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[Jazz] went from the classics to ragtime to Dixieland to swing to bebop to cool jazz, . . . But it's always jazz. You can put a new dress on her, a new hat, but no matter what kind of clothes you put on her, she's the same old broad.

Source: Hamp: An Autobiography, 1989.
-- Lionel Hampton, (Apr 20 1908-2002), US swing jazz musician; Hamp was the first to use the vibraharp (vibes) in jazz and known for the rhythmic vitality of his playing; led his own band for 35 years.

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