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jazz funeral

jazz funeral noun: a public funeral procession accompanied by a brass band, as traditionally performed in New Orleans, and typically involving a switch at a certain point from sombre to more upbeat music.

Noun

jazz funeral (plural jazz funerals)

  1. A public funeral procession accompanied by a brass band, as traditionally performed in New Orleans, and typically involving a switch at a certain point from sombre to more upbeat music.
    • No other U.S. city has a tradition similar to the jazz funeral, but you can find cognates of the New Orleans funeral parade in the black urban neighborhoods of present-day Cuba and in Haiti.2008, Ned Sublette, The World That Made New Orleans, Lawrence Hill Books, published 2009, page 110

Forms of jazz funeral

pluraljazz funerals

Questions about jazz funeral

What does jazz funeral mean?
Jazz funeral means a public funeral procession accompanied by a brass band, as traditionally performed in New Orleans, and typically involving a switch at a certain point from sombre to more upbeat music.
What part of speech is jazz funeral?
Jazz funeral is a noun.
What is the plural of jazz funeral?
The plural of jazz funeral is jazz funerals.

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