{"id":878,"date":"2008-09-25T20:21:48","date_gmt":"2008-09-26T01:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artofmanliness.com\/?p=878"},"modified":"2026-01-06T11:45:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T17:45:30","slug":"are-you-hep-to-the-jive-the-cab-calloway-hepster-dictionary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/leisure\/history\/are-you-hep-to-the-jive-the-cab-calloway-hepster-dictionary\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Hep to the Jive? The Cab Calloway Hepster Dictionary"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Vintage<\/p>\n

Each generation has their own slang and lingo, a language that defines them. Each generation also has a purveyor of cool who creates a language that only the initiated understand. During the 1950s and 60s, Frank Sinatra created a personal lingo<\/a> that influenced a generation of swanky and swaggering men.<\/p>\n

But before Sinatra, there was Cab Calloway.<\/p>\n

Calloway was an energetic singer and bandleader during the 1930’s and 1940’s. His big band gained fame at Harlem’s premier night club, The Cotton Club. Cab Calloway and His Orchestra became a nationwide sensation with their weekly radio broadcast on NBC and their nationwide tours. Calloway wrote such hits as “Minnie the Moocher” and “Jumpin’ Jive.” He was also one of the first jazz musicians to make use of “scat” in his performances. Here’s Cab Calloway and His Orchestra performing Mini the Moocher<\/em>.<\/p>\n