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Word: batrachian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Sidney Bechet is a brown-skinned old-timer from New Orleans, who looks like expansive Mr. Toad in The Wind in the Willows. Last month he did something that was in its way as fantastic as any of the acts of Kenneth Grahame's capricious batrachian. Last week Victor issued a record of The Sheik of Araby played by a six-piece ensemble, in which Mr. Bechet plays all six pieces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: July Records | 7/14/1941 | See Source »

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