Jazz Slang

“Shedding.“ “Chops.“ “Rataricious.“ Sometimes it seems like jazz cats have their own language. Of course, many times those words also end up in other peoples’ mouths: Terms like “hipster,“ “crib“ and “the man“ all came from the jazz world over 70 years ago. You dig? Jazz Night In America takes a brief look at where jazz slang came from, with lots of colorful language along the way. FEATURING Tony Austin, Jon Batiste, Stephen Bruner, Ronald Bruner, Terri Lyne Carrington, Brandon Coleman, Cameron Graves, Sh