[Ads-l] Antedating of "Noodling" (Jazz)

[Shapiro, Fred]

noodling (OED, n2, 1937)

1925 Variety 7 Oct. 48/4 (ProQuest)  The brass stuff is great and fancy sax "noodling" ... distinguishes Hazlitt both as a virtuoso and dance reed artist.

1929 Tulsa Tribune 22 Sept. 42/6 (GenealogyBank)  Every time he starts noodling he hits a wet note ... Noodling — improvising music.

Fred Shapiro

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