Jazz vs Mbaqanga - What's the difference?
jazz | mbaqanga |
(music) A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.
Energy, excitement, excitability. Very lively.
The (in)tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a thing.
Unspecified thing(s).
(lb) Of excellent quality, the genuine article.
Nonsense.
To play jazz music.
To dance to the tunes of jazz music.
To enliven, brighten up, make more colourful or exciting; excite
To complicate.
To have sex with.
* 1931 , William Faulkner, Sanctuary , Vintage 1993, page 59:
To destroy.
To distract/pester.
A style of South African music, with rural Zulu roots and a jazz influence, that originated in the 1960s.
English words containing Q not followed by U
As a proper noun jazz
is .As a noun mbaqanga is
a style of south african music, with rural zulu roots and a jazz influence, that originated in the 1960s.jazz
English
Alternative forms
* jaz, jas, jass, jaszNoun
(-)- What jazz were you referring to earlier?
- What is all this jazz lying around?
- I'm just going down to the shops and jazz = I am off to purchase items and etcetera.
- That show was the jazz ! = That musical concert/television program was most enjoyable.
- This risotto is simply the jazz . = This risotto was cooked in the classic manner.
- Stop talking jazz .
Verb
- Don’t jazz it too much! = Be careful, it was good to start with!
- ‘Jazzing ?’ Temple whispered [...]. ‘Yes, putty-face!’ the woman said. ‘How do you suppose I paid that lawyer?’
- You’ve gone and jazzed it now! = It is ruined.
- Stop jazzing me! = Leave me alone.