Word: jump
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...High jump--Tie for first between Summers (H); and Matthew (A); third, Warren (H). Height...
...Broad jump--Won by Holyoke (H); second, Schneider (H); third, Guild (H). Distance...
...Broad jump--Won by Holyoke (H); second, Schneider (H); third, Wilkins (E). Distance...
...High jump--Tie for first between Dougherty (E) and Summers (H); third, Warren (H). Height...
...most interesting sides, though, are "I'm Sober Now" and "Jump Steady Blues" for the evocation of the gin mill atmosphere. PT acts out whole scenes while he's playing, taking all the parts, and the result is one of the most amazing jazz records ever made. On these sides he plays straight barrelhouse piano, miles ahead of the crabbed, primitive style of Jimmie Yancey and the ragtime of Jelly Roll Morton, proving that if he had lived, Pine Top might have revolutionized jazz piano. Even so, his style is completely up to date, regardless of the date...