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"Zaz" was apparently slang for 'cool'.
Some other early rockers: We're Gonna Rock, (Wild) Bill Moore
Recorded for Savoy Records on 18 December 1947
From Hugh Gregory, "The Real Rhythm and Blues", 1998, on the honking sax genre:
"It is the brass section - especially a blazing horn riff - that complements the shouts and intemperate hectoring from the lead vocalist. Even on instrumentals these riffs lay bare the bones of R&B. But despite the uncultured vulgarity- or perhaps the blazing freneticism - of many of the great horn solos, the pedigree lay in the artistry of their exposition".
If you don't share my enthusiasm for such "uncultured and frenetic musical vulgarity" try something for a more rural and reflective mood:
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