English Dictionary

jazz funeral

名詞

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.

日本語の意味

ニューオーリンズなどで行われる、ブラスバンドの演奏に伴う伝統的な公共の葬儀行列。初めは厳かな雰囲気で始まり、途中から次第に陽気な音楽へと転じる特徴がある

We watched the jazz funeral wind down the avenue, its mournful brass eventually brightening into a jubilant march.

私たちは、ブラスバンドを伴う葬列が大通りを進むのを見送り、その哀愁を帯びた金管がやがて陽気な行進へと変わるのを目にした。

意味（1）

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.

No other U.S. city has a tradition similar to the jazz funeral, but you can find cognates of the New Orleans funeral parade in the black urban neighborhoods of present-day Cuba and in Haiti.

jazz funerals （ plural ）