[Ads-l] Centennial of "Jazz"

[Baker, John]

The earliest known use of "jazz" to refer to music was in the Chicago Daily Tribune on July 11, 1915, the knowledge of which was first disseminated to ADS-L by Fred Shapiro on May 15, 2004.  I believe the post to ADS-L may have been the first broadcast anywhere, but Fred can correct me if I am wrong.  In just over a month will be the centennial of the Daily Tribune article, which in a way may also be seen as the centennial of jazz music.  It seems like there might be broad public interest in the anniversary; has any thought been given to marking it?


John Baker

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