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jazz
[jaz]
noun
music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality.
a style of dance music, popular especially in the 1920s, arranged for a large band and marked by some of the features of jazz.
dancing or a dance performed to such music, as with violent bodily motions and gestures.
Slang.liveliness; spirit; excitement.
Slang.insincere, exaggerated, or pretentious talk.
Don't give me any of that jazz about your great job!
Slang.similar or related but unspecified things, activities, etc..
He goes for fishing and all that jazz.
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of jazz.
verb (used with object)
to play (music) in the manner of jazz.
Informal.
to excite or enliven.
to accelerate.
Slang: Vulgar.to copulate with.
verb (used without object)
to dance to jazz music.
to play or perform jazz music.
Informal.to act or proceed with great energy or liveliness.
Slang: Vulgar.to copulate.
verb phrase
Informal
to add liveliness, vigor, or excitement to.
to add ornamentation, color, or extra features to, in order to increase appeal or interest; embellish.
to accelerate.
jazz
/ æ /
noun
a kind of music of African-American origin, characterized by syncopated rhythms, solo and group improvisation, and a variety of harmonic idioms and instrumental techniques. It exists in a number of styles Compare blues See also bebop bop 1 Dixieland free hard bop harmolodics mainstream modern jazz New Orleans jazz swing trad
( as modifier )
a jazz band
( in combination )
a jazzman
informalenthusiasm or liveliness
slangrigmarole; paraphernalia
legal papers and all that jazz
slangsexual intercourse
slanga dance
verb
(intr) to play or dance to jazz music
slangto have sexual intercourse with (a person)
jazz
A form of American music that grew out of African-Americans' musical traditions at the beginning of the twentieth century. Jazz is generally considered a major contribution of the United States to the world of music. It quickly became a form of dance music, incorporating a “big beat” and solos by individual musicians. For many years, all jazz was improvised and taught orally, and even today jazz solos are often improvised. Over the years, the small groups of the original jazz players evolved into the “Big Bands” (led, for example, by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Glenn Miller), and finally into concert ensembles. Other famous jazz musicians include Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, and Ella Fitzgerald.
Other 51Թ Forms
- jazzer noun
- ˈᲹ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of jazz1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of jazz1
Example Sentences
Among her many ventures to champion the jazz music she loves so much is A&R for iconic jazz label Candid Records, founded by the great jazz writer Nat Hentoff in 1960.
It marked a return to creative form as, in the ensuing years, he embarked on a series of recordings, including an interpretation of Gershwin classics that made number one on the Billboard jazz chart.
No fan of Dyer’s, whose many books have ranged from a bizarre if thrilling immersion in the psyches of American jazz musicians to a volume about procrastinating while trying to write about D.H.
"There's something truly evocative about it, I hear jazz music when I look at it. It's impossibly chic."
Award-winning composer and jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington will lead the first public programming at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s new David Geffen Galleries.
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