jazz musician
collocation in Englishmeaningsofjazzandmusician
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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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musician
noun[C]
uk/mjuːˈzɪʃ.ən/us/mjuːˈzɪʃ.ən/
someone who is skilled in playing music, usually as ...
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(Definition ofjazzandmusicianfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofjazz musician
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The jazz course at the university where the current study was conducted incorporates three major aspects of learning to become ajazzmusician.
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Accordingly, the subject of this article is a self-identified ' local'jazzmusician, whose narrative elucidates the exigencies of his musical and social life.
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It gave ajazzmusicianmuch greater freedom.
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However, there are many ideas about what a skilfuljazzmusicianactually sounds like.
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It is part of the language of being ajazzmusician.
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Decentring requires communication and collaborative aesthetic judgement that could have been lacking in this individual because he was relatively inexperienced as ajazzmusician.
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Today, however, improvisation is rarely par t of a pianist's training unless he or she happens to be ajazzmusician.
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You're only considered ajazzmusicianif you can play like they did in the 1950s!
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However, for the purposes of this study, research that compares the different functioning of the brain of ajazzmusicianand a classical musician would be of interest.
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But much more than the classical or sessions musician, who follows the instructions coded into printed scores or arrangements, thejazzmusician'makes it up as he goes along'.
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Ajazzmusicianof average talent will receive between £20 and £35 for a night's work.
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Metheny himself jokes that his career as a journalist is an occupation that pays less than being ajazzmusician.
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He has influenced virtually every saxophonist of a modern disposition, and nearly every suchjazzmusician, of the generation that followed him.
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While well practiced as ajazzmusician, many of his works defy such categorization.
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He was also ajazzmusician.
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A skilledjazzmusician, he played clarinet, saxophone, flute and vibraphone.
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He originally grew up playing the banjo, but his father wanted him to be ajazzmusician.
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Her background as ajazzmusicianon the upright bass has led to develop a walking bass theremin technique.
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He showed me that it was possible to live a good, clean life and still be a goodjazzmusician.
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