[Ads-l] Antedating of "Old School" (Adjective, Music)

[Shapiro, Fred]

"Castile Jazz" should be "Castle Jazz" in the citation below.

Fred Shapiro

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From: Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>
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Subject: Antedating of "Old School" (Adjective, Music)

old school, adj. (OED, adj2, 1988)

1950 Down Beat 17 Nov. 13/5 (RIPM Jazz Periodicals)

The only other band "imported" for the Jubilee this year was the Castile Jazz band of Portland and a group of young musicians who play their own conception of old-school jazz.

Fred Shapiro

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