Music (chiefly Jazz). A person who improvises. Cf. fake, v.2 6b.

(a) U.S. = swing, n.2 12e; (b) Music. a jazz musician who plays swing music (see also sense affix 2d below); (c) U.S. Sport slang, a versatile…

A person who owns, works in, or frequents a honky-tonk (honky-tonk, n. 1). Also: a performer of honky-tonk music (later chiefly in sense honky-tonk…

An exponent of a jazz style which originated in Chicago. Cf. Chicago, n. 2.

Jazz. A person who performs a stomp.

Dixieland: used attributively or quasi-adj. to designate a type of jazz music originally played in the southern United States, characterized by a…

Jazz. A person who plays or appreciates modern jazz.

Music. A musician who plays jazz with swing.

Jazz. A musician who improvises solos; esp. the main soloist of an ensemble. Now rare.

A member of a group comprising established and successful performers (originally and esp. jazz musicians). Usually in plural, esp. in the names of…

= swinger, n.3 3a.

an ineffective actor or performer; (also hamfat) a mediocre jazz musician; so hamfat man, etc.

Jazz. A supporter or performer of traditional jazz as opposed to bebop. Also as adj.

Originally British. A person who plays or appreciates traditional jazz. Cf. trad, n.1 1.

British. A person who plays, supports, or appreciates traditional jazz; = traditionalist, n. 2. Now chiefly in historical contexts.

A player or devotee of West Coast jazz (see West Coast, adj. 2).

A person who belongs to the mainstream, esp. of society or of a particular social group.

A soul musician, esp. a singer; (also) a fan of soul music.

an exponent or devotee of the ‘new thing’ in jazz.