[Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Soul" (African-American)

[Shapiro, Fred]

soul (OED, 3.c., "the emotional or spiritual quality of African American life and culture," 1946)

1936 Down Beat Oct. 11/1 (RIPM Jazz Periodicals)

Wilson's concise style perfectly adapted to interpretation of this plaintive blues.  Played with "soul."

Fred Shapiro

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