Tellarite slop jazz was a form of jazz originated by the Tellarites. Its subgenres included flizz bop and modal skuzz. It was sometimes compared to skuzz blues, though this was rejected by aficionados. According to one such fan Dirk: "Everybody thinks the slops is about how much spit you can get to drip out of the nozzle, but it's really about the brizzles flarps."
An instrument used in slop jazz was the sizzle horn. Fats B'Zirtak was among the most renowned musicians in the genre.
In 2381, Beckett Mariner encouraged Dirk to lecture her on Tellarite slop jazz so as to distract him while Sam Rutherford dismantled a prank booby trap that they had earlier set up in his quarters. Dirk later sent her a multitude of slop jazz albums, which annoyed her because she liked them despite regarding herself as "not a jazz person." (LD: "In the Cradle of Vexilon")