WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
New′ Or′leans style′, 
  1. Music and Dancea style of jazz developed in New Orleans early in the 20th century, influenced by blues, ragtime, marching band music, and minstrelsy and marked by polyphonic group improvisation.
  • 1930–35

'New Orleans style' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Bolden - Chicago style - traditional

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