bottomy

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1. having a deep pitch

   Describing Wilson's rich, bottomy contralto in musical terms doesn't quite work.

   1990 November 9, Neil Tesser, “Cassandra Wilson”, in Chicago Reader

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   But though there's definitely power in the bottomy drumming of Angela Horton--whose setup includes a timpani--on their eponymously titled debut (on Blue Mountain's Black Dog label), the Satyrs usually choose not to, favoring eerie southern-gothic balladry with a Floydian psychedelic tinge and the occasional Middle Eastern twinge.

   2000 October 20, Monica Kendrick, “Spot Check”, in Chicago Reader

   Burrell is at his fiery best, attacking bottomy chords with sledgehammer power--there's not a ragtime riff in sight.

   2003 November 21, Peter Margasak, “Full-Blown Trio”, in Chicago Reader