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acid jazz

acid jazz noun: a genre of popular music combining jazz with elements of soul music, funk and disco.

Noun

acid jazz (uncountable)

  1. (jazz) A genre of popular music combining jazz with elements of soul music, funk and disco.

Origin of acid jazz

Humorously coined by DJ Gilles Peterson after blending jazz records with acid house in 1988.

Questions about acid jazz

What does acid jazz mean?
Acid jazz means a genre of popular music combining jazz with elements of soul music, funk and disco.
What part of speech is acid jazz?
Acid jazz is a noun.

Words near acid jazz in the dictionary

  1. acid dissociation constants
  2. acid drop
  3. acid drops
  4. acid house
  5. acid indigestion
  6. acid jazz
  7. acid lime
  8. acid limes
  9. acid mordant
  10. acid number
  11. acid numbers

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