n. 25B6; noun . See lists.
25A0; jazz something up (informal) ENLIVEN, liven up, brighten up, make more interesting/exciting, add (some) colour to, ginger up, perk up, spice up; informal pep up.
Types of Jazz
acid jazz honky-tonk
Afro-Cuban hot jazz
avant-garde mainstream
barrelhouse modern jazz
bebop progressive jazz
bop razzmatazz
cool rooty-toot
Dixieland skiffle
free jazz swing
fusion third stream
Harlem trad jazz
harmolodics west coast
Jazz Musicians and Singers
Armstrong, Louis (American trumpeter/singer/bandleader) Holiday, Billie (American singer)
Baker, Chet (American trumpeter/singer) Kenton, Stan (American bandleader)
Basie, Count (American pianist/bandleader) Laine, Cleo (English singer)
Bechet, Sidney (American soprano saxophonist) Lyttelton, Humphrey (English trumpeter)
Beiderbecke, Bix (American cornettist/pianist) McLaughlin, John (English guitarist)
Blakey, Art (American drummer) Marsalis, Wynton (American trumpeter)
Bley, Carla (American pianist) Miller, Glenn (American trombonist/bandleader)
Bolden, Buddy (American cornettist) Mingus, Charlie (American bassist)
Brubeck, Dave (American pianist) Monk, Thelonius (American pianist)
Calloway, Cab (American singer/bandleader) Morton, Jelly Roll (American pianist)
Carmichael, Hoagy (American pianist/singer) Mulligan, Gerry (American saxophonist)
Charles, Ray (American pianist/singer) Oliver, Joe King (American cornettist)
Cheatham, Doc (American trumpeter) Parker, Charlie Bird (American saxophonist)
Christian, Charlie (American guitarist) Paul, Les (American guitarist)
Coleman, Ornette (American saxophonist) Pepper, Art (American saxophonist)
Coltrane, John (American saxophonist) Peterson, Oscar (Canadian pianist)
Condon, Eddie (American guitarist) Pine, Courtney (English soprano saxophonist)
Corea, Chick (American pianist) Powell, Bud (American pianist)
Dankworth, John (English saxophonist) Rainey, Gertrude Ma (American singer)
Davis, Miles (American trumpeter) Reinhardt, Django (Belgian guitarist)
Dolphy, Eric (American saxophonist) Rich, Buddy (American drummer)
Domino, Fats (American pianist/singer) Roach, Max (American drummer)
Ellington, Duke (American bandleader/pianist) Rollins, Sonny (American saxophonist)
Evans, Bill (American pianist) Schuller, Gunther (American French horn player)
Evans, Gil (Canadian pianist) Scott, Ronnie (English saxophonist)
Fitzgerald, Ella (American singer) Shaw, Artie (American clarinettist)
Getz, Stan (American saxophonist) Shorter, Wayne (American saxophonist)
Gillespie, Dizzy (American trumpeter/bandleader) Simone, Nina (American singer)
Goodman, Benny (American clarinettist/bandleader) Smith, Bessie (American singer)
Grappelli, Stephane (French violinist) Tatum, Art (American pianist)
Hampton, Lionel (American vibraphonist/bandleader) Teagarden, Jack (American trombonist)
Hancock, Herbie (American pianist) Vaughan, Sarah (American singer)
Hawkins, Coleman (American saxophonist) Waller, Fats (American pianist)
Herman, Woody (American clarinettist/saxophonist/singer) Washington, Grover (American saxophonist)
Hines, Earl (American pianist) Young, Lester (American saxophonist)