This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1910.
| 1910 in jazz | |
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| Decade | 1910s in jazz |
| Music | 1910 in music |
| Standards | List of pre-1920 jazz standards |
| See also | 1909 in jazz – 1911 in jazz |
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Events
edit- Violinist, pianist, composer and conductor James Reese Europe founds the Clef Club, an association for Black musicians based in New York.[1]
Standards
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- January
- 2 – Minoru Matsuya, Japanese pianist (died 1995).
- 14 – Jimmy Crawford, American drummer (died 1980).
- 17 – Sid Catlett, American drummer (died 1951).
- 23 – Django Reinhardt, Belgian-born, Romani French jazz guitarist and composer (died 1953).[2]
- 27 – Charlie Holmes, American alto jazz saxophonist of the swing era (died 1985).
- February
- March
- 6 – Arthur Österwall, Swedish band leader, composer, vocalist, and upright bassist (died 1990).
- April
- 1 — Harry Carney, American saxophonist (died 1974).
- 16 – Boyce Brown, American dixieland alto saxophonist (died 1959).[3]
- 28 – Everett Barksdale, American guitarist (died 1986).
- May
- 8 — Mary Lou Williams, American pianist, composer, and singer (died 1981).
- 12 – Jack Jenney, American jazz trombonist (died 1945).
- 23 – Artie Shaw, American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and actor (died 2004).[4]
- 25 – Pha Terrell, American singer (died 1945).
- 28 – T-Bone Walker, American guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (died 1975).
- June
- 7 — Gene Porter American saxophonist and clarinetist (died 1993).[5]
- 13 – Eddie Beal, American pianist (died 1984).
- 15 – Stan Wrightsman, American pianist (died 1975).
- 18 – Ray McKinley, American drummer, singer, and bandleader (died 1995).
- 23 – Milt Hinton, American double bassist, (died 2000).
- July
- August
- 7 — Freddie Slack, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 1965).
- 8 — Lucky Millinder, African-American bandleader (died 1966).
- September
- 12 – Shep Fields, American bandleader, clarinetist, and tenor saxophonist (died 1981).
- October
- 10 – Milt Larkin, American trumpeter and bandleader (died 1996).
- 24 – Stella Brooks, American singer (died 2002).
- November
- 25 – Willie Smith, American saxophonist, clarinetist, and singer (died 1967).
- December
- 7 — Louis Prima, Italian-American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and trumpeter (died 1978).
- 14 – Budd Johnson, American saxophonist and clarinetist (died 1984).
- 17 — Sy Oliver, American arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader (died 1988).
- 23 – Freddy Gardner, British saxophonist (died 1950).
- 26 – Rupert Nurse, Trinidadian-British pianist, upright bassist, and saxophonist (died 2001).
References
edit- ^ "Timeline". JazzInAmerica.org. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
- ^ "Django Reinhardt". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
- ^ "Boyce Brown". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
- ^ Wilson, John S. (2004-12-30). "Artie Shaw, Big Band Leader, Dies at 94". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
- ^ "Gene Porter". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.