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New Thing

New Thing proper noun: free jazz music, as associated with the black civil rights movement.

Proper noun

the New Thing

  1. Free jazz music, as associated with the black civil rights movement.
    • I'm not sure if I understand Greg properly, but he seems to be arguing that the avant-garde is the "property" of black musicians, a "Black Thang," while somehow conflating "the New Thing" with all areas of free jazz.2002, Yuval Taylor, The Future of Jazz, page 178
    • But where could the relocation of the free jazz movement take place, and how has this transfer action of the new thing been articulated by its protagonists?2008, Guerino Mazzola, Paul B. Cherlin, Flow, Gesture, and Spaces in Free Jazz

Questions about New Thing

What does New Thing mean?
New Thing means free jazz music, as associated with the black civil rights movement.
What part of speech is New Thing?
New Thing is a proper noun.

Words near New Thing in the dictionary

  1. New Territories
  2. new territory
  3. New Testament
  4. New Testamental
  5. New Testaments
  6. New Thing
  7. new thinking
  8. New Thought
  9. New Thoughter
  10. New Thoughters
  11. New Thoughtism

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