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New Orleans jazz

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noun

  1. the jazz originating in New Orleans from about 1914; traditional jazz

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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For more: Preservation Hall is a white-owned and white-run New Orleans jazz institution with a self-described mission to “preserve, protect and perpetuate” one of the nation’s greatest Black cultural legacies.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2022

Mostly sung-through and with a score that incorporates folk and New Orleans jazz influences, “Hadestown” has traversed from early stage incarnations to a 2010 album by Mitchell to off-Broadway and Broadway runs.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2022

The scion of a legendary New Orleans jazz family, Batiste has released eight studio albums and five live albums, and collaborated with acts ranging from Stevie Wonder to Willie Nelson to Ed Sheeran.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2021

He had remembered New Orleans jazz bands using the same technique and it was later copied by other groups including AC/DC and U2.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2021

At first, drawn to modern jazz, the music of Louis Armstrong instilled in Ringwald a lifelong passion for the performance and preservation of traditional New Orleans jazz.

From Fox News • Aug. 9, 2021

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