jazz group
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2.1
- noun
- /dʒæz ɡruːp/
:
grupo de jazz
- The vocal jazz group is belting their hearts out, singing "How Sweet It Is."
- jazz group and big band
Examples
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It's more like leading a jazz group than a marching band.
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Then, in young adulthood, he somehow found himself in LA playing bass in the most avant-garde jazz group of the time, Ornette Coleman's.
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This jazz group charges $6.
Blog text (25) -
Got some people asking me to do a gig for a jazz group, not a big thing.
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And they were voted the second most popular band on Merseyside, the first being a jazz group called the Mersey Sippies.
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Paul Desmond and Dave Brubeck formed the heart of one of the best all-time jazz groups.
Blog text (17) -
While the Calloway band was almost never stylistically innovative, it was, player for player and section for section, one of the most formidable jazz groups of its time.
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George and his jazz group have agreed to be the band at your reception for free!
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So, I started to play in a little jazz group, and we performed at weddings and bar mitzvahs!
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Easing diners into the day, a jazz group, the Jeff Kaye Trio, entertains guests from noon to 3 p.m.
Synonyms
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1.0
A group of musicians who play together
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4.0
A small group of musicians who play jazz or popular music
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2.3
A small group of musicians who play jazz with instruments like saxophone or trumpet
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2.3
People who play music together for a crowd
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a small band of musicians who play jazz' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'jazz' (the musical genre) with 'group' (a set of people). This simple noun+noun composition follows common English compounding and is cross-linguistically straightforward, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
The phrase jazz group comes from early American music scenes where small bands played lively music called jazz in clubs and on the streets. Because these bands were small and played together, people called them a group, so jazz group came to mean 'a small band of musicians who play jazz music together'.