head arrangement

American

noun

Jazz, Popular Music.

a roughly outlined musical arrangement that is played from memory and is often learned by ear.

head arrangement British

noun

jazz a spontaneous orchestration

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Etymology

Origin of head arrangement

First recorded in 1945–50

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