January 2010
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Jazz Slang, part 2
More Jazz Slang:
Crumb —- Someone for whom it is impossible to show respect. Sleazy Eddie is a real “crumb.”
Cut —- To leave or depart. Also to completely outdo another person or group in a battle of the bands. Hey, man, did you see the way that two-bit band “cut” when Basie “cut” them last night.
Dad, Daddy -o —- A hipster’s way of...
Jazz Slang
Part 1 of 4
From just about its inception, Jazz has had a (spoken) language all its own.
Though most words haven’t seen the light of day outside of a jazz club, quite a few have found their way into the mainstream American lexicon, and are still bandied about today. Words like, hip, cat and daddy-o have helped contribute to Jazz’s “cool” mystique.
18 Karat —- All...
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Who knew?
In 1946 Django Reinhardt was scheduled to perform with Duke Ellington at Carniege Hall but showed up late.
Officer, That’s Not Jazz, I Say, It’s Felonious...
Is contemporary music grounds for arrest? An angry purist attending the Sigüenza Jazz Festival in Spain called the police last week to protest the appearance of the Larry Ochs Sax and Drumming Core, The Guardian of London reported. His doctor had told him that listening to anything but jazz was “psychologically inadvisable.” The Civil Guard showed up, armed, and passed the complaint along to a...
The Bright Mississippi
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