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<b>Jive</b>, the <b>argot of jazz</b>, <b>jazz jargon</b>, <b>vernacular of the jazz world</b>, <b>slang of jazz</b>, and <b>parlance of hip</b><sup id="cite_ref-Clark_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clark-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an <a href="/wiki/African-American_Vernacular_English" title="African-American Vernacular English">African-American Vernacular English</a> <a href="/wiki/Slang" title="Slang">slang</a> or <a href="/wiki/Vocabulary" title="Vocabulary">vocabulary</a> that developed in <a href="/wiki/Harlem" title="Harlem">Harlem</a>, where "jive" (<a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a>) was played and was adopted more widely in African-American society, peaking in the 1940s. </p><p>In 1938, jazz bandleader and singer <a href="/wiki/Cab_Calloway" title="Cab Calloway">Cab Calloway</a> published the first dictionary by an African-American, <i>Cab Calloway's Cat-ologue: A "Hepster's" Dictionary</i>, which became the official jive language reference book of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Public_Library" title="New York Public Library">New York Public Library</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Calt_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Calt-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1939, Calloway published an accompanying book titled <i>Professor Cab Calloway’s Swingformation Bureau</i>, which instructed readers how to apply the words and phrases from the dictionary. He released several editions until 1944, the last being <i>The New Cab Calloway’s Hepsters Dictionary: Language of Jive</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Poet <a href="/wiki/Lemn_Sissay" title="Lemn Sissay">Lemn Sissay</a> observed that "Cab Calloway was taking ownership of language for a people who, just a few generations before, had their own languages taken away."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/H._L._Mencken" title="H. L. Mencken">H. L. 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Besides referring to the music scene, much of the argot related to drugs, such as marijuana. <a href="/wiki/Mezz_Mezzrow" title="Mezz Mezzrow">Mezz Mezzrow</a> gave this sample: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><div class="poem"> <p>Second Cat: Hey Mezzie, lay some of that hard-cuttin' mess on me. I'm short of a deuce of blips but I'll straighten you later.<br /> Mezzrow: Righteous, gizz, you're a poor boy but a good boy—now don't come up crummy.<br /> Second Cat: Never no crummy, chummy. 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Perhaps alludes to sharp-dressing with <a href="/wiki/Crocodile_farm" title="Crocodile farm">alligator leather</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>Beat up</dt> <dd>Sad, uncomplimentary, tired.</dd> <dt>Chops</dt> <dd>Refers to any musician's level of ability.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Originates from the physical changes that occur in a brass player's mouth and lips. E.g., Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong. Also a term used for a musician who had significantly improved his or her playing. E.g., "I got my chops up" or "Has he got the chops to play with this group?". Chops can also refer to general ability in any skill. E.g., "Yo, I found a lawyer who has the chops to get <a href="/wiki/George_Shearing" title="George Shearing">George Shearing</a> a driver's license!"</dd> <dt>Corny</dt> <dd>Old-fashioned, stale.</dd> <dt>Frail</dt> <dd>Abbreviation of "<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/frail_sister" class="extiw" title="wikt:frail sister">frail sister</a>" (prostitute). Also used for any hepster woman.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/G-man_(slang)" class="mw-redirect" title="G-man (slang)">G-man</a></dt> <dd>Government man, especially one who arrests or harasses peaceful citizens.</dd> <dt>Gage</dt> <dd>Marijuana. Particularly associated with <a href="/wiki/Louis_Armstrong" title="Louis Armstrong">Louis Armstrong</a>.</dd> <dt>Gate</dt> <dd>Any man, usually used as a greeting. "Yo, gate, what's the word from the herd?"</dd> <dt>Gatemouth</dt> <dd>A horn player who has a large mouth or a mouth that is habitually open. Playing brass instruments often results in larger cheeks and a callus on the player's lip. The larger cheeks is the origin of the word "chops". After 1930, however, "Gatemouth" generally referred only to Louis Armstrong.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>Hep</dt> <dd>In the know. Later, <a href="/wiki/Hip_(slang)" title="Hip (slang)">hip</a>.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Hep_cat" class="mw-redirect" title="Hep cat">Hep cat</a></dt> <dd>Knowledgeable person. Later, <a href="/wiki/Hipster_(1940s_subculture)" title="Hipster (1940s subculture)">hipster</a>.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Substance_intoxication" title="Substance intoxication">High</a></dt> <dd>Happy. See "mellow".</dd> <dt>Hoochie Coocher</dt> <dd>Hot babe who dances lying down. "<a href="/wiki/Minnie_the_Moocher" title="Minnie the Moocher">Minnie the Moocher</a> was a red hot <a href="/wiki/Hoochie_coochie" title="Hoochie coochie">HOOCHIE COOCHER</a>." —<a href="/wiki/Cab_Calloway" title="Cab Calloway">Cab Calloway</a></dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Hoochie_coochie" title="Hoochie coochie">Hoochie coochie</a></dt> <dd>Erotic dance.</dd> <dt>Jeff</dt> <dd>Opposite of hep; unhip, uncool or opposed to hipness.</dd> <dt>Jelly roll</dt> <dd>1) female genitalia, 2) act of <a href="/wiki/Coitus" class="mw-redirect" title="Coitus">coitus</a>. 3) <a href="/wiki/Jelly_Roll_Morton" title="Jelly Roll Morton">Jelly Roll Morton</a>: a famous <a href="/wiki/Stride_piano" class="mw-redirect" title="Stride piano">stride piano</a> player.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Jitterbug" title="Jitterbug">Jitterbug</a></dt> <dd>A swing fan, named after the dance. Same as the <a href="/wiki/Lindy_Hop" title="Lindy Hop">Lindy Hop</a>, a dance created in the 1920s and 1930s. Danced to swing and <a href="/wiki/Western_swing" title="Western swing">Western swing</a>.</dd> <dt>Jive</dt> <dd>Cab Calloway defines this in the 1930s as "Harlemese speech", meaning the style of slang. In basic terms jive means talk.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It can also mean kidding with someone. It is often confused with <i>jibe</i> which means "be in accordance with".</dd> <dt>Jive talk</dt> <dd>"Whaddya say, gate? Are you in the know, or are you a solid bringer-downer?" —Cab Calloway. "Are you Hep to the Jive" —Cab Calloway.</dd> <dt>Joint is jumping</dt> <dd>The place is lively, the club is leaping with fun.</dd> <dt>Light up</dt> <dd>To light a stick of T or reefer.</dd> <dt>Lid</dt> <dd>A <a href="/wiki/Prince_Albert_tobacco" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince Albert tobacco">Prince Albert tobacco</a> can filled to the lid. Roughly one ounce. Used as a measurement of marijuana.<sup id="cite_ref-OED_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OED-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>Man!</dt> <dd>Commonly used as an interjection or for emphasis. Also an alternative to "boy" which was used by whites as a disparaging term used to hail African-American adult males.</dd> <dt>Mellow</dt> <dd>"Let's all get mellow." Words in the song "Light Up". The meaning is obscure. Probably means light-hearted, calm and happy. It means feeling the effects of marijuana.</dd> <dt>Mighty Mezz</dt> <dd>An expertly rolled reefer. Named after <a href="/wiki/Mezz_Mezzrow" title="Mezz Mezzrow">Milton Mezz Mezzrow</a>, the saxophonist who played with <a href="/wiki/Louis_Armstrong" title="Louis Armstrong">Louis Armstrong</a>. Mezzrow was a close friend of Louis Armstrong. He was also a user of marijuana and a distributor strictly to other musicians who were his friends.</dd> <dt>Mop</dt> <dd>A woman. Often a reference to another hepster's girlfriend.</dd> <dt>Muggles</dt> <dd>1930s and '40s slang for marijuana cigarettes.</dd> <dt>Mugglin'</dt> <dd>I's a-mugglin', you's a-mugglin', meaning getting high on reefer.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Ofay" class="mw-redirect" title="Ofay">Ofay</a></dt> <dd>A white person, possibly constructed from pig Latin for "foe". Also, policeman or law enforcement, "the Man".</dd> <dt>Pad</dt> <dd>Bed.</dd> <dt>Pot</dt> <dd>Marijuana.</dd> <dt>Puff</dt> <dd>To smoke weed.</dd> <dt>Reefer</dt> <dd>The marijuana plant, aka hemp, pot, ganja, or <a href="/wiki/Cannabis" title="Cannabis">cannabis</a>. Refers to the leaf of the plant or a cigarette rolled from the plant (JIVE, STICK OF TEA). See also: <i><a href="/wiki/Reefer_Madness" title="Reefer Madness">Reefer Madness</a></i>, a 1936 anti-cannabis <a href="/wiki/Propaganda" title="Propaganda">propaganda</a> <a href="/wiki/Film" title="Film">film</a>.</dd> <dt>Reefer man</dt> <dd>Someone who uses reefer.</dd> <dt>Stick of tea</dt> <dd>Joint, reefer, left-handed cigarette.</dd> <dt>Stuff</dt> <dd>1) Jive, muggles, reefer. 2) Nickname for famous viper, jazz fiddler, <a href="/wiki/Stuff_Smith" title="Stuff Smith">"Stuff" Smith</a>, famous composer of viper songs such as "<a href="/wiki/If_You%27re_a_Viper" title="If You're a Viper">If You're a Viper</a>".</dd> <dt>"T" or Tea</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Marijuana" class="mw-redirect" title="Marijuana">Marijuana</a>.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_Social_Club" title="Cannabis Social Club">Teapad</a></dt> <dd>in <a href="/wiki/Harlem" title="Harlem">Harlem</a> in the 1930s and 40s, an after-hours club where pot was smoked and jazz music performed.</dd> <dt>T-man (Tea-man)</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Marijuana" class="mw-redirect" title="Marijuana">Marijuana</a> provider.</dd> <dt>Vipers</dt> <dd>Refers to hep cats from the 1930s who inhaled. Examples include <a href="/wiki/Cab_Calloway" title="Cab Calloway">Cab Calloway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fats_Waller" title="Fats Waller">Fats Waller</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald" title="Ella Fitzgerald">Ella Fitzgerald</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nat_King_Cole" title="Nat King Cole">Nat King Cole</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billie_Holiday" title="Billie Holiday">Billie Holiday</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louis_Armstrong" title="Louis Armstrong">Louis Armstrong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Benny_Goodman" title="Benny Goodman">Benny Goodman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Louis_Jordan" title="Louis Jordan">Louis Jordan</a>. They frequented tea pads and smoked gage. The term vipers arose from the <i>sssssst</i> sound made by an inhaling pot-smoker or a snake.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Zoot_suit" title="Zoot suit">Zoot suit</a></dt> <dd>A men's suit with high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed, pegged trousers, and a long coat with wide lapels and wide padded shoulders. Named in the rhyming way of jive talk: "A Zoot Suit with a reet pleat, with a drape shape with a generous cut but tight cuffs." 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University of Illinois Press. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/creationofjazzmu0000pere/page/130">130–134</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780252064210" title="Special:BookSources/9780252064210"><bdi>9780252064210</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Creation+of+Jazz&rft.pages=130-134&rft.pub=University+of+Illinois+Press&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=9780252064210&rft.aulast=Peretti&rft.aufirst=Burton+W.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fcreationofjazzmu0000pere%2Fpage%2F130&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJive+talk" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLuis_Alvarez2008" class="citation cs2">Luis Alvarez (2008), <i>The Power of the Zoot</i>, University of California Press, pp. 91–93, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780520253018" title="Special:BookSources/9780520253018"><bdi>9780520253018</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Power+of+the+Zoot&rft.pages=91-93&rft.pub=University+of+California+Press&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=9780520253018&rft.au=Luis+Alvarez&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJive+talk" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMarieke_Hardy,_Michaela_McGuire2011" class="citation cs2">Marieke Hardy, <a href="/wiki/Michaela_McGuire" title="Michaela McGuire">Michaela McGuire</a> (2011), <i>Women of Letters</i>, Penguin, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0857962690" title="Special:BookSources/978-0857962690"><bdi>978-0857962690</bdi></a>, <q><span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'chops' being jive talk for 'skills'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Women+of+Letters&rft.pub=Penguin&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-0857962690&rft.au=Marieke+Hardy%2C+Michaela+McGuire&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJive+talk" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFrancis_Newton1960" class="citation cs2">Francis Newton (1960), "Appendix 2 Jazz Language", <i>The Jazz Scene</i>, p. 289+</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Appendix+2+Jazz+Language&rft.btitle=The+Jazz+Scene&rft.pages=289%2B&rft.date=1960&rft.au=Francis+Newton&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJive+talk" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151230120841/http://www.cabcalloway.cc/jive_dictionary.htm">"Jive Dictionary"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cabcalloway.cc/jive_dictionary.htm">the original</a> on 2015-12-30<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2016-02-23</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Jive+Dictionary&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cabcalloway.cc%2Fjive_dictionary.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJive+talk" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-OED-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-OED_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://login.libdata.lib.ua.edu/login?qurl=https://www.oed.com%2fview%2fEntry%2f108024">"lid, n."</a> <i>Oxford English Dictionary Online</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2023-05-17</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Oxford+English+Dictionary+Online&rft.atitle=lid%2C+n.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Flogin.libdata.lib.ua.edu%2Flogin%3Fqurl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.oed.com%252fview%252fEntry%252f108024&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJive+talk" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJessie_Carney_Smith2010" class="citation cs2">Jessie Carney Smith (2010), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=10rEGSIItjgC&pg=PA1554"><i>Encyclopedia of African American Popular Culture</i></a>, ABC-CLIO, p. 1554, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780313357978" title="Special:BookSources/9780313357978"><bdi>9780313357978</bdi></a>, <q>The suit came with its own argot ... This was a variant of swing slang or jive talk popularized by Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, and Lester Young.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+African+American+Popular+Culture&rft.pages=1554&rft.pub=ABC-CLIO&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=9780313357978&rft.au=Jessie+Carney+Smith&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D10rEGSIItjgC%26pg%3DPA1554&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJive+talk" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jive_talk&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJill_Jonnes1999" class="citation cs2">Jill Jonnes (1999), <i>Hep-cats, Narcs, and Pipe dreams</i>, Johns Hopkins University Press, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780801861659" title="Special:BookSources/9780801861659"><bdi>9780801861659</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hep-cats%2C+Narcs%2C+and+Pipe+dreams&rft.pub=Johns+Hopkins+University+Press&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=9780801861659&rft.au=Jill+Jonnes&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJive+talk" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMezz_Mezzrow,_Bernard_Wolfe2009" class="citation cs2">Mezz Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe (2009), <i>Really the Blues</i>, Souvenir Press Limited, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780285638457" title="Special:BookSources/9780285638457"><bdi>9780285638457</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Really+the+Blues&rft.pub=Souvenir+Press+Limited&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=9780285638457&rft.au=Mezz+Mezzrow%2C+Bernard+Wolfe&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJive+talk" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShelly1945" class="citation cs2">Shelly, Lou (1945), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/HepcatsJiveTalkDictionary/mode/2up"><i>Hepcats Jive Talk Dictionary</i></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hepcats+Jive+Talk+Dictionary&rft.date=1945&rft.aulast=Shelly&rft.aufirst=Lou&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2FHepcatsJiveTalkDictionary%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJive+talk" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAlyn_Shipton2007" class="citation cs2">Alyn Shipton (2007), <i>A New History of Jazz</i>, Continuum, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780826417893" title="Special:BookSources/9780826417893"><bdi>9780826417893</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+New+History+of+Jazz&rft.pub=Continuum&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=9780826417893&rft.au=Alyn+Shipton&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJive+talk" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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