El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-13

was in that noise the trap-drummer
took good care 10 undo
ssThinEs have come to a pretty
pass when professional musicians
Of many years experience cannon
procure employment because they
refuse to jazz their dance or
even concert music.
Prostitution Of Music.
What is the meaning OF the WoEu
fazZ'2 Webster does not give dell
milton of the word. / have been told
that IL means to put PEP or accen-
tuated rythm into the music In my
humble opinion it is prostitution OF
music, pure and simple. Since this
despicable form Of playing music has
come into vogue, / have never al
lowed. while the men were under my
Jurisdiction, any combinations OF
this band or orchestra to Jazz either
collectively or individually
LET public Come to Senses.
IF the public insists on having
Jazz il cannot be had from the Fifth
cavalry musicians and must look else
where for performers
VIII come to its senses and rid it.
SELF OF this fnds the sooner the
better. II does not help to edu-
cate the people nor to inspire
them TO better things BESIDES
II ruins every musician who
through sheer force of necessity,
or who otherwise would lose
their income.
Il would sooner be 4 shoemaker
with all due respect TO this esteemed
mechanic, than musician who has
TO Jazz or grave digger-this
would give me a chance TO bury the
man responsible for this inegitimate
Ioffsprine Of the divine art Of music
Thinks It VIII Soon Die.
Just like everything else in the
world that comes in for time, .1azz'
music viii serve It's purpose and then
fade into oblivion like ragtime, now
q thing Of the past, according to
Lieut. E. J. Laccock, chief musician
OF the SIND field artillery band. at
Fort Bliss. Lieut.. LaccOck believes
that .5azz" has no bad moral effect.
and is popular because OF its stirring
medley OF notes. which add zip" 70
the dance. The word Jazz originated
in the south, he says, and is de-
rivatfve Of the word 'Jazbo," a salu-
tation of southern negroes. and by
which missioner the trombonist OF a
negro band was known.
An original jazz orchestra should
consist Of about 10 or L pieces" said
Lieut. Laccock- The music has been
in vogue about two years and il is
popular because it - the style OF
music demanded for modern dancing
II mas good y L4lls anu AaLLA d4A1 .
takes the place Of ragtime music for
dancing. as ragtime has died out
Practically every musician adds some
thing to the jazZ' as il is played, and
as if has considerable life to It.
modern dancers are universally IN
favor Of this mode Of music for their
entertainment
OriEfnafed with Negroes.
Jazz music for dancing was Origt-
nallv introduced in New York, but
undoubtedly originated in the south.
where the trombonist OF a band IS
known as 'jazbo.
Southern musicians. who are inu-
mately acquainted with the music Of
the negro. are unanimous in the opin-
ion that il was originated BY negroes
The strains date back to the negro
jug bands, when a style Of music not
unlike the modern Jazz was produced
by blowing into a series of jugs.
merely a syncopation Of sounds, but
which produced the desired effect on
the reveler who desired action. and
got plenty Of It"
VIII Have short Life.
Jazz music, OF course, has It's