"jazzy": slight antedatings

[Jonathan Lighter]

HDAS has this from Nov. 30, 1917.

1917 _Chicago Tribune_ (Jan. 17) 3 [ProQuest]: "O for a Jaz [sic] Band and
Some Rag" ...[T]he announcement was made that the oldest of the old time
dances would take precedence over jazzy one steps and fox trots.

1917 Ibid. (Sept. 25) 13 [ProQuest]: Official U.S. Navy Minstrels 100 -
Jazzy Jackies - 100 - 20 Big Acts....Also Sousa's Band.

JL

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