[Dixielandjazz] Muso definition

[Mike Durham]

I have only heard this word used "live" by Australians - in the UK jazz 
community, I can honestly say I have never heard the word used in 
conversation. Others may differ?

Mike D.


>From: "Ken Gates" <keng at iswest.com>
>To: "Dixieland Jazz" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Muso definition
>Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 09:19:50 -0800
>
>The word "muso" shows up from time to time.
>I assumed it meant musician or a person interested in music.
>Looked it up in my 1988 BIG (ten pound) dictionary.
>Not there.
>So I looked it up on the internet dictionaries.  Well, just three of
>them.  One defined it as musician.  One defined it as musician or
>a person interested in music.  The third---referencing UK usage--
>defined it as----an uninspired musician (usually in pop music)
>who values technique above other qualities.  Note--I didn't use
>quotation marks because I've forgotten the exact quote---but
>that was the gist of it.
>Okay---guys in the UK----is that how you interpret the word?
>Ken Gates  --(in the USA)
>
>
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