All that jazz

[Gerald Cohen]

    My thanks to Allan Metcalf for his kind words.  I hasten to add
that the "jazz" treatment represents the work of many scholars, and
that I give due credit throughout the issue.  These include ads-l
members Barry Popik, Rudolph Troike, Jan Ivarsson, Paul Johnson,
Jesse Sheidlower, George Thompson, Douglas Wilson' pioneering
researchers of the term "jazz" Peter Tamony and Dick Holbrook; David
Shulman for his refutation of the 1909 attestation; Bruce Vermazen
for his work on Art Hickman (would anyone have Bruce Vermazen's
e-mail address?).

     I recently noticed a March 30, 2001 e-mail from Gareth Branwyn,
which should have been included. I'll have it appear in the next
rewrite of the treatment.
This is an ongoing project.

     The above list is not complete, but it helps illustrate that the
present project is very much a team effort.

Gerald Cohen



>At 12:36 PM -0500 1/13/03, AAllan at AOL.COM wrote:
>Those who want the most up-to-date, thorough, and definitive information on
>the origin of the American Dialect Society's Word of the 20th Century should
>turn to the Dec. 2002-Jan. 2003 issue of _Comments on Etymology_, edited and
>published by Gerald Cohen. This issue has 87 pages of the earliest citations
>(including many in facsimile) and commentary. Also a bibliography. You can
>read the primary sources and decide for yourself.
>
>The only way you can get this is by writing Cohen at Dept. of Applied Arts
>and Cultural Studies; University of Missouri-Rolla; Rolla, Missouri 65401.
>Subscriptions are $15 per year for individuals, $19 for libraries and
>institutions.
>
>- Allan Metcalf