Query: "Jazbo on upper lip" (1915)

[Eric Nielsen]

Same thing. Looks like "soul patch" may be earlier. I always thought it was
merely body decoration, but this source suggests a practical side to it: a
facial cushion for trumpeters.

"The soul patch was popularized by
jazz<http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-jazz.htm>musicians, beatniks and
other artistic or rebellious men in the 1950s and
60s, thus its name. Jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie had a soul patch, leading
the style to also be called a “jazz dab” or “jazz spot.” The style was
popular with trumpeters in particular as the hair provided a cushion
between sensitive skin and the trumpet’s mouthpiece."

 http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-soul-patch.htm

Eric



On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 11:37 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> ---------------------- Information from the mail header
> -----------------------
> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject:      Re: Query: "Jazbo on upper lip" (1915)
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 6:37 PM, Eric Nielsen <ericbarnak at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > jazz patch
>
> ny connection between this and "soul patch"?
>
> --
> -Wilson
> -----
> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
> to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
> -Mark Twain
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org