great Gig in the Sky, Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun David Hasselhoff--Until the last teardrop falls, If I could only say goodbye, These Loving eyes, A star looks down tonight, White Bird Meatloaf—Objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are, heaven can wait, Not a dry eye, Lost boys and golden girls, for crying out loud Charlotte Church—All the little horses, unraveling, even God, Dream a dream (Elysium) from the movie Legend--The unicorn theme, The Cottage, Darkness , The Dance, the fairies from the movie Dracula--Love eternal, Love remembered, The storm, Lucy’s party, Love Song for a vampire by Annie Lennox from the movie Dragonheart -World of your heart, Flight to Avalon, Draco, to the stars, main theme from the movie Ladyhawke--main theme, She was sad at first, Phillippe describes Isabeau from the movie the Princess Bride-- The cliffs of insanity, I will never love again, The fireswamp & rodent of unusual size, Storybook Love—Willy Deville Alborada (A dawn of many colors album)--Ode to a woman, Mountain Melody Ceol Mor—(Celtic Passages Album)--Enchanted forest, The mountains at dawn, Sparkling river Sarah Brightman—Symphony, Fleurs du mal, Free, Deliver me, Rain, This love, Captain Nemo, Meadowlark, How can heaven love me, Tu quieres volver, You take my breath away, Desert Rose, When Firebirds cry, Beautiful, I will be with you (duet with Paul Stanley) Star Wars movie soundtracks Star Trek Movie soundtracks Avatar movie soundtrack Stargate soundtrack Ballet music from Faust: Finale—Gounod Dance of the cygnets—Swan Lake Dance of the clowns—A midsummer’s night dream March of the Toreadors –Carmen Ballet music #2 in G major from Rosamunde---Schubert “Nocturne” in E flat major Op.9, No.2 --Chopin Concerto Vi—Alessandro Scarlatti Let love live from Cirque de soliel Set the night to music—Starship Gravity of love- Enigma Push the limits-Enigma Eva—Nightwish Show me your fire truck—Backdraft Top Gun Anthem Hurt-Nine Inch Nails/Johnny Cash Through the eyes of love—Melissa Manchester (Ice Castles theme) Dawn’s pale light—Liquid Sky Make the world go away-Elvis Love you to death-Kamelot Scarborough Fair—Leaves’ Eyes I am—Christina Aguilera Just the way you are—Bruno Mars 24-Jem (ultraviolet) Impossible--Shontelle Freshman—verve pipe In the air tonight—Phil Collins Are we the waiting—Green Day Make a memory—Bon Jovi Uninvited—Alanis Morissette Bed of roses-Bon Jovi Finest hour-Cindy Valentine aka Valentine Leone (Teen Witch) Beth-Kiss Needles and pins-Megadeth Oh death-Jen Titus (supernatural) Through the rain-Cinderella Wishing you were somehow here again—Phantom of the Opera Wish you were here-Within Temptation