jazzed-up

This favorite casserole of mine is a jazzed-up version of a simpler, old-fashioned dinner staple.

The giddiest part of the evening was a literally jazzed-up version of Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” featuring the jazz pianist Marcus Roberts and the members of his trio: the bassist Martin Jaffe and the drummer Jason Marsalis.

After the group split, he founded the Brian Setzer Orchestra, a boogie-woogie, jump blues band straddling originals and jazzed-up covers.

This is a jazzed-up take on what’s known in Italy as farinata and in France as socca, where it’s often served as a snack.

His game — his style of play — became The Game, the modern, jazzed-up, rock-the-roof version that didn’t exist before his arrival in the NBA.