Chicago style

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noun

a style of jazz flourishing in Chicago especially in the early 1920s, constituting a direct offshoot of New Orleans style, and differing from its predecessor chiefly in the diminished influence of native folk sources, the greater tension of its group improvisation, the increased emphasis on solos, and the regular use of the tenor saxophone as part of the ensemble.

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Origin of Chicago style

First recorded in 1940–45

Words nearby Chicago style

Chicago Fire, Chicago Heights, Chicago Ridge, Chicago School, Chicago steak, Chicago style, Chicago window, chicalote, Chican@, Chicana, chicane

How to use Chicago style in a sentence

Her style, much like her diminutive nickname, is best described as “Hamptons twee”—preppy and peppy.
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Although he brings a Western spin to things, he seems equally inspired by the local sense of style.
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Spin control began, Florida-style: the opinion only covers some counties, some people, some times.
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This leads him to some James Frey-style mythmaking of his own.
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Who knew that “we shall overcome” meant “we, the few, shall book covers every decade or so, maybe, sometimes, if we are in style.”
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He decided not to return home directly; he wanted to go somewhere, but did not care to stay in Chicago.
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So with its completion, he wrapped it carefully, and sent it to a Chicago publisher, while he sighed with relief.
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He simply devoured books, studying every detail of construction, and learning a great deal as to style and effect.
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She also played his Fourteenth Rhapsody with orchestral accompaniment in most bold and dashing style.
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Sounds rotten, but that's their style; and you've been through the mill at home enough to know what it is to be knifed socially.
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