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Word: stompin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...handkerchief in his left hand, kept an impatient audience waiting twenty extra minutes at Symphony Hall last Friday night while he practised his trumpet scales. Then, when he finally appeared, and the band swung through a loud and brassy and the band swung through a loud and brassy "Stompin' At The Savoy" it became clear that Louis Armstrong, at forty-seven, was still a vibrant, entrancing stage personality with a beautifully phrased trumpet and a voice that had lost none of its pre-war quality. It also became clear that his band was too loud. The high points came...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jazz: | 4/21/1947 | See Source »

...could of put it out by stompin' on it real hard," the janitor remarked when the trucks had left...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BLAZES SPUTTER IN SEVER, LITTLE HALLS | 3/22/1946 | See Source »

...role of spenders and the mancers in many of the Hub's finer night spots. Finest, they agree, of the traveled fun spots was the Statler officer's dance, where Phillips retained the "best" honors in the "Ham" department by leading a little dance riot. Sue be liked stompin' at the Savoy...

Author: By The PEARSON Twins, | Title: The Lucky Bag | 5/15/1945 | See Source »

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