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JAZZ MUSICIAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A musician who plays or composes jazz music
Synonyms:
jazz musician; jazzman
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("jazz musician" is a kind of...):
instrumentalist; musician; player (someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jazz musician"):
syncopator (a musician who plays syncopated jazz music (usually in a dance band))
Instance hyponyms:
Armstrong; Louis Armstrong; Satchmo (United States pioneering jazz trumpeter and bandleader (1900-1971))
Davis; Miles Davis; Miles Dewey Davis Jr. (United States jazz musician; noted for his trumpet style (1926-1991))
Duke Ellington; Edward Kennedy Ellington; Ellington (United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader (1899-1974))
Hampton; Lionel Hampton (United States musician who was the first to use the vibraphone as a jazz instrument (1913-2002))
Herman; Woodrow Charles Herman; Woody Herman (United States jazz musician and bandleader (1913-1987))
Monk; Thelonious Monk; Thelonious Sphere Monk (United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982))
Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe Morton; Jelly Roll Morton; Morton (United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941))
Joseph Oliver; King Oliver; Oliver (United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938))
Art Tatum; Arthur Tatum; Tatum (United States jazz pianist who was almost completely blind; his innovations influenced many other jazz musicians (1910-1956))
Fats Waller; Thomas Wright Waller; Waller (United States jazz musician (1904-1943))
