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Overview of the events of 1917 in jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of
Jazz in the year 1917 .
Musicians born in this year included
Dizzy Gillespie ,
Ella Fitzgerald and
Thelonious Monk .
Events
February
26 – The
Original Dixieland Jazz Band records the first jazz album, Livery Stable Blues . It was a success and paved the way for the first jazz records in US music shops.
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Standards
Deaths
April
1 –
Scott Joplin , American composer and pianist (born 1868).
Births
Dizzy Gillespie in concert in Deauville,
Normandy, France
Ella Fitzgerald photo by
Carl Van Vechten , 1940
January
9 –
Jimmy Maxwell , American trumpeter (died
2002 ).
10 –
Jerry Wexler , American music journalist and music producer (died
2008 ).
14 –
Billy Butterfield , American band leader, trumpeter, flugelhornist and cornetist (died
1988 ).
16 –
Sandy Block , American bassist (died
1985 ).
19
21 –
Billy Maxted , American pianist (died
2001 ).
22 –
Pud Brown , American reedist (died
1996 ).
23 –
Fred Beckett , American trombonist (died
1946 ).
24 –
Avery Parrish , American pianist and songwriter (died
1959 ).
25 –
Floyd Smith , American guitarist and record producer (died
1982 ).
February
March
1 –
Aimé Barelli , French trumpeter, vocalist, and band leader (died
1995 ).
14 –
John Graas , American French horn player, composer, and arranger (died
1962 ).
16 –
Junior Raglin , American upright bassist (died
1955 ).
19
23 –
Johnny Guarnieri , American virtuoso jazz and stride pianist (died
1985 ).
27 –
Dardanelle Hadley , American singer, vibraphonist, pianist, composer, and arranger (died
1997 ).
April
3 –
Bill Finegan , American bandleader, pianist, arranger, and composer (died
2008 ).
7 –
Mongo Santamaría , Afro-Cuban percussionist (died
2003 ).
10 –
Morty Corb , American upright bassist (died
1996 ).
12 –
Helen Forrest , American singer (died
1999 ).
21 –
Joe Dixon , American reedist (died
1998 ).
25 –
Ella Fitzgerald , American vocalist (died
1996 ).
27 –
Denzil Best , American percussionist and composer (died
1965 ).
30
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Unknown date
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