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1944 in jazz
1944 in jazz
	Coleman Hawkins/Thelonious Monk - drifting on a reed 1944
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Standards	List of 1940s jazz standards
See also	1943 in jazz – 1945 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

Coleman Hawkins - Rainbow Mist (1944)

Standards

Deaths

February

16 – Bob Zurke, American jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader (born 1912).

April

19 – Jimmie Noone, American clarinetist (born 1895).

March

22 – Yank Porter, American pianist and composer (born 1895).

July

24 – O'Neill Spencer, American drummer and singer (born 1909).

October

22 – Clarence Profit, American pianist and composer (born 1912).

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

Tommy Stevenson, American trumpet player (born 1914).

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
- Frank Sinatra Jr., American singer an orchestra leader (died 2016).
- Gianluigi Trovesi, Italian saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer.
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
- Salena Jones, American singer.
- Steve Reid, American drummer (died 2010).
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

6 – Kiri Te Kanawa, New Zealand soprano.
10 – David Friedman, American percussionist.
13 – Warren Tartaglia, American musician and poet (died 1965).
15
- Jazz Summers, British music manager (lung cancer), Scissor Sisters, The Verve, and Snow Patrol (died 2015).^[1]
- Joachim Kühn, German pianist.
- Ralph MacDonald, Trinbagonian-American percussionist (died 2011).
22 – Saheb Sarbib, American upright bassist and bandleader.
26 – Diana Ross, American singer and actress.

April

5 – Evan Parker, British saxophonist.
7
- Carol Grimes, British singer/songwriter poet and musician.
- Pat LaBarbera, American saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist.
16 – Sebastião Tapajós, Brazilian guitarist and composer.
19 – Bernie Worrell, American keyboardist and composer, Parliament-Funkadelic (died 2016).
20 – Iris Williams, Welsh singer.
21 – Peter Kowald, German free jazz musician (died 2002).
22 – Howard Wyeth, American drummer and pianist (died 1996).

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
- Bobby Naughton, American vibraphonist.
- Dave Cliff, British guitarist.
26 – Arthur Doyle, American saxophonist, flutist, and vocalist (died 2014).

July

4
- Butch Miles, American drummer.
- Harvey Brooks, American bassist.
- Jan Erik Kongshaug, Norwegian guitarist, sound engineer, and composer.
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

2
- Albert Stinson, American upright bassist (died 1969).
- Naná Vasconcelos, Brazilian percussionist and vocalist (died 2016).
4 – Bobo Stenson, Swedish pianist.
5 – Phil Wachsmann, English violinist.
8 – John Renbourn, English guitarist and songwriter (died 2015).
18 – Oscar Brashear, American trumpeter.
20 – Terry Clarke, Canadian drummer.
25 – Pat Martino, American guitarist.
30 – John Surman English saxophone, bass clarinet, and pianist.

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

4 – Eddie Gómez, Puerto Rican upright bassist.
26 – Kenneth Ascher, American pianist, composer, and arranger.
31 – Sherman Ferguson, American drummer (died 2006).

November

2 – Keith Emerson, English pianist and keyboardist (died 2016).
4 – Willem Breuker, Dutch saxophonist (died 2010).
8 – Charles Sullivan or Kamau Muata Adilifu, American trumpeter.
13 – Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne, American pianist, singer and songwriter.
14 – George Cables, American pianist and composer.

December

12
- Alex Acuña, Peruvian drummer and percussionist.
- Michael Carvin, American drummer.
15 – Carlos Inzillo, Argentinian clarinetist, producer, and historian.
16 – John Abercrombie, American guitarist (died 2017).
17 – Vyacheslav Ganelin, Lithuanian–Israeli musician and composer.
19
- Alvin Lee, English singer and guitarist (died 2013).^[2]
- Steve Tyrell, American producer and vocalist.
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.

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.

External links

History of Jazz Timeline: 1944 at All About Jazz

[1] "Music industry manager Jazz Summers dies". DigitalSpy.co.uk. 2015-08-15. Retrieved 2018-02-05.

[2] "Alvin Lee of Ten Years After Dead at 68". Rolling Stone. 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2016-04-17.

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