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Coleman Hawkins/Thelonious Monk - drifting on a reed 1944 |
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Overview of the events of 1944 in jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 1944.
Events
1944 – The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City hosts a jazz concert for the first time. The performers are Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden.
Album releases
Standards
Deaths
- February
- 16 – Bob Zurke, American jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader (born 1912).
- April
- March
- 22 – Yank Porter, American pianist and composer (born 1895).
- July
- October
- December
- 8 – Rod Cless, American clarinetist and saxophonist (born 1907).
- 15 – Glenn Miller, American big-band musician, arranger, composer and bandleader (born 1904).
- 19 – Miklós Vig, Hungarian singer, actor and comedian (born 1898).
- Unknown date
Births
January
- 5 – Louis Stewart, Irish guitarist (died 2016).
- 6 – Don Sickler, American trumpeter.
- 8 – Bobby Battle, American drummer.
- 9 – Roy Hellvin, Norwegian pianist, composer, and music arranger.
- 10
- 12 – Cynthia Robinson, American trumpeter and vocalist, Sly and the Family Stone (died 2015).
- 20 – Chuck Domanico, American bassist (died 2002).
- 23 – Randy Jones, British-born American drummer (died 2016).
- 24 – Bob Degen, American pianist.
- 29
- 30 – Roger Humphries, American drummer.
February
- 1 – Ari Brown, American tenor saxophonist and pianist.
- 5 – Bill Mays, American pianist.
- 6 – Kosuke Mine, Japanese saxophonist.
- 8 – Candy Johnson, American singer and dancer (died 2012).
- 10 – Rufus Reid, American bassist, educator, and composer.
- 11 – Martin Drew, English drummer (died 2010).
- 15 – Henry Threadgill, American composer, saxophonist, and flautist.
- 17 – Karl Jenkins, Welsh musician and composer.
- 19 – Ron Mathewson, Scottish upright bassist and bass guitarist.
- 20 – Lew Soloff, American trumpeter, composer, and actor (died 2015).
- 22 – Mark Charig, British trumpeter and cornetist.
- 24 – Oddbjørn Blindheim, Norwegian pianist.
March
April
May
- 16 – Billy Cobham, Panamanian-American drummer, composer, and bandleader.
- 22 – Richard Dunbar, American player of the French horn (died 2006).
- 30 – John Gross, American saxophone, flute and clarinet player.
June
- 4 – Jack Wilkins, American guitarist.
- 6 – Monty Alexander, Jamaican-American pianist.
- 7 – Erling Wicklund, Norwegian trombonist and music critique.
- 8 – Babik Reinhardt, French guitarist (died 2001).
- 10 – David Goloschekin, Russian violinist and multi-instrumentalist.
- 17 – Chris Spedding, English guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and record producer.
- 19 – Chico Buarque, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist.
- 21 – Jon Hiseman, English drummer, recording engineer, and record producer (died 2018).
- 24
- Chris Wood, English saxophonist and flautist, Traffic (died 1983).
- Jeff Beck, English guitarist.
- 25
- 26 – Arthur Doyle, American saxophonist, flutist, and vocalist (died 2014).
July
- 4
- 15 – Martha Brooks, Canadian writer and singer.
- 17 – Aage Teigen, Norwegian trombonist (died 2014).
- 19 – Didier Levallet, French upright bassist.
- 21 – Orange Kellin, Swedish clarinetist.
- 27 – Barbara Thompson, English saxophonist, and flautist.
August
September
- 3 – Fred Hess, American tenor saxophonist (died 2018).
- 9 – George Mraz, Czech-American bassist and alto saxophonist.
- 18 – Michael Franks, American singer and songwriter.
- 21 – John Clark, American hornist and composer.
- 26 – Judy Chamberlain, American singer, bandleader and journalist.
October
November
December
- 12
- 15 – Carlos Inzillo, Argentinian clarinetist, producer, and historian.
- 16 – John Abercrombie, American guitarist (died 2017).
- 17 – Vyacheslav Ganelin, Lithuanian–Israeli musician and composer.
- 19
- 24 – Woody Shaw, trumpeter, flugelhornist, and cornetist (died 1989).
- 31 – Bernie Senensky, Canadian pianist, organist, and composer.
Unknown date
- Lars Edegran, American musician and bandleader.
- Tom Parker, British pianist (died 2013).
- Wally Shoup, American saxophonist and painter.
See also
References
- ^ "Music industry manager Jazz Summers dies". DigitalSpy.co.uk. 2015-08-15. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
- ^ "Alvin Lee of Ten Years After Dead at 68". Rolling Stone. 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
Bibliography
- The New Real Book, Volume I. Sher Music. 1988. ISBN 0-9614701-4-3.
- The New Real Book, Volume II. Sher Music. 1991. ISBN 0-9614701-7-8.
- The New Real Book, Volume III. Sher Music. 1995. ISBN 1-883217-30-X.
- The Real Book, Volume I (6th ed.). Hal Leonard. 2004. ISBN 0-634-06038-4.
- The Real Book, Volume II (2nd ed.). Hal Leonard. 2007. ISBN 978-1-4234-2452-9.
- The Real Book, Volume III (2nd ed.). Hal Leonard. 2006. ISBN 0-634-06136-4.
- The Real Jazz Book. Warner Bros. ISBN 978-91-85041-36-7.
- The Real Vocal Book, Volume I. Hal Leonard. 2006. ISBN 0-634-06080-5.
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