Dixieland

(-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

the South; Dixie

See Dixieland in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A style of instrumental jazz associated with New Orleans and characterized by a relatively fast two-beat rhythm and by group and solo improvisations.

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