jazz1 nounjazz2 verb
jazzjazz1 /dʒæz/ ●●○ noun [uncountable] 
Word OriginWORD ORIGINjazz1
ExamplesOrigin:
1900-2000 Perhaps from Bantu jas ‘to cause to dance, excite’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
word sets- a jazz festival
- Definitive music from his golden years and top-class traditional jazz by any standards.
- Their collaborations set unsurpassed standards for jazz in an orchestral setting and for jazz soloists.
WORD SETS► Music
Collocationsa cappella, adjectiveaccelerando, adjectiveaccompaniment, nounaccompanist, nounaccompany, verbaccordion, nounacid house, nounacoustic, adjectiveadagio, nounallegro, nounandante, adjectiveandante, nounanthem, nounaria, nounarpeggio, nounarr., arrange, verbarrangement, nounatonal, adjectiveback, verbbacking, nounbagpipes, nounbalalaika, nounballad, nounband, nounbandmaster, nounbandsman, nounbandstand, nounbanjo, nounbar, nounbarbershop, nounbaritone, nounbarrel organ, nounbass, nounbass, adjectivebass clef, nounbass guitar, nounbassist, nounbassoon, nounbaton, nounbeat, verbbeat, nounbebop, nounblast, verbblow, verbbluegrass, nounbolero, nounbongos, nounboogie, nounbootleg, nounbow, nounbow, verbbrass band, nounbreve, nounbridge, nounbugle, nounbusk, verbC, nouncabaret, nouncadence, nouncadenza, nouncalypso, nounC & W, canon, nouncantata, nouncanticle, nouncantor, nouncarillon, nouncarol, nouncarol, verbcastanets, nouncatchy, adjectivecellist, nouncello, nounchamber music, nounchamber orchestra, nounchant, verbchant, nounchoir, nounchoirboy, nounchoral, adjectivechorale, nounchord, nounchorister, nounchorus, nounChristmas carol, nounchromatic, adjectiveclapper, nounclarinet, nounclavichord, nounclef, nouncoda, nouncoloratura, nouncombo, nouncompose, verbcomposer, nounconcert, nounconcertgoer, nounconcertina, nounconcertmaster, nounconcerto, nounconduct, verbconductor, nounconsonant, adjectiveconsort, nouncontinuo, nouncontrabass, nouncontralto, nouncor anglais, nouncornet, nouncounterpoint, nouncountertenor, nouncountry and western, nouncountry music, nouncover, verbcover, nouncrescendo, nouncroon, verbcrotchet, nouncut, verbcymbal, nounD, noundamper, noundance, noundance band, noundemo, noundescant, noundidgeridoo, noundiminuendo, noundirge, noundisc jockey, noundiscord, noundiscordant, adjectivedissonance, nounditty, nounDixieland, noundo, noundoh, noundominant, noundouble bass, noundownbeat, noundrum, noundrum, verbdrumbeat, noundrum kit, noundrum major, noundrummer, noundrumming, noundrum-roll, noundrumstick, noundub, nounduet, noundulcimer, nounduo, nounear, nouneasy listening, nouneighth note, nounelevator music, nounencore, interjectionensemble, nounexpression, nounf., fa, nounfalsetto, nounfanfare, nounfantasia, nounfiddle, nounfiddler, nounfife, nounfinale, nounfingering, nounflat, adjectiveflat, nounflat, adverbflautist, nounfloor show, nounflourish, nounflute, nounfolk, nounfolk, adjectivefolk music, nounforte, nounforte, adjectivefortissimo, adjectiveforty-five, nounFrench horn, nounfret, nounfugue, nounfunk, nounfunky, adjectiveg, gamelan, noungig, noungig, verbglee club, nounglide, nounglockenspiel, noungong, noungospel, noungrand, noungrand opera, noungrand piano, nounGregorian chant, noungroup, nounguitar, nounhalf note, nounhalf step, nounhammer, nounhard rock, nounharmonic, adjectiveharmonica, nounharmonium, nounharmonize, verbharmony, nounharp, nounharpsichord, nounheavy metal, nounhigh, adjectivehigh-pitched, adjectivehip hop, nounhorn, nounhot, adjectivehouse music, nounhurdy-gurdy, nounhymn, nounimpressionism, nounimpressionist, nounimprovise, verbincidental music, nouninstrument, nouninstrumental, adjectiveinstrumental, nouninstrumentalist, nouninstrumentation, nouninterlude, nouninterval, nounjam, verbjam session, nounjazz, nounjazzy, adjectivejig, nounjingle, nounjungle, nounkaraoke, nounkazoo, nounkettledrum, nounkey, nounkeyboard, nounkey signature, nounla, nounlament, nounlargo, adjectiveleader, nounledger line, nounlegato, adjectiveleitmotif, nounlento, adjectivelibrettist, nounlibretto, nounlilt, nounlullaby, nounlute, nounlyre, nounlyric, adjectivelyrical, adjectivelyricism, nounlyricist, nounmadrigal, nounmaestro, nounmajor, adjectivemale-voice choir, nounmandolin, nounmaracas, nounmarch, nounmarching band, nounmariachi, nounmarimba, nounmasterclass, nounmedley, nounmellifluous, adjectivemelodic, adjectivemelodious, adjectivemelody, nounmetronome, nounmezzo-soprano, nounmi, nounmiddle C, nounminim, nounminor, adjectiveminstrel, nounminuet, nounmodal, adjectivemode, nounmoderato, adjectivemodulate, verbmolto, adverbmood music, nounmotif, nounmouth organ, nounmouthpiece, nounmovement, nounmusic, nounmusical, adjectivemusical, nounmusical instrument, nounmusically, adverbmusician, nounmusicianship, nounmusicology, nounmusic stand, nounmute, verbmute, nounMuzak, nounnational anthem, nounnatural, adjectivenatural, nounNegro spiritual, nounnocturne, nounnote, nounnumber, nounnumber one, nounnursery rhyme, nounoboe, nounoctave, nounoctet, nounoff-key, adjectiveone-man band, nounopera, nounopera house, nounoperetta, nounopus, nounoratorio, nounorchestra, nounorchestral, adjectiveorchestra pit, nounorchestrate, verborgan, nounorgan grinder, nounorganist, nounovertone, nounoverture, nounp., panpipes, nounpart, nounpart-song, nounpause, nounpeal, verbpedal, nounpeg, nounpenny whistle, nounpercussion, nounperfect pitch, nounPhilharmonic, adjectivephrase, nounphrase, verbphrasing, nounpianissimo, adjectivepianist, nounpiano, nounpiano, adjectivepianola, nounpiccolo, nounpick, verbpick, nounpipe, verbpiped music, nounpiper, nounpitch, nounpitch, verbpizzicato, nounplainchant, nounplainsong, nounplay, verbplayer, nounplayer piano, nounplectrum, nounpluck, verbpolyphony, nounpop, nounpop group, nounpop music, nounpop star, nounprelude, nounpresto, adjectivepresto, nounprima donna, nounproduction number, nounpromenade concert, nounpsaltery, nounpunk, nounquarter note, nounquartet, nounquaver, nounquintet, nounR & B, nounrag, nounraga, nounragga, nounragtime, nounrange, nounrap, nounrap, verbrapper, nounrecital, nounrecitative, nounrecord, nounrecorder, nounreed, nounrefrain, nounreggae, nounregister, nounremaster, verbrendering, nounrendition, nounrepeat, nounrequest, nounrequiem, nounresonator, nounrest, nounrhapsody, nounrhythm, nounrhythm and blues, nounrhythm section, nounriff, nounroadie, nounroad manager, nounrock, nounrock and roll, nounrock music, nounrock 'n' roll, nounrondo, nounrostrum, nounround, nounrumba, nounrun, nounsalsa, nounsamba, nounsaxophone, nounsaxophonist, nounscale, nounscat, nounscherzo, nounscore, nounscore, verbsemibreve, nounsemiquaver, nounsemitone, nounseptet, nounserenade, nounserenade, verbset, nounsetting, nounsextet, nounshanty, nounsharp, adverbsharp, nounsheet music, nounsight-read, verbsignature tune, nounsing, verbsinger, nounsinger-songwriter, nounsingle, nounsitar, nounsixteenth note, nounska, nounskiffle, nounslide, nounslur, verbslur, nounsnare drum, nounso, nounsol, nounsol-fa, nounsolo, adjectivesolo, nounsoloist, nounsonata, nounsong, nounsongbook, nounsongster, nounsongwriter, nounsoprano, nounsoprano, adjectivesoul, nounsoundtrack, nounspiritual, nounsqueezebox, nounstaccato, adverbstaff, nounstandard, nounStar-Spangled Banner, the, stave, nounsteel band, nounsteel guitar, nounstep, nounstring, verbstringed instrument, nounstrum, verbstudy, nounsuite, nounswell, nounswing, nounsymphony, nounsyncopated, adjectivesyncopation, nounsynthesis, nounsynthesize, verbsynthesizer, nountabla, nountabor, nountambourine, nountechno, nountempo, nountenor, nountenor, adjectiveTex-Mex, adjectivetheme, nounthrash, nounthrenody, nounthrob, verbti, nountimbrel, nountime, nountime signature, nountimpani, nountoccata, nountom-tom, nountonal, adjectivetonality, nountone, nountone-deaf, adjectivetone poem, nountonic, nountootle, verbtrack, nountranscribe, verbtranspose, verbtreble, nountreble, adjectivetreble clef, nountremolo, nountriangle, nountrill, nountrombone, nountrumpet, nountuba, nountune, nountune, verbtuneful, adjectivetuneless, adjectivetuning fork, nountuning peg, nounukulele, noununaccompanied, adjectiveupright piano, nounvalve, nounvariation, nounverse, nounvibes, nounvibraphone, nounvibrato, nounviola, nounviolin, nounviolinist, nounvirginals, nounvirtuoso, nounvivace, adjectivevocal, adjectivevocal, nounvocalist, nounvoice, nounvoluntary, nounwaltz, nounwarble, verbwarbler, nounwhole note, nounwind instrument, nounwoodwind, nounxylophone, nounyodel, verbyodel, nounzither, nounzydeco, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a rock/jazz etc band
Phrases· He’s the saxophonist in a jazz band.
► a pop/rock/jazz/classical concert· There were 150,000 people at the rock concert in Frankfurt.
► a music/jazz/rock etc fan· Jazz fans are in for a treat at this year’s Montreux Jazz Festival.
► a rock/pop/jazz/folk festival· He's appeared at folk festivals all over Europe.
► a pop/rock/jazz group· They’re one of the most exciting pop groups around at the moment.
► the music/jazz etc scene· She’s still involved in the music scene in London.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► modern· Big-band music, especially Duke Ellington, and both traditional and modern jazz also appealed to the teenager.· The rise of modern jazz through bebop coincided with the demise of the big bands.
► traditional· Big-band music, especially Duke Ellington, and both traditional and modern jazz also appealed to the teenager.· Definitive music from his golden years and top-class traditional jazz by any standards.· They are, in fact, comparable to those of traditional jazz recordings.
NOUN► album· If musicians want to do jazz albums or make obscure folk records there are routes for that.· Morrison has been flirting with a jazz album for some time, but this at-long-last effort exceeds expectations.· Having just bought a collection of nearly 100 old jazz albums, Woker was tending to them, one by one.
► band· And somewhere, behind it all, a bland jazz band.· They range from non-performing beginner groups to an auditioned jazz band that meets an hour before school starts.· Young men formed neighbourhood jazz bands, creating uniforms out of crêpe paper and competing against one another for modest prices.· At least the club had a good jazz band, and a first-class cabaret.· Jazzy appeal: Recruits are wanted for the Lockwood Lions jazz band which was formed a year ago.· We have, for instance, a jazz band and the more advanced patients do some very good playing.
► club· Bartz's father ran a local jazz club, and Gary got an alto sax at eleven years of age.· Area jazz clubs and coffeehouses offer live music while visitors can catch a movie at one of two main theater complexes.· She had never been to a jazz club before.· They had dinner at a jazz club in the next street.· When an audience in a jazz club feels the need to wear earplugs, something is awry.
► fan· Metheny's jazz fans will adore this, but all his other admirers will raise an eyebrow too.· Die-hard trod-jazz fans won't be happy.
► festival· He appeared at the 1975 Berlin jazz festival with Jazztrack and with the Michael Gibbs orchestra.· The Chicago Tribune called it the most acclaimed jazz festival in the country.· In Aspen, Colorado, a two-day jazz festival donated its proceeds to Global ReLeaf.
► guitar· There's a double cutaway arrangement and it's a very different body shape from any jazz guitar that I've seen.· If you think of all jazz guitar music as boring bebop stuff, think again.· Gibson have also announced some new instruments, including the first Gibson basses ever modelled on the ES-175 jazz guitar body.· Gibson L-50 jazz guitar, 1936, all original with original case, £575 ono.· What I like about jazz guitar is that it's so true.
► history· It was like listening to a jazz history lesson but not recollected in tranquillity, rather the opposite.· Early jazz history is long on legend and short on facts.· Monk shares the piano bench with Horace Silver, a most extraordinary moment in jazz history.
► music· This is the essential condition for all forms of extemporisation, as exemplified in jazz music.· The Ritz-Carlton in the Camelback Corridor plans to turn its grill into a bar with live jazz music.· We got a small table near the orchestra, which was faking jazz music from their memories and short-wave radio.
► musician· In addition to a number of internationally recognised jazz musicians the Festival attracts a number of artists and attractions from around the region.· But from the viewpoint of a bona fide jazz musician, it is not really jazz.· I am delighted that an accomplished jazz musician should choose a tune of mine to improvise upon.· When jazz musicians go to a club, the first place we go is the kitchen.· Max is a jazz musician, a black cat with Negro features, who owns a talking saxophone, his Alto Ego.· Before then, we are inclined to believe only hip jazz musicians and self-destructive beat poets did dope.· Born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, in 1929, Kundera worked as a labourer and a jazz musician before turning to writing.· By then Mike, though insecure in his ability to improvise, dreamed of being a jazz musician.
► pianist· For anyone who doesn't know the work of this prodigiously talented jazz pianist, he made one piano sound like three.· He was a local jazz pianist.· In 1995, the state of BadenWuerttemberg blocked a performance by jazz pianist Chick Corea because he is a member.
► player· A really fine debut album by a local jazz player who seldom gets any ink.· Other jazz players appeared to have a better understanding of the music.· Even the newest jazz players still rely on a catalog of tunes older than their grandfathers.
► scene· His observations on the burgeoning jazz scene are quite laughable, and typically shot through with self-deception.· The guitarist has ricocheted all over the jazz scene for two decades now.· She developed slowly into one of the most important bandleaders and composing-arranging talents on the entire jazz scene.
► singer· It was an environment where he could be what he always wanted to be -- a jazz singer.· Nor is Badu in any way a slavish Holiday imitator or even a jazz singer.
► trumpeter· A former jazz trumpeter, Nancarrow created remarkably imaginative music that sounds perpetually fresh and vital.
VERB► listen· It was like listening to a jazz history lesson but not recollected in tranquillity, rather the opposite.· Nor do I spend much time listening to jazz.
► play· The bridge was pedestrian-only and had been taken over by assorted buskers playing jazz or folk music.· At night, Hathaway played the piano in jazz trios around town and hung out with a young pianist-vocalist named Roberta Flack.· A band, large or small, that stays together plays better jazz together, and Rollins' sextet proves it.· Again, we were lucky enough to see the late, great Michel Petrucciani play jazz piano at the Festival Hall.· In her time at the Royal Academy she remembered buskers in the tube, but they played rock or sometimes jazz.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► and all that jazz
1a type of music that has a strong beat and parts for performers to play alone: - Yeah, bring in the candy bars, the cookies, and all that jazz.
- The cookies and all that jazz.
a jazz band a jazz club modern jazz2and all that jazz spoken and things like that: I’m fed up with work, meetings, and all that jazz.jazz1 nounjazz2 verb
jazzjazz2 verb Verb TableVERB TABLE
jazz
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | jazz |
| he, she, it | jazzes | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | jazzed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have jazzed |
| he, she, it | has jazzed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had jazzed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will jazz |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have jazzed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am jazzing |
| he, she, it | is jazzing | |
| you, we, they | are jazzing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was jazzing |
| you, we, they | were jazzing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been jazzing |
| he, she, it | has been jazzing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been jazzing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be jazzing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been jazzing |
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Thesaurus- But Forbes did remarkably well for a nerdish unknown, so Dole now solicits his thoughts on jazzing up his tax platform.
- You might be surprised to hear that you can jazz it up even more.
Longman Language Activatorto make something more interesting► make something more interesting
Collocations · Teachers are always trying to find new ways of making their lessons more interesting.· Sharing a house makes life much more interesting.
► make something come to life also make something come alive to make something much more interesting, especially by making it seem more lively or real: · Campbell made the match come to life when he scored with a header in the 67th minute.· Cagney makes the character come alive through a combination of his looks and his skills as an actor.
► liven up also enliven formal to make something that is a little boring or ordinary become more interesting or exciting: liven something up: · I wish Leo would come - he would liven the party up.· Bob tried to liven things up by telling some of his jokes.liven up something: · Tropical fruit such as mangoes and kiwis can help to liven up salad.
► jazz up to make something seem more interesting and exciting by adding things to it that are colourful, modern etc: jazz up something: · You can easily jazz up a plain outfit with some bright, colourful accessories.· The company's first product, WebSuite, allowed anyone with basic computer skills to jazz up a Web site.jazz something up: · They've really jazzed it up in here but I bet the food's still the same.
► add variety to make something more interesting by adding something different or unusual: · Evergreen plants with interesting leaves, berries or flowers add variety to a window box throughout the year.add variety to: · Make sure you add variety to your child's diet with plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a rock/jazz etc band
jazz something ↔ up phrasal verb informal to make something more attractive or exciting: · He’s the saxophonist in a jazz band.
► a pop/rock/jazz/classical concert· There were 150,000 people at the rock concert in Frankfurt.
► a music/jazz/rock etc fan· Jazz fans are in for a treat at this year’s Montreux Jazz Festival.
► a rock/pop/jazz/folk festival· He's appeared at folk festivals all over Europe.
► a pop/rock/jazz group· They’re one of the most exciting pop groups around at the moment.
► the music/jazz etc scene· She’s still involved in the music scene in London.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► up· But Forbes did remarkably well for a nerdish unknown, so Dole now solicits his thoughts on jazzing up his tax platform.· Of course, you could jazz up your message in these ways: Stressed?
Jazz up your everyday meals with our new range of seasonings.