jazzman

American  

[jaz-man, -muhn] / ˈdʒæzˌmæn, -mən /

noun

plural

jazzmen

1. a musician who plays jazz.

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Etymology

Origin of jazzman

First recorded in 1925–30; jazz + man

Example Sentences

But that’s not to say anything the hip-hop-savvy jazzman touches feels overly rigid or academic.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2022

And why wasn’t Joe the modern jazzman also into hip-hop?

From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2020

Years later, a gentrified co-op board in the now gentrified East Village voted to toss Mr. Nathanson out, a jazzman found guilty of practicing his saxophone.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2020

An American jazzman and his buddy woo a Russian princess and a fake countess in Paris.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2020

He jammed a cutoff shovel handle into the mouthpiece of a saxophone and called it “Bird,” for the jazzman Charlie Parker.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 2, 2019