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jazzerati

noun

Etymology

Blend of jazz + literati.

  1. borrowed from līterātī
  2. compounded as jazzerati — “jazz + literati”

Definitions

  1. People who are considered the elite in the world of jazz music.

    • Burns and Ward see their work as an attempt to reach beyond the factional discord of the “jazzerati” to introduce nonaficionados, and particularly younger Americans, to the story of one of the nation's most distinctive musical traditions.

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