jazz funerals

A form of jazz funeral — A public funeral procession accompanied by a brass band, as traditionally performed in New Orleans, and typically involving a switch at a certain point from sombre to more upbeat music.

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of jazz funeral
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