Sentence examples for jazz background from inspiring English sources

He's a big personality and came from a jazz background.

They come from a classical and jazz background, but they make frothy, upbeat indie pop songs.

He lacks Mr. Densmore's jazz background, and lost the swing in songs like "Light My Fire".

Given your jazz background, was it a bit of a comedown when you joined the Stones?

Daniel R. Gustin, the director of the Gilmore Festival, sees Mr. Gerstein's jazz background as an essential element of his interpretive style.

Ms. Martin used to be in Once Blue, a band she led with Mr. Harris, before Norahmania changed the landscape for any singer-songwriter with a jazz background.

Solos showed the trumpeters' jazz backgrounds, as bebop triplets nicely rode the tricky Serbian meters.

"What's the use of being able to read about it if you can't go listen to it?" Aspiring jazz musicians face stumbling blocks from the beginning of music school, where there are practically no teachers with jazz backgrounds, said Zhang Longyun, a saxophonist who graduated from the Central Academy of Music and has a day job selling antique furniture.

For other listeners, however, "Blowout Comb" was a welcome signal that the group had little interest in recasting classic jazz as background hip-hop for hotel bars.

This casual, boisterous place with painted brick walls and an outdoor terrace serves fresh local seafood, like Chesapeake Bay oysters and large steamed shrimp; huge salads; well-grilled steaks; and live jazz as background to the party atmosphere.

In the background, jazz plays.