Title: The new Black “Jargon of Jazz” published in Etude magazine Author: Klemm, Gustav Place: Publisher: Date: 1934-36 Description: Gustav Klemm, “The Jargon of Jazz, An amusing article upon the new and absurd nomenclature which has grown up about the Jazz Orchestra”, in Etude magazine, Aug. 1934 (full issue in original wrappers) Pp. 455-456, 10.5 x 13”, a sarcastic commentary on Jazz talk which appeared in the American musical establishment periodical; and C. Lynn Cons “The Jargon of Jazz”. Letter to the editor, 1 pg., in American Mercury, May 1936 (full issue in original wrappers). 53 Jazz slang terms identified by a Chicago writer who had “compiled it carefully” and would “vouch for its accuracy”. For other Jazz slang, see listings below for Louis Armstrong (1936), Cab Calloway (1942) and Jazz Jargon (1954). Lot Amendments Condition: very good Item number: 248058
Title: The new Black “Jargon of Jazz” published in Etude magazine Author: Klemm, Gustav Place: Publisher: Date: 1934-36 Description: Gustav Klemm, “The Jargon of Jazz, An amusing article upon the new and absurd nomenclature which has grown up about the Jazz Orchestra”, in Etude magazine, Aug. 1934 (full issue in original wrappers) Pp. 455-456, 10.5 x 13”, a sarcastic commentary on Jazz talk which appeared in the American musical establishment periodical; and C. Lynn Cons “The Jargon of Jazz”. Letter to the editor, 1 pg., in American Mercury, May 1936 (full issue in original wrappers). 53 Jazz slang terms identified by a Chicago writer who had “compiled it carefully” and would “vouch for its accuracy”. For other Jazz slang, see listings below for Louis Armstrong (1936), Cab Calloway (1942) and Jazz Jargon (1954). Lot Amendments Condition: very good Item number: 248058
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