Dixieland

Example Sentences

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He was not a musician himself but he loved jazz — straight-ahead and Dixieland — and swing most of all.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2025

Robertson's rollicking guitar struggles for sonic space over the Dixieland jazz of "Ophelia," The Band's broadcast of nostalgia for a home that is lost.

From Salon • Aug. 12, 2023

She stayed out of the spotlight until after they had graduated from high school, when she went to see the Dixieland trumpeter Al Hirt play in New Orleans.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2022

“It shows that, this isn’t just Dixieland, this isn’t a place where Confederate generals did this and that. This is a place where Black people have worked to liberate themselves.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 9, 2021

The next morning, the bakery is hung with flags and streamers and a Dixieland band is playing “When the Saints Go Marching In.”

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García