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)