[Ads-l] Lewis Porter on "jazz"

[Bonnie Taylor-Blake]

Oops, I meant to keep up with this, but here's a handy link to Lewis
Porter's seven-part essay on what he views as the history of "jazz."

https://lewisporter.substack.com/t/jazz-the-word

-- Bonnie

On Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 1:46 PM Bonnie Taylor-Blake
<b.taylorblake at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Back in 2019, Ben alerted us that jazz historian Lewis Porter had
> written something on the etymology of "jazz" for WGBO.
>
> https://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2019-March/154311.html
>
> Lewis (cc'd here) has recently posted two of six planned pieces on the
> etymology of "jazz."
>
> In writing these analyses, he supplemented his own research findings
> with some things revealed in ADS-L discussions and in recent personal
> communications with ADS-L members and non-members.
>
> You can read the first two parts at
>
> https://lewisporter.substack.com/p/the-word-jazz-1-of-6-its-true-origins
>
> https://lewisporter.substack.com/p/the-word-jazz-2-issues-around-dates
>
> Several of you have researched and written extensively on the possible
> origin(s) of "jazz" and may have thoughts to share on Lewis's work.
>
> I'll try to send along links to his remaining posts as he publishes them.
>
> -- Bonnie

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