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One of the most eccentric vocalists ever going to the jazz picture, Slim Gaillard became a legendary cult body because of his own privately invented jive dialect “vout,” a deviation on hipster slang made up of imaginary nonsense words and phrases (“oreenie” and “oroonie” getting two other illustrations). Gaillard’s comic …

Slim & Sam were a novelty duo that formed in 1936, comprising guitarist/singer Slim Gaillard and bassist Slam Stewart. The pair’s initial recording jointly, “Flat Feet Floogie,” would also end up being their biggest strike aswell, although other minimal hits implemented through the first ’40s (including “Tutti Frutti” and “Laughin’ …

Slam Stewart was an excellent swing-oriented bassist whose capability to bow the bass and hum an octave apart made him famous within the jazz globe. He had considered the theory while their studies at Boston Conservatory when he noticed Ray Perry performing together with his violin. In 1936, Stewart was …