HEYWARD, DuBose

Jasbo Brown

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1931. First Thus. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); brown cloth stamped in gilt on spine; brown topstain; dustjacket; 96pp.; spine ends gently pushed, Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00); several small chips to the extremities and along spine; Good.

Jazbo Brown is semi-legendary, referred to in DuBose Heyward's Jasbo Brown and Selected Poems (1924) as an itinerant negro player along the Mississippi and later in Chicago cabarets. This book also states that the jazz music genre has possibly taken its name from this travelling musician. Jazbo Brown is featured in the song "Jazzbo Brown from Memphis Town", composed by George Brooks and performed by Bessie Smith.

Price: $60.00

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