jazz composition

collocation in English

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jazz
noun[U]
uk
/dʒæz/us
/dʒæz/
a type of modern music originally developed by African-Americans, with a rhythm in which the strong notes often come before the beat. Jazz is usually improvised (= invented as it ...
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composition
noun
uk
/ˌkɒm.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/ˌkɑːm.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
a piece of music that someone ...
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(Definition ofjazzandcompositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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She has madejazzcompositionher full time endeavor, composing and recording about one album a year.
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It makes use of a flamenco guitar and a piano, with their sounds combined in what seems to be a freejazzcomposition.
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The album's title track is generally considered to have the most complex and difficult chord progression of any widely-playedjazzcomposition.
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Among a very few successful female instrumentalists of her generation in jazz, she is also recognized as a major figure injazzcomposition.
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Hisjazzcompositionblog, professorscosco, deals with advanced topics in music theory, arranging and orchestration.
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It has been called the first classic, modernjazzcomposition.
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He received his bachelor's degree injazzcompositionand a master's degree in jazz piano as well.
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She is noted for remaining faithful to the lyrical message of ajazzcomposition, while giving full vent to her own imaginative phrasings in jazz idiom.
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Between 1929 and 1936, possibly earlier, he organized and conducted an orchestra featuring his original jazz compositions and arrangements.
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The song's chord progression has been used in countless jazz compositions, and is commonly known as rhythm changes.
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The instrumental is one of the earliest and most recorded jazz compositions.
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It was a dramatic and inspiring collection of contemporary jazz compositions, featuring some of the finest musicians of the time.
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He felt that his free-form ceramic works were like jazz compositions: improvisational and free spirited.
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She has also recorded vocal performances of several instrumental jazz compositions, using both scat and vocalese techniques.
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They got together in the yards with good acoustics, where they learnt new jazz compositions heard on the radio or recording discs.
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It is one of the most recorded jazz compositions of all time.
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Brilliant improvisations and a keen understanding of musical forms characterize their jazz compositions.
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Like many other jazz compositions, it uses the chords known as rhythm changes.
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Nigel's original jazz compositions cross boundaries of genre and combine musical traditions.
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