1961 N. Hentoff Jazz Life 34: We used to call them ‘cutting contests’ [...] Like you’d hear about a very good tenor in some night spot, and I’d have to go down there and cut him.at cutting contest, n.
1961 N. Hentoff Jazz Life 158: A lot of musicians think the public is stupid, but audiences know what’s happening.at what’s happening under happening, adj.
1961 N. Hentoff Jazz Life 18: At the Savoy, I learned, I think, to recognize the ‘put-on’.at put-on, n.