Buster Bailey

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Buster Bailey

American musician

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…such as that of reedman Buster Bailey (speaking of the years before 1920): “I…was embellishing around the melody. At that time [1917–18] I wouldn’t have known what they meant by improvisation. But embellishment was a phrase I understood.” And reedman Garvin Bushell said, “We didn’t call the music jazz when…
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…such as that of reedman Buster Bailey (speaking of the years before 1920): “I…was embellishing around the melody. At that time [1917–18] I wouldn’t have known what they meant by improvisation. But embellishment was a phrase I understood.” And reedman Garvin Bushell said, “We didn’t call the music jazz when…
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