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Last updated November 17, 2019

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1914.

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States. It originated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime. Jazz is seen by many as "America's classical music". Since the 1920s Jazz Age, jazz has become recognized as a major form of musical expression. It then emerged in the form of independent traditional and popular musical styles, all linked by the common bonds of African-American and European-American musical parentage with a performance orientation. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in West African cultural and musical expression, and in African-American music traditions including blues and ragtime, as well as European military band music. Intellectuals around the world have hailed jazz as "one of America's original art forms".

Events

Pianist W.C. Handy composed the St. Louis Blues.^[1]

"Saint Louis Blues" is a popular American song composed by W. C. Handy in the blues style and published in September 1914. It was one of the first blues songs to succeed as a pop song and remains a fundamental part of jazz musicians' repertoire. Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby, Bessie Smith, Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Guy Lombardo, and the Boston Pops Orchestra are among the artists who have recorded it. The song has been called "the jazzman's Hamlet."

Standards

Births

January

9 – Kenny Clarke, American drummer and bandleader, nicknamed "Klook" (died 1985).^[2]

Kenneth Clarke Spearman, nicknamed Klook, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. A major innovator of the bebop style of drumming, he pioneered the use of the Ride cymbal to keep time rather than the hi-hat, along with the use of the bass drum for irregular accents.

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February

7 – Carl Barriteau, Trinidadian clarinetist (died 1998).
10 – Larry Adler, American harmonica player (died 2001).
21 – Tommy Stevenson, American trumpeter (died 1944).^[3]

Carl Alrich Stanley Barriteau was a jazz clarinetist.

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1998.

Lawrence Cecil Adler was an American harmonica player. Known for playing major works, he played compositions by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Malcolm Arnold, Darius Milhaud and Arthur Benjamin. During his later career he collaborated with Sting, Elton John, Kate Bush and Cerys Matthews.

March

1 – Barrett Deems, American drummer (died 1998).
7 – Lee Young, American drummer and singer (died 2008).
13 – Bob Haggart, American upright bassist, composer, and arranger (died 1998).
22 – Sonny Burke, American arranger, composer, big band leader and producer, Duke Ambassadors (died 1980).

Barrett Deems was an American swing music jazz drummer born in Springfield, Illinois, probably best known for his work with jazz musicians Jimmy Dorsey, Louis Armstrong, Red Norvo, and Muggsy Spanier.

Leonidas Raymond Young was an American jazz drummer and singer. His musical family included his father Willis Young and his older brother, saxophonist Lester Young. In 1944 he played with Norman Granz's first "Jazz at the Philharmonic" concert.

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2008.

April

7 – Ralph Flanagan, American pianist, composer, and arranger (died 1995).
24 – Ray Leatherwood, American upright bassist (died 1996).

Ralph Elias Flenniken, known professionally as Ralph Flanagan, was an American big band leader, pianist, composer, and arranger for the orchestras of Hal McIntyre, Sammy Kaye, Blue Barron, Charlie Barnet, and Alvino Rey.

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Ray Leatherwood was an American jazz double-bassist and session musician.

May

26
- Shorty Baker, American trumpeter (died 1966).
- Ziggy Elman, American trumpeter (died 1968).

June

15 – Rudy Bruder, Belgian pianist and organist (died unknown date).
17 – Sing Miller, American pianist (died 1990).

July

1 – Earle Warren American alto saxophonist and singer (died 1995).
2 – Carlos Vidal Bolado, American conga drum musician (died 1996).
8 – Billy Eckstine, American singer, and band leader (died 1993).
26 – Erskine Hawkins, American trumpeter, and big band leader (died 1993).

August

16 – Edythe Wright, American singer (died 1965).
18 – Irmgard Österwall, Swedish singer (died 1980).
25 – Shizuko Kasagi, Japanese singer (died 1985).

September

4 – Tommy McQuater, British trumpeter (died 2008).^[4]
7 – Graeme Bell, Australian pianist, composer and band leader (died 2012).
8 – Dave Bowman, American pianist (died 1964).
10 – Ken Snakehips Johnson, American band leader and dancer, originally from British Guiana (died 1941).
13 – Leonard Feather, British pianist, composer, and producer (died 1994).
21 – Slam Stewart, American upright bassist (died 1987).
25 – Dave Wilkins, Barbadian trumpeter (died 1990).

October

4 – Marvin Ash, American pianist (died 1974).
10 – King Perry, American saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, and bandleader (died 1990).

November

16 – Roberto Nicolosi, Italian upright bassist and leader (died 1989).
20 – Skeeter Best, American guitarist (died 1985).
28 – Cecil Brower, American violinist (died 1965).
29 – Hal McIntyre, American saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader (died 1959).^[5]

December

1 – Josef Taussig, Czech trombonist and journalist (died 1945).
3 – Corky Cornelius, American trumpeter (died 1943).
31 – Cedric Haywood, American pianist (died 1969).

Unknown date

Eyvin Andersen, Danish organist, violinist, and composer (died 1968).^[6]

References

↑ "W. C. Handy, Composer, Is Dead; Author of 'St. Louis Blues,' 84". New York Times . Retrieved 2017-11-02.
↑ Kernfeld, Barry (1999). "Clarke, Kenny". American National Biography . Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1802594.
↑ "Tommy Stevenson". Discogs.com . Retrieved 2017-11-27.
↑ "Tommy McQuater". The Telegraph . 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
↑ "Hal McIntyre". Discogs.com . Retrieved 2017-11-02.
↑ "Eyvin Andersen (1914-1968)". Klassika.info. Retrieved 2017-11-02.

External links

History Of Jazz Timeline: 1914 at All About Jazz

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[1] "W. C. Handy, Composer, Is Dead; Author of 'St. Louis Blues,' 84". New York Times . Retrieved 2017-11-02.

[2] Kernfeld, Barry (1999). "Clarke, Kenny". American National Biography . Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1802594.

[3] "Tommy Stevenson". Discogs.com . Retrieved 2017-11-27.

[4] "Tommy McQuater". The Telegraph . 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2016-02-27.

[5] "Hal McIntyre". Discogs.com . Retrieved 2017-11-02.

[6] "Eyvin Andersen (1914-1968)". Klassika.info. Retrieved 2017-11-02.

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