…a type of music of black American origin which emerged at the beginning of the 20th century, characterized by improvisation, syncopation, and usually a regular or forceful rhythm. Brass and woodwind instruments and piano are particularly associated with jazz, although guitar and occasionally violin are also used; styles include Dixieland, swing, bebop, and free jazz…
…a kind of popular dance music incorporating elements of jazz, funk, soul, and hip hop…
…an improvised style of jazz characterized by the absence of set chord patterns or time patterns…
…the 1920s in the US characterized as a period of carefree hedonism, wealth, freedom, and youthful exuberance, reflected in the novels of writers such as F. Scott Fitzgerald…
…a style of popular dance music incorporating elements of jazz and funk…
…a gesture originating in musical theatre, in which the hands are waved rapidly to and fro with the palms facing forward and the fingers splayed, used typically to express or indicate excitement or triumph…
…jazz as developed in the 1940s and 1950s, especially bebop and the music that followed it…
…make something more interesting, lively, or exciting…
…a style of theatrical dance performed to jazz or popular music…
…a style of theatrical dance performed to jazz or popular music…
…jazz that is neither traditional nor modern, based on the 1930s swing style and consisting especially of solo improvisation on chord sequences…
