Brief notes jazz fans sent back to the censor in Rome (8)
I believe the answer is:
staccato
'brief' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'notes jazz fans sent back to the censor in rome' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'notes' could be 'cc' and 'cc' is found within the answer.
'to' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for staccato that I've seen before include "Abrupt" , "With every note detached in cats's coat" , "With notes sharply separated (music)" , "Opposite of legato" , "Toccatas in sharp disconnected manner" .)