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An early record catalogue, from 1916: "His Master's Voice, New Records of Dance Music - All Suitable for Jazzing".

http://sounds.bl.uk/related-content/TEXTS/029I-HMVDX1916XXX-0000A0.pdf

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Comment by Nigel Bewley on June 27, 2012 at 12:24

Chris Clark has commented on this (via Facebook):
Extraordinary! I wonder what the compilers of this catalogue thought they meant by 'jazzing' in 1916 as the term had only just started to be applied to music - Chicago in 1915, New Orleans in late 1916. Possibly the Castles - dance tutors of the day - had something to do with this.

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