(another random sampling from the pages of my personal lexicon)
jamf session: any gathering of poseurs.
jazz camp: any temporary "grin and bear it" period.
jazz heaven: (archaic) the upper balcony in a southern theater.
jazz police: the self-appointed gatekeepers, quality control inspectors and arbiters of taste in the jazz community. See also "bebop border patrol," and "hard bop mall cops."
Jimmy Giuffre: any person whose name is unknown, temporarily forgotten, or deliberately overlooked; a whatshisname, as in "Did you catch Jimmy Giuffre's late set at the Show Me Shango?"
jive: the pretense to authenticity; the affectation of keeping it real.
J-Mo: Jason Moran, hippest of the hip.
jamf session: any gathering of poseurs.
jazz camp: any temporary "grin and bear it" period.
jazz heaven: (archaic) the upper balcony in a southern theater.
jazz police: the self-appointed gatekeepers, quality control inspectors and arbiters of taste in the jazz community. See also "bebop border patrol," and "hard bop mall cops."
Jimmy Giuffre: any person whose name is unknown, temporarily forgotten, or deliberately overlooked; a whatshisname, as in "Did you catch Jimmy Giuffre's late set at the Show Me Shango?"
jive: the pretense to authenticity; the affectation of keeping it real.
J-Mo: Jason Moran, hippest of the hip.