Ragtime Blues And Early Jazz Vocabulary

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The Jazz practice of "quoting" is the clearest example. This is when a Jazz musician interpolates a recognizable musical fragment (such as a nursery rhyme or operatic theme) in the middle of an improvised solo, often with humorous effect. Prime practice material for Jazz musicians includes

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