Dixie Land

Variant of Dixieland

Dixieland definition

Dixie·land (-land′)

adjective

in, of, or like a style of small-band, improvised jazz characterized by fast, ragtime tempos and a strict beat, and associated historically with early white New Orleans musicians

noun

Dixieland jazz

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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