Does that mean that the bold and brassy - or the vulgar and tasteless - style of advertising is already going out of style?

Yet the tough brassy pelvis-popping style we accept on Broadway today is at odds with the Gershwins' classy sophistication.

Jones pours everything she's got into this album, and her gruff, passionate, brassy style grabs you by the collar and doesn't let go until the end.

Gina Gershon nails down the preening, brassy style of a talk show host who's a bigger star than her guests.

Ms. Bufalino is a tap master known for a big, brassy style that has been compared to the singing of Ethel Merman.

Mr. Bradlee's brassy style galvanized his staff and invigorated his publisher.

Prior to bossa nova, Brazilian singers employed brassy, almost operatic styles.

Her alternate, Tatyana Amosova, danced in the brassy and slightly vulgar style with which we are much more familiar.

Moreover, she has a brassy style that suits her subject, though the constant repetition of parentheses, abbreviations and hip slang occasionally grates.

Others admire her brassy style.