RobatBlueRock
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Why are Licks and Chops called Licks and Chops? 

He agreed with my supposition that it might have been imported into creole French and then taken into American pronunciation with a hard first g. Thus to play at a gigue or gig, first meaning a dance, easily became a name amongst musicians for almost any performance.
Timing is very unclear, but it's surprising that the term gig should be used in UK music mags back in the 1920s if that is the origin.
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