[Ads-l] Antedating of "Jazz Musician"

[Shapiro, Fred]

jszz musician (OED 1917 [5 Aug.)

1917 State Journal (Lansing, Mich.) 8 Feb. 3 / 4 (Newspapers.com)

"Jazz" Musicians at Bijou. ... wild, weird, and woozy "jazz" music is not the only entertainment presented by this company of Tennessee colored folks.

Fred Shapiro

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