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New Orleans jazz

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noun

  1. the jazz originating in New Orleans from about 1914; traditional jazz

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In your most recent performance, you created a New Orleans jazz club complete with a live band and a stand-up comic.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2024

A special characteristic of New Orleans jazz is its function as dance music.

From New York Times Jun. 7, 2023

In this production, tenor Joshua Stewart returns to explore the boundaries between the Great American Songbook, New Orleans jazz and American art song.

From Seattle Times Mar. 17, 2022

He had remembered New Orleans jazz bands using the same technique and it was later copied by other groups including AC/DC and U2.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2021

At first, drawn to modern jazz, the music of Louis Armstrong instilled in Ringwald a lifelong passion for the performance and preservation of traditional New Orleans jazz.

From Fox News Aug. 9, 2021

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