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1942 in jazz Jazz bandleader Tiny Bradshaw (1905-1958)
Decade 1940s in jazz Music 1942 in music Standards List of 1940s jazz standards See also 1941 in jazz – 1943 in jazz
Overview of the events of 1942 in jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1942 .
Events August The American Federation of Musicians president James C. Petrillo initiated a ban on recording, in hopes of coercing record companies into returning part of their profits to the union to be used for special concerts and projects. This forced the record companies to focus on recording singers and singing groups and reissuing previously recorded material.[ 1] October Charlie Christian July 29, 1916 – March 2, 1942), a guitarist.
Standards
Deaths January 1 – Jaroslav Ježek, Czechoslovakian composer, pianist and conductor (born 1906 ). 12 – Willie Cornish , American trombonist (born 1875). March June July
Births John McLaughlin Blue Note 2016. James Blood Ulmer Black Rock Experience Unterfahrt 2013. Han Bennink at Jazzclub Unterfahrt in 2010. Tomasz Stańko in 2013. Oliver Lake in 2006. Philip Catherine in 1984. January February March 3 4 – Dave Matthews, American keyboardist. 5 – Dave Green, English upright bassist. 6 21 – Amina Claudine Myers , American pianist, organist, vocalist, and composer. 25 – Aretha Franklin , American singer and songwriter (died 2018 ). April May 6 – David Friesen , American bassist. 13 – Jim Douglas, Scottish guitarist. 20 – Dan Jacobs, American trumpeter and flugelhornist.[ 4] 23 – Randolph Colville , Scottish clarinettist and saxophonist (died 2004 ). 26 – Geoff Bull , Australian trumpeter and bandleader. June 3 – Curtis Mayfield , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer (died 1999 ). 14 – Peter Lemer , English pianist and keyboarder, Spontaneous Music Ensemble . 17 – Torgrim Sollid , Norwegian trumpeter and drummer. 21 – Ditlef Eckhoff , Norwegian trumpeter. 25 – Joe Chambers , American drummer, pianist, vibraphonist, and composer. July August September 6 Andrew White, American saxophonist (died 2020 ). Dave Bargeron , American trombonist and tubist. 12 – Jane Getz , American pianist. 14 – Oliver Lake , American saxophonist and composer. 22 – Marlena Shaw , American singer. 23 – Jeremy Steig , American flautist (died 2016 ). 25 – John Taylor, British pianist (died 2015 ). 28 – Tim Maia , Brazilian musician and songwriter (died 1998 ). 29 – Jean-Luc Ponty , French violinist and composer. 30 – Frankie Lymon , American singer (died 1968 ). October November December Unknown date
See also
References ^ "Jazz History: The Standards (1940s)". JazzStandards.com. Retrieved 2017-11-06 . ^ "Sarah Vaughan", bio. ^ "The Apollo Theater's Legendary Amateur Night". HuffingtonPost.com. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 2017-11-06 . ^ " "Dan Jacobs; His Star is Still Rising" ". WestMichMusicHystericalSociety.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-16. Retrieved 2018-01-23 . ^ "Terje Fjærn er død 73 år gammel" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang . 2016-06-08. Retrieved 2016-07-21 .
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