HELLO FRIENDS and WELCOME! I have LOTS of never-published research on everyone from Jelly Roll Morton through Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, John Coltrane and beyond. I am now posting these items frequently in the form of a Substack email newsletter.
I recently read your 2018 piece on the origin of the word jazz. Very interesting, but wait, Ben Henderson? Wasn’t he a pitcher in the Negro baseball league? I thought there were no whites in that league. Is the creator of the jazz ball a different person? You lost me…
I recently read your 2018 piece on the origin of the word jazz. Very interesting, but wait, Ben Henderson? Wasn’t he a pitcher in the Negro baseball league? I thought there were no whites in that league. Is the creator of the jazz ball a different person? You lost me…
Thank you so much for clarifying this issue. As a jazz fan, I have written on this matter in spanish, maybe you could check my site:
https://ajmorillo.notion.site/Notas-de-jazz-3f6d88ef8cd34db991828ef7a36d46da
Best Regards
Aníbal
Lewis: Really enjoyed your Zoom presentation last evening.