Talk:Jazbo Brown

Porgy and Bess

Jasbo Brown (with that spelling) is featured in the opening scene of this opera. He is the first person to appear on stage, and plays the piano: "At rise of curtain Catfish Row is dark except for Jasbo Brown's room which can be exposed to view by use of a sliding panel. Jasbo is at the piano playing a low-down blues, while half a dozen couples can be seen dancing in a slow, almost hypnotic, rhythm." (Quoted from page 4 of the vocal score, published 1935.) The blues goes on for several pages before transitioning into 'Summertime'. This should probably be mentioned in the article... KGill _{talk email} 17:00, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

I agree - over to you.

Derek R Bullamore (talk) 09:59, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

OK, done. KGill _{talk email} 15:07, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

19th or 20th century

I am fairly certain that "from around the turn of the 19th century" should instead be "20th century". Chicago (where the subject performed in cabarets) hadn't even been incorporated at the turn of the 19th century, and I am reasonably certain that neither cabarets nor delta blues had yet developed. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 18:47, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Legendary

We should real avoid mixing legendary people with categories for real people. I also think we should avoid using the word "negro" even in quotes. My Adrican-American family members view tgis as the most off putting and denigrating way to speak of people of African descent. I think we should avoid using such language.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:05, 21 December 2024 (UTC)