progressive jazz
noun
an experimental, nonmelodic, and often free-flowing style of modern jazz, especially in the form of highly dissonant, rhythmically complex orchestral arrangements.: Compare bop1, cool jazz, hard bop, modern jazz.
Origin of progressive jazz
1First recorded in 1945–50
Words Nearby progressive jazz
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