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Word: one-legged (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1950
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Their hero is a man whom even Jazz Pianist-Composer Ferdinand ("Jelly-Roll") Morton, a notoriously uncharitable critic, acknowledged as "the greatest ragtime writer that ever lived." In a book packed with the high-sounding names of old ragtime wizards and composers ("Blind Boone," "Jack the Bear," "One-Leg Shadow"), a quiet-mannered, softspoken, scholarly little man stands out above them all: Scott Joplin, the composer of Maple Leaf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: King of the Ragtimers | 10/30/1950 | See Source »

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