jazz musician

/dʒæz mjuˌzɪʃən/

Other forms: jazz musicians

Definitions of jazz musician

1. noun

   a musician who plays or composes jazz music
   synonyms: jazzman

   examples:

   Louis Armstrong

   United States pioneering jazz trumpeter and bandleader (1900-1971)

   Miles Dewey Davis Jr.

   United States jazz musician; noted for his trumpet style (1926-1991)

   Edward Kennedy Ellington

   United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader (1899-1974)

   Lionel Hampton

   United States musician who was the first to use the vibraphone as a jazz instrument (1913-2002)

   Woodrow Charles Herman

   United States jazz musician and bandleader (1913-1987)

   Thelonious Sphere Monk

   United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982)

   Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe Morton

   United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941)

   Joseph Oliver

   United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938)

   Arthur Tatum

   United States jazz pianist who was almost completely blind; his innovations influenced many other jazz musicians (1910-1956)

   Thomas Wright Waller

   United States jazz musician (1904-1943)

   types:

   syncopator

   a musician who plays syncopated jazz music (usually in a dance band)

   type of:

   instrumentalist, musician, player

   someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)