Something noisy, riotous, or lively; spec. an early style of jazz music. Also: a trumpeting or similar sound; a flourish, a fanfare. Occasionally as…

Originally U.S. In early use: any of various types of jazz, blues, or gospel music popularized by African Americans; (later spec.) a kind of pop…

Designating a style of traditional jazz originating in Chicago, or a piece of music written in this style.

slang (originally U.S.). A type of unsophisticated jazz, making use of improvised instrumentation. Chiefly as modifier. Cf. barrel-house, n. 2.

Music. Of, pertaining to, or having the form or character of a symphony. Also transferred (in reference to poetry), and figurative.

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

Jazz, esp. a type of fast, lively jazz; ‘swing’.

jazz played by white musicians.

Used substantively, attributive and in other combinations to designate a strongly swinging jazz style. Also as quasi-adj.

Jazz music with a strong beat; a jazz tune with a strong rhythm. Frequently attributive. Originally U.S.

New Orleans jazz.

improvisational or experimental jazz music characterized by an absence of a set rhythmic or harmonic structure; cf. new thing, n. 2.

an innovative form of jazz growing out of the orchestral jazz and swing of the 1930s and 1940s; (also) = modern jazz n. at modern, adj. n.compounds 2.

A development of jazz, begun in the U.S. at the end of the 1939–45 war, characterized by complex harmony, dissonant chords and highly syncopated…

a style of jazz music in which acoustic guitar is used to provide a characteristic fast swing rhythm, accompanied by improvised melody lines that…

jazz as developed in the 1940s and 1950s; esp. bebop and the music which followed it.

= bebop, n. Also attributive.

any of various types of modern jazz; esp. = bebop, n.

Originally U.S. A type of jazz music characterized by a restrained or relaxed style; cool jazz. Cf. cool, adj. 2e.

any of various styles of popular music incorporating elements of jazz and African music; frequently attributive.

Originally U.S. With reference to jazz music: authenticity; a soulful, earthy, or bluesy quality; cf. soul, n. 3c. Also: a form of jazz regarded…

a style of jazz music in which acoustic guitar is used to provide a characteristic fast swing rhythm, accompanied by improvised melody lines that…

= traditional jazz n. at traditional, adj. n.compounds 2.

Short for traditional jazz n. at traditional, adj. n.compounds 2.

As a modifier, designating a style of music, esp. jazz, resembling or suggestive of the kind of music traditionally associated with brothels, as in w…

spec. Also with capital initials. A type of experimental jazz music of the 1960s which dispensed with the normal harmonic and rhythmic framework…

Music in which elements of more than one popular style are combined, esp. having jazz as a component; cf. jazz-rock at jazz, n. adj.compounds 1b…