[Dixielandjazz] Jass

Stan Brager sbrager at socal.rr.com
Sun Oct 14 12:42:38 PDT 2007


Actually, besides jazz and, as you mentioned, jass, there was also jaz and
jas.

Stan
Stan Brager
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "philwilking" <philwilking at bellsouth.net>
To: "Mailing List DIXIELAND JAZZ" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 1:36 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Jass


> We should never forget that the original (100 years ago) spelling of
"jazz"
> was "jass," and that it was slang for "musical manure."
>
> PHIL WILKING
>
> Those who would exchange freedom for
> security deserve neither freedom nor security.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Don Mopsick" <mophandl at landing.com>
> >
> >>Yep Marek, dentist drill music. Same as the above described jazz was to
> > most people back in 1920. So what's new? <grin>
> >
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