Dixieland

American  

[dik-see-land] / ˈdɪk siˌlænd /

noun

1. (sometimes lowercase) a style of jazz, originating in New Orleans, played by a small group of instruments, as trumpet, trombone, clarinet, piano, and drums, and marked by strongly accented four-four rhythm and vigorous, quasi-improvisational solos and ensembles.

2. Also Dixie Land Dixie.

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Dixieland British  

/ ˈdɪksɪˌlænd /

noun

1. a form of jazz that originated in New Orleans, becoming popular esp with White musicians in the second decade of the 20th century

2. a revival of this style in the 1950s

3. See Dixie

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Dixieland Cultural  

1. A kind of jazz originating in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the early twentieth century. The rhythms of Dixieland are usually rapid, and it generally includes many improvised sections for individual instruments.

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Etymology

Origin of Dixieland

First recorded in 1925–30; Dixie + land

Example Sentences

From the outset, the festival embraced musical diversity: big band, swing, ska, blues, Dixieland and bebop.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

He was not a musician himself but he loved jazz — straight-ahead and Dixieland — and swing most of all.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2025

Robertson's rollicking guitar struggles for sonic space over the Dixieland jazz of "Ophelia," The Band's broadcast of nostalgia for a home that is lost.

From Salon • Aug. 12, 2023

The performances led to a record deal, and the Dixieland band had soon recorded the world’s first commercially distributed jazz sides, for the Victor label.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2022

The next morning, the bakery is hung with flags and streamers and a Dixieland band is playing “When the Saints Go Marching In.”

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García