One of the pieces I archived is the song, "Cement Mixer (Put-ti, Put-ti)", and it has the most bizarre tempo marking.
Very Vout (with Bounceroo)
I watched a video about him, and I can easily see where the Bounceroo comes from. Slim Gaillard is a whimisical sort of piano player, and it makes sense that he would have fun with every aspect of the music, even in the more mundane elements of transcription. And frankly, the beat that piece has is not just bouncy, it's bounceroo-y, though I'm hard pressed to describe what that means totally. I know what it feels like, though!
But what on earth does Vout mean?
Edit: Further research has revealed to me that vout is Slim's form of jive. I can't fully wrap my head around it, so I'll let this website explain it for me.
Still... I guess my question still remains valid. What is a vout tempo?
I have a copy of Slim Galliard's Vout O Renee Dictionary and vout is used as a "word substitute or word ending" so basically Very Vout would be whatever the player would consider the song to be, which at the time would be hot or jive hence the extra bouncaroo. I wouldn't consider it a tempo as much as a suggestion of the feel, like we would see swing on a piece of music now.
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