1910 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1910.

1910 in jazz
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

• Violinist, pianist, composer and conductor James Reese Europe founds the Clef Club, an association for Black musicians based in New York.[1]

Standards

Births

Django Reinhardt

January

• 2 – Minoru Matsuya, Japanese pianist (died 1995).
• 14 – Jimmy Crawford, American drummer (died 1980).
• 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

• 21 – Al Sears, American tenor saxophonist and bandleader (died 1990).

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, African-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).

July

• 18 – Lou Busch, American pianist, arranger and composer, a.k.a. Joe "Fingers" Carr (died 1979).

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, African-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

1. "Timeline". JazzInAmerica.org. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
2. "Django Reinhardt". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
3. "Boyce Brown". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
4. Wilson, John S. (2004-12-30). "Artie Shaw, Big Band Leader, Dies at 94". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
5. "Gene Porter". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.

External links

• History Of Jazz Timeline: 1910 at All About Jazz