rhythm and bluesnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌrɪð.əm ən ˈbluːz/us/ˌrɪð.əm ən ˈbluːz/also R & Ba type of popular music, originally by African American artists of the 1940s and 1950s, that combined features of blues and jazz witha strong beat
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Jazz & blues
- acid jazz
- bebop
- blues
- bop
- dixieland
- funk
- funky
- honky-tonk
- jazz
- jazzy
- modern jazz
- ragtime
- scat
- skiffle
- stride piano
- swing
- trad
- twelve-bar blues
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