Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A style of traditional jazz developed in New Orleans in the early 1900s, usually performed by combos and featuring simultaneous improvisations by multiple musicians.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the 11 southern states that seceded from the U. S. in 1861.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun US, informal The southern states of the
US ;Dixie . - proper noun US, informal The southwestern corner of
Utah ;Dixie . - proper noun music A type of
jazz that originated inNew Orleans .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
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Examples
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That's the root of jazz rhythm from the New Orleans - what they call Dixieland music that carries through until today.
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The phrase "Dixieland shit" started a low rumble, "minstrel show" got it to a boo and when Delmond responded, "Fuck Y'all," the bar not only burst out into applause, there was round of "Who Dat."
Karen Dalton-Beninato: Accentuate the Positive: Treme at The R Bar in New Orleans Karen Dalton-Beninato 2011
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The phrase "Dixieland shit" started a low rumble, "minstrel show" got it to a boo and when Delmond responded, "Fuck Y'all," the bar not only burst out into applause, there was round of "Who Dat."
Karen Dalton-Beninato: Accentuate the Positive: Treme at The R Bar in New Orleans Karen Dalton-Beninato 2011
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He initially (1950s) played trombone in Polish Dixieland, and in 1960s took up alto saxophone and ventured into modern Jazz joining Andrzej Trzaskowski's hard bop group the Jazz Wreckers.
AvaxHome RSS: 2009
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The instrumentalists bounce, pluck and hop through spirited arrangements that might impress even Dan Hicks as the ever-morphing style flits through what might be called Dixieland torch
ScrippsNews - current events, culture, commentary, community 2008
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The instrumentalists bounce, pluck and hop through spirited arrangements that might impress even Dan Hicks as the ever-morphing style flits through what might be called Dixieland torch
ScrippsNews - current events, culture, commentary, community 2008
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Make a literary pilgrimage to the Thomas Wolfe Memorial, the Old Kentucky Home boarding house depicted as "Dixieland" in the Asheville native's novel "Look Homeward, Angel" (52 North Market St.; 828-253-8304; wolfememorial. com).
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And now, brought to you by the company that gave us This Land (the Woodie Guthrie parody) ... to the tune of "Dixieland," it's D.C. Land.
Holy crap. This writing thing is all hard and stuff. duchess_webb 2004
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My father Joe Techner (pictured) was trumpet on the three Left Bank Bearcats "Dixieland"
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My father Joe Techner (pictured) was trumpet on the three Left Bank Bearcats "Dixieland" albums.
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