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Kingdom of Swing 114: As I look back on it now, I must have been a fresh kid, popping off .at pop off (at the mouth), v.
Kingdom of Swing 114: As I look back on it now, I must have been a fresh kid, popping off . Kingdom of Swing 39: [Bix Beiderbecke] [...] was just a funny undersized little guy who could blow plenty of horn.at blow, v.1
Kingdom of Swing 92: [W]e had to stand up, and the band nearly broke it up, it laughed so much.at break up, v.
Kingdom of Swing 80: [I]t was the general opinion in the band that we ought to have a vacation, and that California was the place to have it. [...] Then we hit out for the coast again, and got there around July first.at Coast, the, n.
Kingdom of Swing 204: [of a performance venue] The room had been ‘dead’ for months (which is a trade expression meaning that it hadn’t been open, with an attraction, in that time).at dead, adj.
Kingdom of Swing 195: Meanwhile, we weren’t doing any business—maybe fifteen, twenty couples on a week night and a hundred people on a week-end, but we were just dying .at die, v.
Kingdom of Swing 107: [E]verybody had a few drinks and was feeling good.at feel good (v.) under feel, v.
Kingdom of Swing 193: I suppose I should have given him some kind of a right answer, but that burned me so I probably just fluffed him off .at fluff off, v.1
Kingdom of Swing 262: If you expect to get across and make the crowd feel like dancing, you have to give out with something in every number you play.at get across (v.) under get, v.
Kingdom of Swing 262: If you expect to get across and make the crowd feel like dancing, you have to give out with something in every number you play.at give out, v.
Kingdom of Swing 109: [T]his [show]was a turkey. [...] It had a couple of good people in it [...] but it was no go. at no go, n.
Kingdom of Swing 104: It was his habit, whenever anything griped him or somebody did something he didn’t like, to pick out the musician nearest to him and say: ‘Pack up your instrument and get out’.at gripe, v.
Kingdom of Swing 119: I guess I was in kind of a bad groove mentally at the time .at groove, n.2
Kingdom of Swing 80: [W]e hit out for the coast again, and got there around July first.at hit out (for) (v.) under hit, v.
Kingdom of Swing 42: aul Ash [...] had heard the band out in California, and thought it was something out of the ordinary. He had an ‘in’ at the hotel and when an opening occurred, he made a deal for us.at in, n.
Kingdom of Swing 264: Real facility in improvising [...] can only be attained through as great deal of repetition and practice. By that I mean actually jamming and improvising with other musicians.at jam, v.3
Kingdom of Swing 135: The point was that no white band had yet gotten together a good rhythm section that would kick out, or jump, or rock, or swing (all these expressions being ways musicians have of describing the life and vitality that comes from music that is played at just the right tempo with a lot of enthusiasm and unified rhythmic snap .at kick out, v.2
Kingdom of Swing 32: [W]e didn’t care much about the money at the time, because we got our kicks out of playing.at get one’s kicks (v.) under kicks, n.3
Kingdom of Swing 239: [E]very number should be played with life and enthusiasm, as if you really enjoyed playing it. Saving all your punch for the ‘killer’ at the end of the set is bad stuff.at killer, n.
Kingdom of Swing 42: Bessie [Smith] was a great big woman with a voice that was even larger than she was, and a heart that was bigger than both. When she sang the blues, it took you right out.at take out, v.
Kingdom of Swing 32: There was also a regular school orchestra, but I never played in it, since I was too busy doing things on the outside.at outside, n.
Kingdom of Swing 107: I pulled one of the dumbest things in my life at that time.at pull, v.
Kingdom of Swing 109: Radio was just beginning to be a strong factor in putting a band over .at put over (v.) under put, v.1
Kingdom of Swing 184: The worst thing [. . .] was that we only played for the dinner session. The room closed about 10:30 or 11 o’clock .at room, n.
Kingdom of Swing 96: [T]he management of the band was not too efficient [. . .] and the thing got all screwed up eventually.at screwed up (adj.) under screwed, adj.
Kingdom of Swing 239: [M]usicians in the big bands [...] couldn’t hit the stuff [i.e. ‘loaded on weed or high on liquor’] and still keep in shape to play seven hours a night.at hit the stuff (v.) under stuff, n.
Kingdom of Swing 81: To sweeten the dish, the promoter gave [bandleader] Pollack a check that bounced.at sweeten the pot (v.) under sweeten, v.
Kingdom of Swing 138: [I]t has never been possible to have a band with swing unless you had a really good rhythm section .at swing, n.2
Kingdom of Swing 104: Because he was a good promoter and usually had plenty of work lined up, musicians were glad to tie up with him.at tie up, v.3
Kingdom of Swing 198: [W]e finally found people who were up on what we were trying to do .at up to, adv.
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