Dixieland

Example Sentences

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He was not a musician himself but he loved jazz — straight-ahead and Dixieland — and swing most of all.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2025

Robertson's rollicking guitar struggles for sonic space over the Dixieland jazz of "Ophelia," The Band's broadcast of nostalgia for a home that is lost.

From Salon • Aug. 12, 2023

The performances led to a record deal, and the Dixieland band had soon recorded the world’s first commercially distributed jazz sides, for the Victor label.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2022

“I might play three or four gigs a day. Dixieland, R&B, jazz, I’ll play country and western.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2021

The next morning, the bakery is hung with flags and streamers and a Dixieland band is playing “When the Saints Go Marching In.”

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García