Wikipedia on Jazz

[Baker, John]

For Wikipedia's discussion of the origin of "jazz," see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_%28word_origin%29.  This is, of course, user-editable (and your edits are welcomed).  For the original (my) article, see http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jazz_%28word_origin%29&oldid=102351616.
 
 
John Baker
 

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