HyperDic: cool_jazz

English > 1 sense of the expression *cool jazz*:
NOUN	communication	cool jazz	jazz that is restrained and fluid and marked by intricate harmonic structures often lagging slightly behind the beat

English > *cool jazz*: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaning	jazz that is restrained and fluid and marked by intricate harmonic structures often lagging slightly behind the beat.
Broader	jazz	A genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles