Brief notes jazz fans sent up to the censor (8)
I believe the answer is:
staccato
'brief notes' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'jazz fans sent up to the censor' is the wordplay.
'jazz fans' becomes 'cats' (I've seen this in another clue).
'sent up' is a reversal indicator.
'to the censor' becomes 'cato' (ancient Roman censor).
'cats' reversed gives 'stac'.
'stac'+'cato'='STACCATO'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for staccato that I've seen before include "With sharply detached sounds (music)" , "Disconnected, like musical notes say" , "Separating the notes, in music" , "With each note detached, musically" , "Way to play" .)