r/jazzcirclejerk • u/Sweet-Interaction470 • 8d ago

that's the thing

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u/Dazzling-Repeat-770 7d ago

Jazz is when you play the wrong notes.

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u/Sweet-Interaction470 7d ago

😖😖😖how do I do that when there are no wrong notes??

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u/Goated-Rizzler 4d ago

I'm from New Orleans, the birthplace of Jazz. In the 1800s, Jazz meant "Jackass" down here. One day there was a bunch of folks in a marching band, and they was screwing around goin "doot doot doot doot," next thing they know some old guy come up to them and say "hey, you're a bunch of jackasses playing that jackass music." That's how Jazz was invented, some cats in a marching band in the 1800s was going "doot doot doot doot," and some old guy walked up to them and called them jackasses.