English edit

Etymology edit

Blend of jazz +‎ literati.

Noun edit

jazzerati pl (plural only)

  1. (informal) People who are considered the elite in the world of jazz music.
    • 2000, U.S. News & World Report, volume 129, page 178:
      Burns and Ward see their work as an attempt to reach beyond the factional discord of the “jazzerati” to introduce nonaficionados, and particularly younger Americans, to the story of one of the nation's most distinctive musical traditions.