HEAD ARRANGEMENT Definition & Meaning

head arrangement

noun

Jazz, Popular Music.

a roughly outlined musical arrangement that is played from memory and is often learned by ear.

head arrangement

noun

jazz a spontaneous orchestration

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Origin of head arrangement¹

First recorded in 1945–50

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Based on details provided by the local bettors, the alleged ring operated by a “pay per head” arrangement that experts say is common in illicit bookmaking.

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One great thing I learned when I played with the Jack McDuff Quartet — that’s the guy who took me out of Pittsburgh when I was 19 years old, and I was on the road with him for two and a half years — he did what you call a head arrangement on everything, something off the top of his head.

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head-and-tail light head balance

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