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Definition of jazz noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

jazz

 noun
noun
NAmE//dʒæz//
 
[uncountable]
 
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  • a type of music with strong rhythms, in which the players often improvise (= make up the music as they are playing), originally created by African American musicians a jazz band/club traditional/modern jazz jazz musicians Topic CollocationsMusiclistening
    • listen to/enjoy/love/ (informal) be into music/classical music/jazz/pop/hip-hop, etc.
    • listen to the radio/an MP3 player/a CD
    • put on/play a CD/a song/some music
    • turn down/up the music/radio/volume/bass
    • go to a concert/festival/gig/performance/recital
    • copy/burn/rip music/a CD/a DVD
    • download music/an album/a song/a demo/a video
    playing
    • play a musical instrument/the piano/percussion/a note/a riff/the melody/a concerto/a duet/by ear
    • sing an anthem/a ballad/a solo/an aria/the blues/in a choir/soprano/alto/tenor/bass/out of tune
    • hum a tune/a theme song/a lullaby
    • accompany a singer/choir
    • strum a chord/guitar
    performing
    • form/start/join/quit/leave a band
    • (informal) get/put a band together
    • give a performance/concert/recital
    • do a concert/recital/gig
    • play a concert/gig/festival/venue
    • perform a concert/(live) in concert
    • appear at a festival/live
    • go on/embark on a (world) tour
    recording
    • write/compose music/a ballad/a melody/a tune/a song/a theme song/an opera/a symphony
    • land/get/sign a record deal
    • be signed to/be dropped by a record company
    • record/release/put out an album/a single/a CD
    • be on top of/top the charts
    • get to/go straight to/go straight in at/enter the charts at number one
    see acid jazz
  • Idioms
    and all that jazz (informal)
     
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    and things like that How's it going? You know—love, life, and all that jazz.
    See jazz in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary