The origin of the word
jazz is one of the most sought-after word origins in modern American English. The word's intrinsic interest — the American Dialect Society named it the Word of the Twentieth Century — has resulted in considerable research, and its history is well-documented. As discussed in more detail below,
jazz began as a West Coast slang term around 1912, the meaning of which varied but which did not refer to music or sex.
Jazz came to mean
jazz music in Chicago around 1915. Jazz was played in New Orleans prior to that time but was not called
jazz.
The word jazz makes one of its earliest appearances in San Francisco baseball writing in 1913.
[13]"Jazz was introduced to San Francisco in 1913 by William (Spike) Slattery, sports editor of the Call, and propagated by a band-leader named Art Hickman. It reached Chicago by 1915 but was not heard of in New York until a year later.
[14]" One of the first known uses of the word jazz appears in a March 3, 1913, baseball article in the San Francisco Bulletin by E. T. “Scoop” Gleeson
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