To this end, McGuinn sought out a pianist with a jazz background to join the group.

All had a jazz background.

Pajo had been replaced by Jeff Parker, who has a strong jazz background.

The musicians with jazz backgrounds were able to draw on a common tradition that transcended national and cultural differences.

Some of the best known and most skilful soloists in funk have jazz backgrounds.

They brought a jazz background to dance tunes, adding harmonic surprises to their propulsive music.

All at once, it owes almost as much to the techniques developed by rock improvisors in the last four years as to Davis' jazz background.

Weller was impressed with the 17-year old drummer's jazz background and asked White to come back the following day.

However, because of his jazz background, he would rarely physically bend the string, preferring instead to play the minor second using an adjacent open string.

She remarked, "He has this whole jazz background, brings kind of a cool element to pop music.