A Jazz Lexicon

Pepper your speech with all these forgotten slang terms, and you will acquire an air of coolness and mystery.

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Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 21, 2022
Category: Music | Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers | 1960s | Slang

Comments

On the Letterman show, Paul Shaffer asked Itzhak Perlman, "Did you bring your ax?", meaning Perlman's Stradivarius violin, of course.

Posted by Virtual in Carnate on 12/21/22 at 09:35 AM

Pass. I take my slang from Grose.

Posted by Richard Bos on 12/25/22 at 07:14 AM