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Word: guttiest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...assure you that George is very much a part of the ensemble. . . . George does not play "Chicago Style"-or anything like it! He plays one of the roughest, guttiest, wide-open-est sliphorns to which it has been my pleasure to listen, and his style is distinctly New Orleans, if we must stylize music. . . . It is probably apocryphal, but I have heard that George can lie flat on his back on the floor, permit a man to stand on his stomach, and then will play Tiger Rag on his trombone with his feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 11, 1941 | 8/11/1941 | See Source »

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