jazz

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Walking through the exhibition, specially-programmed headsets react to the environment - creating a personalised DJ Mix as the music evolves from juke joints and jazz clubs to reggae nights, carnival and pirate radio.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Subsequent recording artists—Sinatra, Crosby and others—changed the meter to either a 4/4 or a cut-time two-beat meter in keeping with the jazz era that swept the U.S. in the 1920s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

And also do some jazz standards as well, because I was in my jazz bag, real heavy in my late teens, early 20s.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

At the time, Beta thought to himself, “Wow, John Coltrane’s sister also made jazz music? This is a really talented family.”

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

She does finger-wiggling jazz hands and then moves into high knee lifts like in PE—with enough enthusiasm that I wonder if it’s possible for her knee to smash into her nose.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden