[78-L] California Baseball and Jazz

[Mike Daley]

http://books.google.ca/books?id=zfXxg9M-u1UC&lpg=PA20&dq=jazz%20word%20origins&pg=PA11#v=onepage&q=jazz%20word%20origins&f=false

The entire first chapter of this book deals with the origins of the
word 'jazz'. To answer your question, there are several after-the-fact
anecdotal accounts of the word being used in New Orleans to refer to
music prior to or around the time of the 1913 San Francisco baseball
reference. There seems to be nothing in print, though, before the ODJB
recordings starting in 1917.

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 12:13 AM, Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com> wrote:
> I've heard stories that in addition to New Orleans, San Francisco was a
> hotbed of jazz at the turn of the last century and that if it were not
> for the earthquake it, not New Orleans, would be considered the home of
> Jazz.  This article does not mention music, but it tells how the word
> Jazz was being used as a Baseball term in LA and SF in 1912 and 1913.
>
> http://articles.boston.com/2012-03-25/ideas/31232729_1_jazz-collective-improvisations-pep
>
> When did the word Jazz first hit print in relation to New Orleans music?
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
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