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...cadenzas that could never be confused with the strains of Bandleader Guy ("the sweetest music this side of Heaven") Lombardo, double-crossed his own feverish admirers. Between gulps, Satchmo satchmoed: "Lombardo's the greatest. He is relaxin'. He got a good style, and he ain't tryin' to fool nobody. The new cats around now, they ain't provin' nothin...
...Maybe so, but I ain't so drunk I can't see what's goin' on. They're tryin' to fool the American people. That's what Barnum said, the American people likes to be fooled. Can't trust anything you read in the newspapers, all printed upside down. Them words they're usin', that's just to confuse people. Why in hell can't they say it in English...
...county courtroom, Lindsey and three helpers exhorted farmers, ranchers and courthouse loafers. "You think it's silly tryin' to call up the varmint that has the reputation through the ages of bein' the slyest. We four have been the direct cause of about 600 bitin' the dust." He explained carefully how two men with miners' cap lights were to stand back-to-back waiting to spot the fox's red eyes. Behind the jury box, some hound-dog men snickered...
...intermission pianist swung into a chorus of Basin Street, he turned his head attentively. "He's got some good ideas," he said. "You can't create everything. You hafta listen to the other fella." His strong fingers flexed in an imaginary run. "I'm always tryin' new ideas. No matter how far you go with a tune, there's always something else...
...students lived on little more than sweetened water and black peas. The Negroes of the town could only help him a little. An old woman hobbled up to him one day and gave him all she had-six eggs. "Mr. Washington," she said, "I knows what you is tryin...