R & Bnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌɑːr ənd ˈbiː/us/ˌɑːr ənd ˈbiː/abbreviation for rhythm and blues
a type of popular music, originally by African-American artists, that can have features of soul, jazz, funk, and hip-hop:
R & B artists such as Alicia Keys and Mariah Carey
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Jazz & blues
- acid jazz
- bebop
- blues
- bop
- dixieland
- funk
- funky
- honky-tonk
- jazz
- jazzy
- modern jazz
- rhythm and blues
- scat
- skiffle
- stride piano
- swing
- trad
- twelve-bar blues
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