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has glosseng: Cutting contests were a form of musical battles between various stride piano players between the 1920s and 1940s, and to a lesser extent in improvisatory competition on other jazz instruments during the swing era. The practice exists in some vestigial form in the "trading" of segments of a tune in jazz improvising up to the present time.
lexicalizationeng: Cutting contest
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has glossspa: El cutting contest fue un tipo de competición musical que tenia lugar entre pianistas de jazz del Harlem de principios de los años 1920. Los participantes interrumpían la interpretación de su oponente compitiendo por demostrar quien era el mejor pianista. En este aspecto, tienen mucho en común con las competiciones de freestyle rap que surgirán posteriormente.
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