In GBN's "A Year of Good Black News" Page-A-Day Calendar" for 2022, we explore words and phrases in a category we call "Lemme Break It Down." Today's entry takes a look at "cutting contest" -- a term first used early in the 20th century as ragtime and jazz emerged as African American musical art forms.

Sources:

• https://paddyreillysmusicbar.us/what-were-competitions-between-jazz-musicians-called/

• https://www.americanbluesscene.com/language-of-the-blues-cutting-contest/

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