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New Orleans style
noun
- a style of jazz developed in New Orleans early in the 20th century, influenced by blues, ragtime, marching band music, and minstrelsy and marked by polyphonic group improvisation.
Word History and Origins
Origin of New Orleans style1
Example Sentences
An adept trumpeter with a memorably raspy voice, Armstrong helped introduce the world to the smoky, languid, New Orleans style of jazz, and in the process became one of the highest-paid and most respected Black entertainers of his era, appearing in Hollywood movies and playing the best concert halls and hotels.
Their second-to-last dance was a New Orleans style Second Line that brought all of the guests to their feet.
In flamboyant New Orleans style, sugar tinted purple, green and gold, and strings of matching beads festoon the finished cake, which is sold by the slice or whole.
This New Orleans–style cold-brew concentrate, made by the well-respected Grady’s, is packed with a mix of coffee, chicory, and spices.
In the evening, the Trumps will host their first state dinner, featuring rack of spring lamb and Carolina gold rice jambalaya cooked New Orleans style.
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