1/13/2023 0 Comments Glims slang(Businessman's Bounce: A fast and nervous two-beat Įx: You come up with the "bread" we'll make the gig.īreak Passage in music with the Rhythm suspended.īurning Verb describing a sideman's technicallyĮx: "Check out Charlie Barnet's gig tonight.Ĭanary A Female Vocalist. Today, the expression 'Boogie' has a sexual (Dates back to the mid-1930s.)Įx: That "boogie man" knocked Basie's "Oneīoogie Woogie A piano form (popularized in late-1920s "blow your top." (sometimes: "Don't Flip your wig.")Įx: I "Blew My Top" when Benny Goodman played.īlue Notes Flatted 3rd and 7th notes are the definitionĮx: Kenton's "Peanut Vendor" is "the bomb."īoogie Man A critic. We've been gigging since dawn.Įx: He's working at Roseland Ballroom in the 'Apple'.īlow A jazzman's term for playing an(y) instrument.Įx: Hey man, I know it's tough, but don't Served whiskey straight out of the barrel.Įx: I'm "beat". Today, it's applied to anything good.Įx: "My 'Doll' is one real "Barn Burner."īarrelhouse Colloquialism describing the 'low' saloons That cat has "balloon lungs," he held that noteīarn Burner Frank Sinatra's slang for a classy "doll" I 'dig' it the most!Įx: Man, - Tommy Dorsey's "Well Git It" is my "Bag".īalloon lungs A Brass player with good breath control. (for either sex.)Įx: That dude does some "bad" ass playing.Įx: Man, Jazz is my 'bag'. 'Gator or Gate)Įx: Man, - what do you think of my new Axe?Įx: We had a 'Ball' when Tommy Dorsey played.īaby A term of endearment. Very early in Jazz history, musicians referred (He's 'First Rate')Įx: "Slip me an Ace, Gate." (Let me have a dollar.)Īir-check An actual radio or television performanceĬaught on tape as opposed to a work doneĪlligator Originally, a slang term for "Musician". It is still widely used today, AND growing.Īce One dollar Dollar's worth, one, first rateĮx: "He's 'Ace' with me. And, what is even more remarkable, is the way the language has prospered. ![]() Once used mostly by the musician's themselves, the slang has now become a part of the greater society. ![]() "Swing", like most fields of endeavor, also has it's own special lexicon.
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