jazz guitarist

collocation in English

meaningsofjazzandguitarist

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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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guitarist
noun[C]
uk
/ɡɪˈtɑː.rɪst/us
/ɡɪˈtɑːr.ɪst/
a person who plays ...
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(Definition ofjazzandguitaristfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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As well, a jazz guitarists' solo improvisations have to have a rhythmic drive and time feel that creates a sense of swing and groove.
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This model guitar is used not only by jazz guitarists.
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Jazz guitarists usually learn the appropriate ornamenting styles by listening to prominent recordings from a given style or jazz era.
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He is generally considered to be one of the greatest jazz guitarists of the 20th century.
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As a result, jazz guitarists tended to act as accompanists, strumming chords as part of the rhythm section.
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Grassel is recognized as a technically advanced, emotionally charged modernjazzguitaristwho sounds like himself.
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Before and during this time, he worked as a professionaljazzguitarist.
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By the age of 16, he joined a punk rock band, but the influence of thejazzguitaristfather, stalked on him.
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He began his professional career at twenty-one, as ajazzguitarist.
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He then worked several years as a classical andjazzguitarist.
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That recording marked the end of a 30 plus year hiatus from recording for this talentedjazzguitarist.
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As ajazzguitaristwho played regularly in township shebeens, he often depicted the emerging urban party scene.
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His parents ran a music store and his father was ajazzguitarist.
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In the 1990s, there was a resurgence of interest among jazz guitarists in acoustic archtop guitars with floating pickups.
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His early albums were very influential among rock and jazz guitarists alike.
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Most jazz guitarists play hollow body instruments, but solid body guitars are also used.
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Reinhardt was an influential figure in jazz and among jazz guitarists as a soloist, accompanist and composer.
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There is a certain purity to his sound that makes him stand out easily from other first-rate jazz guitarists.
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As well, a jazz guitarists' solo improvisations have to have a rhythmic drive and timefeel that creates a sense of swing and groove.
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In fact, he s one of the more accomplished and well-rounded jazz guitarists of our day.
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Lang was the first importantjazzguitarist.
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