[Ads-l] Second Earliest Citation for "Jazz" as a Musical Genre

[Shapiro, Fred]

This is also an antedating of the OED for the compound "jazz band."
It strengthens the apparent role of Illinois, rather than Louisiana, as the birthplace of the term "jazz."

Fred Shapiro



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Subject: Second Earliest Citation for "Jazz" as a Musical Genre

I believe the following is the second oldest known citation for the word "jazz" denoting a musical genre:

1916 Dixon (Ill.) Evening Leader 8 Apr. 1/3 (NewspaperArchive)

The Sterling Jazz band will play in the bazaar held by the Ladies of the G. A. R. at Rosbrook Hall tonight.

Fred Shapiro


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