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Catchword for “cut heads”
Catchword: cut heads
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Part of Speech: v.
The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.
Quotation: We’d have jam sessions, “head-cutting” sessions.…The first thing the drummer said was he was there to “cut heads” on drums. Jesse Price, he was nowhere to be found. He was a “head cutter” around at the time. So, I was down there, and we went in a litle place down there, and everybody said, “Come on. Play. Come on. Play.” I wouldn’t play until after he got drunk. After he got drunk, then I’d cut his head.
Author:
Gus Johnson
Date of Publication:
Oct. 1, 1985
Originally published in:
Original Author:
Ira Gitler
Original Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Swing to Bop: An Oral History of the Transition in Jazz in the 1940’s
Original Page Number: 24
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