English > jazzman: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A musician / musician who plays or composes jazz / jazz music. |
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| Synonym | jazz musician |
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| Instances | Armstrong, Louis Armstrong, Satchmo | United States pioneering jazz / jazz trumpeter and bandleader (1900-1971) |
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| Davis, Miles Davis, Miles Dewey Davis Jr. | United States jazz musician |
| Ellington, Duke Ellington, Edward Kennedy Ellington | United States jazz / 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, Woody Herman, Woodrow Charles 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) |
| Morton, Jelly Roll Morton, Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe Morton | United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941) |
| Oliver, Joseph Oliver, King Oliver | United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938) |
| Tatum, Art Tatum, Arthur Tatum | United States jazz pianist who was almost completely blind |
| Waller, Fats Waller, Thomas Wright Waller | United States jazz musician (1904-1943) |
| Narrower | syncopator | A musician who plays syncopated jazz music (usually in a dance band) |
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| Broader | musician, instrumentalist, player | someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession) |
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| Spanish | jazzman, músico de jazz |
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| Catalan | jazzman, músic de jazz |
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