"jazzy": slight antedatings

[Ben Zimmer]

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>
> 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.

The July 11, 1915 article with the earliest known musical "jazz" cites includes
the line "'Blue' Marion sat down and jazzed the jazziest streak of jazz ever."

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