JAZZMAN

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does jazzman mean? 

• JAZZMAN (noun)
  The noun JAZZMAN has 1 sense:

1. a musician who plays or composes jazz music

  Familiarity information: JAZZMAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JAZZMAN (noun)

Meaning:

A musician who plays or composes jazz music

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

jazz musician; jazzman

Hypernyms ("jazzman" is a kind of...):

instrumentalist; musician; player (someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jazzman"):

syncopator (a musician who plays syncopated jazz music (usually in a dance band))

Instance hyponyms:

Art Tatum; Arthur Tatum; Tatum (United States jazz pianist who was almost completely blind; his innovations influenced many other jazz musicians (1910-1956))

Joseph Oliver; King Oliver; Oliver (United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938))

Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe Morton; Jelly Roll Morton; Morton (United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941))

Monk; Thelonious Monk; Thelonious Sphere Monk (United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982))

Herman; Woodrow Charles Herman; Woody Herman (United States jazz musician and bandleader (1913-1987))

Hampton; Lionel Hampton (United States musician who was the first to use the vibraphone as a jazz instrument (born in 1913))

Duke Ellington; Edward Kennedy Ellington; Ellington (United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader (1899-1974))

Davis; Miles Davis; Miles Dewey Davis Jr. (United States jazz musician; noted for his trumpet style (1926-1991))

Armstrong; Louis Armstrong; Satchmo (United States jazz trumpeter and bandleader (1900-1971))

Fats Waller; Thomas Wright Waller; Waller (United States jazz musician (1904-1943))