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cool jazz noun[ U ] uk /ˌkuːl ˈdʒæz/ us /ˌkuːl ˈdʒæz/ a kind of jazz that developed in the US in the 1940s and 1950s: The Miles Davis Nonet of the late 1940s is traditionally regarded as the birthplace of cool jazz. The new ad is accompanied by a cool jazz soundtrack. He always insisted that cool jazz was as much African-American as white music. Their "Birth of the Cool" album gave rise to the cool jazz movement. Baker's clear tone and subdued, lyrical manner immediately became hallmarks of West Coast cool jazz. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Jazz & blues acid jazz bebop blue note blues bluesman Dixieland free jazz funk funky honky-tonk R & B ragtime reedman rhythm and blues scat tenorist trad trad jazz traditional jazz twelve-bar blues |