[Ads-l] "Dirty Blues" Not in OED

[Shapiro, Fred]

dirty blues (not in OED)

1923 Smart Set Feb. 74 (Internet Archive)

Not so long ago there was one act which, if played legitimately in a New York musical comedy, would have caused a mild sensation.  It consisted of a jazz orchestra that played soft and irresistibly dirty blues — the kind that you find in obscure black dives on South State Street.

Fred Shapiro

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