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  • n  any of various styles of jazz that appeared after 1940
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  • Video: Sam Most, father of modern jazz flute, was 82
    Sam Most, considered the first modern jazz flutist, had some unusual talents, one of which was the ability to hum and play notes at the same time. A number of flutists have said he was the first to combine humming and playing, a style that was later made famous in jazz by Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Yusef Lateef and in rock by Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson.
    June 15, 2013 - Los Angeles Times

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