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Dixieland
[ dik-see-land ]
noun
- (sometimes lowercase) a style of jazz, originating in New Orleans, played by a small group of instruments, as trumpet, trombone, clarinet, piano, and drums, and marked by strongly accented four-four rhythm and vigorous, quasi-improvisational solos and ensembles.
- Also Dixie Land. Dixie ( def 1 ).
Dixieland
/ ˈdɪksɪˌlænd /
noun
- a form of jazz that originated in New Orleans, becoming popular esp with White musicians in the second decade of the 20th century
- a revival of this style in the 1950s
- See Dixie
Dixieland
- A kind of jazz originating in New Orleans , Louisiana , in the early twentieth century. The rhythms of Dixieland are usually rapid, and it generally includes many improvised sections for individual instruments.
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After attending art school, he worked in advertising and played drums on the side in Dixieland and jazz groups before joining Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated in the early 1960s.
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One was wondering how near, or how far, were the days when he would see the old home-folks once again "way back in Dixieland."
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I'd have liked to hear more—it was Dixieland times two—what the Psis call Psixieland.
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Then each couple started to examine the boat in which they purposed taking that long dash toward Dixieland.
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