Word: mind-reading
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...Eddie Edwards' trombone. Henry Ragas' piano set the tempo. Tony Sbarbaro's drums rattled a furious counterpoint. Other New Orleans bands had similar technique but none developed it so highly as the Dixieland, whose members rehearsed so often together that each player could almost mind-read the others' musical intentions. In 1916 they were offered $125 a week to play in a Chicago cafe. In the history of the nation's native music, this engagement marks the date when real jazz went North...
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