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1903 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1903. Events * Sidney Bechet borrows his brother's clarinet, and the result is well known. Standards Births ; January * 18 – Min Leibrook, American tubist and bassist (died 1943). ; February * 27 – Mildred Bailey, American singer (died 1951). ; March * 8 – John Ouwerx, Belgian pianist and composer (died 1983). * 10 – Bix Beiderbecke, American cornetist, pianist, and composer (died 1931). * 20 – Einar Aaron Swan, American violinist, clarinetist, saxophonist, pianist, arranger, and composer (died 1940). * 25 – Frankie Carle, American pianist and bandleader (died 2001). ; April * 3 – James "Bubber" Miley, American trumpetist and cornetist (died 1932). ; May * 2 – Spiegle Willcox, American trombonist (died 1999). ; June * 3 – Josephine Baker, French singer, entertainer, activist, and Resistance agent (died 1975). * 12 – Emmett Hardy, American cornetist (died 1925). * 28 – Adrian Rollini, Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in European harmony and African rhythmic rituals. As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different styles. New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation. But jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, Kansas City jazz (a hard-swinging, bluesy, improvisationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1932. Events ; February * 2 – The Duke Ellington Orchestra released the album ''Moon Over Dixie'' on the label Brunswick Records. Standards Deaths ; March * 1 – Frank Teschemacher, American jazz clarinetist and alto-saxophonist (born 1906). ; May * 20 – James "Bubber" Miley, trumpeter and cornet player, specializing in the use of the plunger mute (born 1903). ; Unknown date * Virginia Liston, American classic female blues and jazz singer (born 1890). Births ; January * 1 – Jack Reilly, American pianist (died 2018). * 6 – John Burch, English pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 2006). * 8 – Dick Charlesworth, English clarinettist and saxophonist (died 2008). * 11 – János Gonda, Hungarian pianist (died 2021). * 12 – Hadley Caliman, American saxophone and flute player (died 2010). * 14 – Grady Tate, American drummer and singer (died 2017). * 18 – Irene Kral, American singer (died 1978). * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Garland
Joseph Copeland Garland (August 15, 1903, Norfolk, Virginia – April 21, 1977, Teaneck, New Jersey) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and arranger, best known for writing "In the Mood". Garland studied music at Shaw University and the Aeolian Conservatory. He started by playing classical music but joined a jazz band, Graham Jackson's Seminole Syncopators, in 1924, where he first recorded. He had a long run of associations as a sideman on saxophone and clarinet, with Elmer Snowden (1925), Joe Steele, Henri Saparo, Leon Abbey (including a tour of South America), Charlie Skeete and Jelly Roll Morton in the 1920s. The 1930s saw him playing with Bobby Neal (1931) and the Mills Blue Rhythm Band; he was both a performer and an arranger for the Blue Rhythm Band from 1932 to 1936, when Lucky Millinder replaced him. Following this he played with Edgar Hayes (1937), Don Redman (1938), and Louis Armstrong (1939–42). In the 1940s, he played with Claude Hopkins and others, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1957. Events June * 25 – Ella Fitzgerald started recording the album '' The Irving Berlin Songbook'' (June 25 – October 17). ** She won at the 1st Grammy Awards in the category Best Jazz Performance, Individual for this album. July * 4 – The 5th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 4 – 7). Unknown dates *Carla Bley (born Borg in 1936) was married to Paul Bley. Album releases *Stan Kenton: ''Kenton with Voices'' *Charles Mingus: ''Tijuana Moods'' *Art Blakey: '' Orgy In Rhythm'' *Yusef Lateef: '' Jazz Mood'' *John Coltrane: '' Blue Train'' *John Lewis: ''The John Lewis Piano'' *Milt Jackson: '' Soul Brothers'' *Miles Davis: '' Miles Ahead'' *Kenny Burrell: '' All Day Long'' *Ben Webster: '' Soulville'' *Sonny Rollins: '' Way Out West'' *Ben Webster: '' Tenor Giants'' *Art Pepper: '' Meets the Rhythm Section'' *Art Taylor: ''Taylor's Wailers'' *Max Roach: '' Jazz in ¾ Time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Gardner (musician)
Francis Henry "Jumbo Jack" Gardner (August 14, 1903 – November 26, 1957) was an American jazz pianist. Career Gardner played locally in Denver in the early-1920s, including with Doc Becker's Blue Devils and Boyd Senter's band. He moved to Chicago in 1923, where he led his own band in addition to playing with musicians like Wingy Manone, Jean Goldkette, and Gene Austin. He remained in Chicago through 1937, playing with Jimmy McPartland in 1936. Moving to New York City, he began associations with Sandy Williams's orchestra and Harry James, but returned to Chicago early in the 1940s, where he led his own group. In 1944, he recorded with Baby Dodds. He spent much of his later life playing in Dallas, Texas, where he died in 1957. Gardner's compositions include the song "Bye, Bye, Pretty Baby," co-written with George Hamilton. References ;Footnotes ;General references *"Jack Gardner". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz'' online. *John Chilton John James Chilton (16 Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1978. Events March * 17 – The 5th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 17–19). May * 12 – The 7th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 12–15). * 24 – The 6th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 24 – June 7). July * 1 – The 25th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 1–3). * 7 – The 12th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 7–23). * 14 – The 3rd North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 14–16). * 28 – The very first Jazz in Marciac started in Marciac, France (July 28 – August 17). September * 15 – The 21st Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 15 – 17). Album releases *Chick Corea: ''The Mad Hatter'' *Chick Corea: ''Secret Agent'' *Chick Corea: ''Friends'' *Air: ''Open Air Suit'' *Herb Alpert and Hugh Masekela: ''Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela'' *Herb Alpert and Hugh Masekel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy Caldwell
Albert W. "Happy" Caldwell (sometimes incorrectly spelled Cauldwell) (July 25, 1903 in Chicago – December 29, 1978 in New York City) was an American jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist. Caldwell began on clarinet at age 16, playing in the Eighth Illinois Regimental Band and soon after in an United States Army, Army band. He studied to be a pharmacist but eventually gave up his medicinal studies for jazz. He worked with Bernie Young early in the 1920s in Chicago, where he recorded for the first time in 1923. Around this time he also began doubling on tenor saxophone. In the middle of the 1920s he played with Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds, Bobby Brown (jazz musician), Bobby Brown's Syncopaters, Elmer Snowden, Billy Fowler, Thomas Morris (musician), Thomas Morris, Willie Gant, and Cliff Jackson (musician), Cliff Jackson. In 1929, he recorded with Louis Armstrong. In the 1930s, Caldwell played with Vernon Andrade, Tiny Bradshaw, and Louis Metcalfe, and led his own band, the Hap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1956. Events July * 5 – The 5th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 5 – 7). * 7 – Duke Ellington and his band performs at the Newport Jazz Festival. The album ''Ellington at Newport'' devises a landmark performance which is capped by an amazing tenor saxophone solo by Paul Gonsalves on "Diminuendo" and "Crescendo in Blue". Unknown date * The guitarist Mundell Lowe brings pianist Bill Evans to the attention of Orin Keepnews and Bill Grauer of Riverside records. * Dizzy Gillespie meets Argentine pianist Lalo Schifrin and is impressed. Dizzy continues to gravitate to the Latin rhythms. * Miles Davis and his quintet record four records (''Cookin' '', ''Relaxin' '', Workin' and ''Steamin' '') for Prestige, spending only two days in the studio to complete. Miles also records '' 'Round about Midnight'' on the Columbia label. Album releases *Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: ''The Jazz Messengers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Rollini
Adrian Francis Rollini (June 28, 1903 – May 15, 1956) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist who played the bass saxophone, piano, vibraphone, and many other instruments. Rollini is also known for introducing the goofus in jazz music. As a leader, his major recordings included "You've Got Everything" (1933), "Savage Serenade" (1933) and "Got The Jitters" (1934) on Banner, Perfect, Melotone, Romeo, Oriole, "A Thousand Good Nights" (1934) on Vocalion, "Davenport Blues" (1934) on Decca, "Nothing But Notes", "Tap Room Swing", "Jitters", "Riverboat Shuffle" (1934) on Decca, and "Small Fry" (1938) on Columbia. Early life Rollini was born in New York City on June 28, 1903 of French and Swiss extraction to Ferdinand Rollini and Adele (née Augenti) Rollini. The original family name had been changed to "Rollini" by his grandfather, after a move to Italy during one of Europe's many wars. (Some sources will date 1904, but his brother Arthur Rollini, as well as Social Security Adm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1925 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1925. Musicians born that year included Art Pepper and Zoot Sims. Events Standards * In 1925 standards that were published included "Dinah" and "Squeeze Me". Deaths ; January * 8 – Jimmy Palao, African-American Violinist, saxophonist, cornetist, mellophonist, and leader of the Original Creole Band (born 1879). ; June * 16 – Emmett Hardy, New Orleans American cornet player (born 1903). ; August * 16 – Edna Hicks, American singer (born 1895). Births ; January * 6 ** Jane Harvey, American singer (died 2013). ** Leon Abramson or Lee Abrams, American drummer (died 1992). * 7 – Dave Schildkraut, American saxophonist (died 1998). * 13 – Nat Peck, American trombonist (died 2015). * 19 – Don Lang, English trombonist and singer (died 1992). * 23 – Marty Paich, American pianist (died 1995). * 25 – Barbara Carroll, American pianist (died 2017). ; February * 4 – Jutta Hipp, German pianist and composer ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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