Klarinet Archive - Posting 001033.txt from 1998/05

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Jazz
Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 14:16:53 -0400

I read somewhere that the word "jazz" derives from an old african
word pronounced "Jass" which means 'excitement' or 'exciting'. Can anyone
else confirm this?

Fred Jacobowitz
Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory

On Sun, 17 May 1998, Justin Wood wrote:

> I know this subject is long gone. But there was a reference to the orgin of
> "jazz" (what it meant) ...this site explains it all. How it all came
> together and everything.
>
> http://209.63.231.35/.WWW/etymol.html
>
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