Two "jazz" articles(1919, 1927)

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Jassacks? Jazzacks?
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Any info on Wilhelm Wieninger?
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12 October 1919, Fort Wayne (IN) Journal-Gazette, section 4, pg. 4, col.  8:
_WHERE THE WORD_
_"JAZZ" ORIGINATED._
Most people are aware of the fact that "jazz" music originated in the  south,
but perhaps few know just how the name itself started. The Columbia  Record
gives the following explanation: There was once a trio of dusky  musicians, one
a banjo player, one a singer and the third a maker of melodies by  means of
an empty tin can. This unusual trio came to be called the Jassacks  band, the
name being the popular inversion of the jackass, the famous solo  singer of the
southern states. Soon the name, according to the proverbial love  for
inaccuracy, was changed to Jazzacks and by the usual method of abbreviation
developed finally into just plain jazz.
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15 November 1927, Frederick (MD) Post, pg. 1, col. 3:
_Creator Of "Jazz" A Suicide._
Munich, Bavaria, Nov. 14. (AP.)--Prof. Wilhelm Wieninger, widely known here
as a dance music composer, committed suicide today by shooting. Prof.
Wieninger  is credited with having been the first to use the word "jazz" in  music.

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