COOL JAZZ

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cool jazz mean? 

• COOL JAZZ (noun)
  The noun COOL JAZZ has 1 sense:

1. jazz that is restrained and fluid and marked by intricate harmonic structures often lagging slightly behind the beat

  Familiarity information: COOL JAZZ used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COOL JAZZ (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Jazz that is restrained and fluid and marked by intricate harmonic structures often lagging slightly behind the beat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("cool jazz" is a kind of...):

jazz (a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles)