Question

This is the second adjective in the name of a Robert Johnson song whose title objects are sold “two for a nickel, four for a dime.” An ensemble with this adjective in its name featured its leader’s second wife Lil Hardin on piano and was recorded for Okeh records. It’s not “traditional,” but this adjective is often used as an alternative (15[1])name for Dixieland jazz. (15[1])This is the second adjective in the name of a band whose leader wrote the “King Porter (*) Stomp,” claimed to have invented jazz, and was nicknamed after a slang term for genitalia. A box set of recordings by an ensemble with this adjective in its name (10[1])includes “Heebie Jeebies,” one of the first songs to employ scat singing. For 10 points, name this adjective that describes Louis Armstrong’s “Five”, and alongside red, Jelly Roll Morton’s “Peppers.” ■END■

ANSWER: hot [accept the Hot Five, Hot Seven, or Red Hot Peppers] (The song in the lead-in is “They’re Red Hot.”)
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jim FanFan-tastic Negs and Where to Find ThemMaryland B+6015
Caleb KendrickMaryland AGlass Onyen: A Knives Out Mystery6415
Vincent DuThe Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 NegsRutgers Diaspora11010

Summary

2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y6100%67%17%73.67
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y3100%67%0%78.00
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%33%33%98.33
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y333%0%33%136.00
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%67%33%75.00
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%0%0%119.33
2023 BHSU Online04/15/2023Y4100%25%25%91.50
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y2100%100%0%27.50
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y3100%67%0%70.67