[Ads-l] antedating of "Rhythm and Blues"

[MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY RDECOM AMRDEC (US)]

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> rhythm and blues (OED 1933)
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> 1924 _Billboard_ 20 Dec. 61 (ProQuest)  (advertisement)  FAST DANCE PIANIST AT LIBERTY AFTER 20th.  Sight reader, fake, improvise, lots
> of rhythm and blues.
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> Fred Shapiro


This also antedates fake v2 sense 3 "Of jazz musicians: to  improvise"
The definition should possibly be broadened beyond jazz and improvisation.  "Fake Books" are compilations of sheet music of the basic structure of songs:
https://archive.org/details/fakebooks

 

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