The novel’s most striking feature is its narrative voice. Morrison employs an unnamed, often unreliable narrator who gossips, speculates, and shifts perspectives like a lead musician in a jazz ensemble. This voice provides the "main theme," while individual characters—Joe, Violet, and Alice Manfred—step forward to deliver "solos" that fill in the gaps of their past. By refusing a traditional linear structure, Morrison mimics the improvisation and polyphony of jazz music, allowing the story to "re-member" the fragmented histories of its characters.

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"Jazz" is significant not only for its exploration of themes and characters but also for its innovative narrative structure and use of language. Morrison's writing style in "Jazz" is characterized by: