jazz

PRONUNCIATION:
(jaz)

MEANING:
noun:
1. A style of music characterized by improvisation.
2. Etcetera (in the phrase: and all that jazz).
3. Nonsense.

verb tr.:
1. To enliven (in the phrase: to jazz up).
2. To exaggerate or lie.

ETYMOLOGY:
Of undetermined origin, perhaps a variant of slang jasm (energy, vigor). Earliest documented use: 1912.

USAGE:
"They had energy and passion and all that jazz."
Many Phases Later; The Irish Times (Dublin); Dec 10, 2011.

"Don't give me any of that jazz about hope or nonsense about righteousness."
Bob Dylan; Chronicles: Volume 1; Simon & Schuster; 2004.

"With so much stress at work, what can we do to jazz up our mood."
Misha Paul; Jazz Up Your Work Station; The Times of India (New Delhi); Aug 8, 2011.

"Sting Was A Fantastic Jazz Musician" none of your example sentences used jazz as a musical form. could you rectify?

i disagree...maybe in that first ref, when they had all that jazz, they were referring to a bunch of louis armstrong records.

besides, sting sucks....

Watch out, the jazz police are watching this thread

"Andy Summers Was A Fantastic Jazz Musician"

I think in the first ref they are referring to Munster putting up a brave but futile fight in the Heineken Cup 1997.

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Erik_Snow
Watch out, the jazz police are watching this thread

Is Jimmy Jazz still the Chief of Police ?

i liked andy's cool solo on burdon's version of coloured rain...but since '68 it's been all downhill for him. and andy sucks at jazz...just SUCKS AT IT

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Erik_Snow
Watch out, the jazz police are watching this thread

Is Jimmy Jazz still the Chief of Police ?

No it's JP Getty, it seems

Bet our comments goes above eachothers heads this time

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Erik_Snow
Bet our comments goes above eachothers heads this time

that ain't exactly a challenge, you know

Whoa.....something just flew past my head...did you guys see that?

Whoa

True dat, Stonestod. The sharpest blades in the drawer doesn't spend time posting on IORR, I believe.

speaking of things that fly....it always bugged me that flies got to be called flies just cos they could fly.

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i liked andy's cool solo on burdon's version of coloured rain...but since '68 it's been all downhill for him. and andy sucks at jazz...just SUCKS AT IT

"Stewart Copeland is not a Jazz musician"

I like Andy's Jazz...Try this out:
[rapidshare.com]

It free...

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Erik_Snow
The sharpest blades in the drawer doesn't spend time posting on IORR.

just us dull ones. sharp blades are out cutting it up or something.

stewart copeland isn't even a very jazzy name. as proof: there isn't a single jazz musician out there named stewart copeland.

I'm just using Jazz in sentences...yeesh. If you want I can leave.
I'm sure theres a Wood v Taylor thread I'm needed in...

"Jazz did not appear on the LP Who By Numbers"

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I'm just using Jazz in sentences.

like that one...except no capitalization required. otherwise, an excellent example.

i like the aquabats.

what jazz causes:

Are words of the day always just one syllable? Do they always have a double consonant at the end after a vowel?

Also... is the plural "words of the day" or "word of the days"?

"As with many words that began in slang, there is no definitive etymology for
jazz. However, the similarity in meaning of the earliest jazz citations to
jasm, a now-obsolete slang term meaning spirit, energy, vigor and dated
to 1860 in the Historical Dictionary of American Slang, suggests that jasm
should be considered the leading candidate for the source of jazz. A link
between the two words is particularly supported by the Daily Californian's
February 18, 1916, article, which used the spelling jaz-m, although the context
and other articles in the Daily Californian from this period show that jazz was
intended. Jasm is thought to derive from or be a variant of slang jism or
gism, which the Historical Dictionary of American Slang dates to 1842 and
defines as "spirit; energy; spunk. " Jism also means semen or sperm, the meaning
that predominates today, causing jism to be considered a taboo word. Deepening
the nexus among these words is the fact that "spunk" is also a slang term for
semen, and that "spunk", like jism/jasm, also means spirit, energy, or courage
(for example: "She showed a lot of spunk." ) In the 19th and early 20th
centuries, however, jism could still be used in polite contexts. Jism, or its
variant jizz (which, however, is not attested in the Historical Dictionary of
American Slang until 1941), has also been suggested as a direct source for jazz."

EXACTLY like "rock n roll" meant "sex" before it meant a certain kind of music,
so did "jazz". Duh.

"jazz (n.) As a type of music, attested from 1913. Probably ultimately from
Creole patois jass "strenuous activity," especially "sexual intercourse" but
also used of Congo dances, from jasm (1860) "energy, drive," of African origin
(cf. Mandingo jasi, Temne yas), also the source of slang jism."

Thus, getting your ya-yas out means both working it out sexually and/or
working it out musically. All African-derived rhythm music is based on
sexual tension and sexual release. Duh.

[deleted] Sorry, according to Keno that lyric was jam not jazz. I always misheard it.

Let's enjoy this spaniel climbing a fence:




Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2012-08-24 20:25 by Claire_M.

I'll use Supreme Court Justice Potter's famous definition of pornography - "I know it when I see it"- as an analogy. Jazz is hard to define, but you know it when you hear it.

i'm hearing it right now. it's almost all i seem to listen to anymore. america's greatest gift to the arts ever....

great art form...once hooked, there's no turning back.....King Oliver, Armstrong, Ellington, Bechet, Beiderbecke, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Parker, Dexter Gordon, Coltrane, Mingus, Miles Davis, Hank Mobley, Oliver Nelson, Jackie McLean, Steve Lacy, Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Monk , Curtis Fuller, Bobby Hutcherson, Lee Morgan, Konitz, Herbie Hancock, Archie Shepp, Grant Green, Rollins, GEORGE RUSSELL, Ornette Coleman, Dolphy and on and on and on....Blue Note, Blue Note, Blue Note, Blue Note, Blue Note...........refreshing to let the instruments talk, refreshing not to hear the human voice

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i'm hearing it right now. it's almost all i seem to listen to anymore. america's greatest gift to the arts ever....

Pretty sure that Skip James holds that crown...did he do any jazz?

"The only thing left in the cupboards was jazz, so the bear family ate heartily."

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besides, sting sucks....

John (Rotten) Lydon refers to him as Stingk