Jazz
noun
A type of music that originated in the US, characterized by improvisation, syncopation, and often a regular rhythm.
I love listening to jazz while I work.
Often appears as...
- smooth jazz
- jazz musician
verb
To enliven or make more interesting.
She jazzed up the living room with some colorful curtains.
Often appears as...
- jazz up the decoration
- jazz up the party
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Colloquial
noun
Useless, empty talk or writing; nonsense.
He's just full of jazz and doesn't know what he's talking about.
Often appears as...
- full of jazz
- don't talk jazz
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A type of music that originated in the US, characterized by improvisation, syncopation, and often a regular rhythm.
I love listening to jazz while I work.
Often appears as...
- smooth jazz
- jazz musician
verb
To enliven or make more interesting.
She jazzed up the living room with some colorful curtains.
Often appears as...
- jazz up the decoration
- jazz up the party
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Colloquial
noun
Useless, empty talk or writing; nonsense.
He's just full of jazz and doesn't know what he's talking about.
Often appears as...
- full of jazz
- don't talk jazz
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3American Roots
Jazz has deep cultural significance in American history, especially linked to African American communities.
Jazz truly represents the soul of American music history.
Pro Tip 2/3Dynamic Improvisation
In jazz music, expect creative on-the-spot compositions, showcasing musicians' skills and interaction.
The jazz band's improvisation brought the crowd to their feet.
Pro Tip 3/3Rhythmic Styles
There are various styles of jazz, such as bebop, swing, and fusion, each with unique rhythms and sounds.
I prefer the complex rhythms of bebop jazz over smooth jazz.
Pro Tip 1/3American Roots
Jazz has deep cultural significance in American history, especially linked to African American communities.
Jazz truly represents the soul of American music history.
Pro Tip 2/3Dynamic Improvisation
In jazz music, expect creative on-the-spot compositions, showcasing musicians' skills and interaction.
The jazz band's improvisation brought the crowd to their feet.
Pro Tip 3/3Rhythmic Styles
There are various styles of jazz, such as bebop, swing, and fusion, each with unique rhythms and sounds.
I prefer the complex rhythms of bebop jazz over smooth jazz.
Pro Tip 1/3American Roots
Jazz has deep cultural significance in American history, especially linked to African American communities.
Jazz truly represents the soul of American music history.
Pro Tip 2/3Dynamic Improvisation
In jazz music, expect creative on-the-spot compositions, showcasing musicians' skills and interaction.
The jazz band's improvisation brought the crowd to their feet.
Pro Tip 3/3Rhythmic Styles
There are various styles of jazz, such as bebop, swing, and fusion, each with unique rhythms and sounds.
I prefer the complex rhythms of bebop jazz over smooth jazz.
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Video examples
Robots with "soul" PIPE Guy...
And so I tried to do the same things, this time with music, where the robot doesn't really know what it's about to play, it just sort of moves its body and uses opportunities to play, and does what my jazz teacher when I was 17 taught me. She said, when you improvise,
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The Music of Physics PIPE...
link between music and the structure of the universe that's the kind of that's it that's it that's a that's a title right there but what I want to know is is there something about physics that you can tell me so that henceforth I will always think of jazz when I
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Not Afraid to Ask for...
watching a couple of pickpockets helping themselves to the students cell phone three blocks east wallet make a left at that hotdog cart and tablet three blocks past this jazz club and it's gonna be right in front of you campus hey good
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My journey to yo-yo...
and started a career as a professional performer. I started to learn classic ballet, jazz dance, acrobatics and other things to make my performance better. As a result of these efforts, and the help of many others, it happened.
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Feel the Photon PIPE...
through jazz, through his saxophone. So I prepped him for a cosmic phenomenon to see how he-- can he roll with it. - Uh-oh. This is going to be deep. Let's check it out. I want to describe something astrophysical to you,
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Meklit Hadero: The...
As a singer-songwriter, people often ask me about my influences or, as I like to call them, my sonic lineages. And I could easily tell you that I was shaped by the jazz and hip hop that I grew up with,
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How African music...
Jonah's funk music funk is influenced a lot by jazz and jazz it's influenced by African music so it's cyclical some of my earliest memories of the music my dad and my mom used to play a lot of great
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Barry Schwartz: Our loss...
Real-world problems are often ambiguous and ill-defined and the context is always changing. A wise person is like a jazz musician -- using the notes on the page, but dancing around them,
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A different way to...
to get a four beat system. This is the recognizable backbone of many genres popular around the world, from rock, country, and jazz,
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Adorable Tiger Cub...
the sensation of caitlyn's licking should trigger the cubs lungs to start working jazz is she looking at yeah she is now yeah
Video examples
Robots with "soul" PIPE Guy...
And so I tried to do the same things, this time with music, where the robot doesn't really know what it's about to play, it just sort of moves its body and uses opportunities to play, and does what my jazz teacher when I was 17 taught me. She said, when you improvise,
Video examples
The Music of Physics PIPE...
link between music and the structure of the universe that's the kind of that's it that's it that's a that's a title right there but what I want to know is is there something about physics that you can tell me so that henceforth I will always think of jazz when I
Video examples
Not Afraid to Ask for...
watching a couple of pickpockets helping themselves to the students cell phone three blocks east wallet make a left at that hotdog cart and tablet three blocks past this jazz club and it's gonna be right in front of you campus hey good
Video examples
My journey to yo-yo...
and started a career as a professional performer. I started to learn classic ballet, jazz dance, acrobatics and other things to make my performance better. As a result of these efforts, and the help of many others, it happened.
Video examples
Feel the Photon PIPE...
through jazz, through his saxophone. So I prepped him for a cosmic phenomenon to see how he-- can he roll with it. - Uh-oh. This is going to be deep. Let's check it out. I want to describe something astrophysical to you,
Video examples
Meklit Hadero: The...
As a singer-songwriter, people often ask me about my influences or, as I like to call them, my sonic lineages. And I could easily tell you that I was shaped by the jazz and hip hop that I grew up with,
Video examples
How African music...
Jonah's funk music funk is influenced a lot by jazz and jazz it's influenced by African music so it's cyclical some of my earliest memories of the music my dad and my mom used to play a lot of great
Video examples
Barry Schwartz: Our loss...
Real-world problems are often ambiguous and ill-defined and the context is always changing. A wise person is like a jazz musician -- using the notes on the page, but dancing around them,
Video examples
A different way to...
to get a four beat system. This is the recognizable backbone of many genres popular around the world, from rock, country, and jazz,
Video examples
Adorable Tiger Cub...
the sensation of caitlyn's licking should trigger the cubs lungs to start working jazz is she looking at yeah she is now yeah
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Eric Burdon
British Musician
I used to hang out a lot in jazz clubs, and the groups took to a kid like me who wasn't afraid to get up and sing with a jazz band. Then I started to hang out in rock clubs and learned to carry off different styles.
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Christina Aguilera
American Musician
Blues and soul and jazz music has so much pain, so much beauty of raw emotion and passion.
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LaChanze
American Actress
Dianne Reeves, a famous jazz singer, would be my biggest influence.
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Anita Diament
American Author
I love many kinds of music: world music, jazz, classical, pop.
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Dexter Gordon
American Musician
In jazz, there is a lot of European influence harmonically.
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Louis Armstrong
American Musician
The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician.
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Kenneth Rexroth
American Poet
I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life.
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Gyorgy Ligeti
Hungarian Composer
New York is the dream world, the center of jazz and rock.
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Kurt Elling
American Musician
It's pretty rare in jazz to have a full-on steady band.
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Alexandre Desplat
French Composer
There's a jazz influence in my music in general.
Quote examples
Eric Burdon
British Musician
I used to hang out a lot in jazz clubs, and the groups took to a kid like me who wasn't afraid to get up and sing with a jazz band. Then I started to hang out in rock clubs and learned to carry off different styles.
Quote examples
Christina Aguilera
American Musician
Blues and soul and jazz music has so much pain, so much beauty of raw emotion and passion.
Quote examples
LaChanze
American Actress
Dianne Reeves, a famous jazz singer, would be my biggest influence.
Quote examples
Anita Diament
American Author
I love many kinds of music: world music, jazz, classical, pop.
Quote examples
Dexter Gordon
American Musician
In jazz, there is a lot of European influence harmonically.
Quote examples
Louis Armstrong
American Musician
The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician.
Quote examples
Kenneth Rexroth
American Poet
I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life.
Quote examples
Gyorgy Ligeti
Hungarian Composer
New York is the dream world, the center of jazz and rock.
Quote examples
Kurt Elling
American Musician
It's pretty rare in jazz to have a full-on steady band.
Quote examples
Alexandre Desplat
French Composer
There's a jazz influence in my music in general.
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