Joe Pass & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
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Joe Pass & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Chops
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RELEASE DATE: 19 Nov 1978
OJCCD-786-2
GENRE: JAZZ
Louis Armstrong may not have been the first to use “chops” to refer to a musician’s embouchure. He does seem to deserve credit for transmuting it to mean technical ability, as in his celebrated description of a jam session: “Chops was flyin’ everywhere.” Like so many terms originated by jazz musicians, the word has worked its way into the general language. A reviewer, for instance, describes an actor who delivers an inspired performance as having his chops … MORE
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Recorded at RCA Recording Studios, New York City; June 5 or June 6, 1975.
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