[Ads-l] "jasbo" / "jazz."

[Jonathan Lighter]

Probably unrelated, but just as hard to explain as "jasbo" itself:

1910 _Fort Collins [Co.] Express_ (Sept. 15) 9: Miss Hazel Kirk...owns a
large stock farm at Jasbo, Kentucky, where many thoroughbred horses are
raised.

JL

On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 7:23 PM Peter Reitan <pjreitan at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Jasbo was considered a possible origin of jazz a few years into the jazz
> craze.
>
> Some of these new cites are older than the ones I saw before posting about
> jasbo.
>
> It may be an influence on jazz, or one of a few separate influences.  The
> word "jasm" has been considered as well, and its meaning may be closer to
> the original western meaning of jazz.
>
> The z-word trend could have played a role?
>
>
> https://esnpc.blogspot.com/2014/09/is-jasbo-jazz-or-just-hokum-and-gravy.html
> <
> https://esnpc.blogspot.com/2014/09/is-jasbo-jazz-or-just-hokum-and-gravy.html?m=1
> >
>
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> FWIW:
>
> 1899 _Plain Dealer_ (Cleveland, O.) (Nov. 7) 6: "Jasbo Fanem....[played
> by]  Mr. Frank H. White.
>
> 1911 _San Angelo [Texas] Standard_  (Aug. 12) 2: Tonight ANGEL CITY TRIO
> and MACK and HELD in the "Jasbo Dance."
>
> 1912 _Richmond Virginian_ (July 16) 4: A pair of acrobats who are good
> comedians are..."The Jasbo Twins."
>
> 1912 _Butler County [O.] Democrat_ (Sept. 19) 1: Jasbo Johnson, forgery.
>
> 1912 _El Paso Herald_ (Oct. 25) [unp.]: It Wasn't All Jasbo's Fault at
> That.
>
> JL
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