[Dixielandjazz] Straight Ahead jazz style definition

[Ken Gates]

Listmates---
The term "straight ahead" is used in various ways to describe jazz style.
These are just two of what must be more than a few possibilities of use
and misuse of the term.  I'm interested in how the sages of this group
might use the term.
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1) Straight Ahead's name comes from a phrase used to describe pure swing jazz, 
Orr said. She also said the name encompasses the group's ability to grow. 

2) I would define it as "jazz" after about 1947, bebop and forward, excluding Fusion, 
Free Jazz and Retro-Swing/ Ska. Here is a link from allmusic listing all the subsets of jazz:
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I'm asking because I really don't have a definition.

Ken Gates