A selection of definitions from dictionary.com:
pock⋅et - pɒkɪt/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [pok-it]
–noun
1. a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used esp. for carrying small articles.
2. a bag or pouch.
7. any isolated group, area, element, etc., contrasted, as in status or condition, with a surrounding element or group: pockets of resistance; a pocket of poverty in the central city.
11. Football. the area from which a quarterback throws a pass, usually a short distance behind the line of scrimmage and protected by a wall of blockers.
12. Bowling. the space between the headpin and the pin next behind to the left or right, taken as the target for a strike.
25. Billiards, Pool. to drive (a ball) into a pocket.
Those are my favorite, but they didn't include a line on music. No way could I write that definition, but here's a start:
I learned about pocket from Count Basie:
More recently I' have been thinking about pocket in terms of a band's ability to sound like they are slowing down while maintaining a constant tempo:
Cumbia! para toda mi gente en el barrio pobre
Not sure what's up with the video, but the song's a classic:
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