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New Orleans style

American  

noun

  1. a style of jazz developed in New Orleans early in the 20th century, influenced by blues, ragtime, marching band music, and minstrelsy and marked by polyphonic group improvisation.


Etymology

Origin of New Orleans style

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

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In the evening, the Trumps will host their first state dinner, featuring rack of spring lamb and Carolina gold rice jambalaya cooked New Orleans style.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2018

FRI New Orleans style food, cocktails, beer and wine, soul music by New Orleans based and local musicians; ages 21 and older only, 6 p.m.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2016

The relatively obscure "Johnny 99" became a rollicking romp with New Orleans style horns.

From Reuters • Jul. 15, 2012

In 1926 Haines bought a house in Hollywood and set about remodeling it, changing it from Spanish to New Orleans style.

From Architectural Digest • Jan. 1, 2010

The tunes here are standards, many of them--like Black and Blue--part of Louis Armstrong's repertoire; all are played in a straight-ahead New Orleans style.

From Time Magazine Archive

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