jazzman

American  

[jaz-man, -muhn] / ˈdʒæzˌmæn, -mən /

noun

plural

jazzmen

1. a musician who plays jazz.

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Etymology

Origin of jazzman

First recorded in 1925–30; jazz + man

Example Sentences

It’s always an event when the only jazzman with a more enviable mane than Kenny G comes to town.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2023

And why wasn’t Joe the modern jazzman also into hip-hop?

From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2020

Also the title of a tribute album by New York avant jazzman John Zorn, “The Big Gundown” is a wild ride.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2020

Mr. Nathanson is an old East Village guy, a veteran of the Lounge Lizards and Jazz Passengers, a buddy of Elvis Costello and Debbie Harry, an out-there jazzman.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2020

He jammed a cutoff shovel handle into the mouthpiece of a saxophone and called it “Bird,” for the jazzman Charlie Parker.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 2, 2019