1944 in jazz
| 1944 in jazz | |
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 Coleman Hawkins/Thelonious Monk - drifting on a reed 1944 | |
| Decade | 1940s in jazz |
| Music | 1944 in music |
| Standards | List of 1940s jazz standards |
| See also | 1943 in jazz – 1945 in jazz |
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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
See also: List of 1940s jazz standards
Deaths
- Rod Cless, clarinetist and saxophonist
- Glenn Miller, big-band musician, arranger, composer and bandleader
- Jimmie Noone, clarinetist
- Yank Porter, pianist and composer
- Clarence Profit, pianist and composer
- O'Neill Spencer, drummer and singer
- Tommy Stevenson, trumpet player
- Miklós Vig, singer, actor and comedian
- Bob Zurke, jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader
Births
- Al Foster, drummer
- Albert Stinson, double-bassist
- Alex Acuña, Peruvian drummer and percussionist
- Ari Brown, tenor saxophonist and pianist
- Arthur Doyle,
- Babik Reinhardt,
- Barbara Thompson, English saxophonist, flautist and composer
- Bill Mays,
- Billy Cobham, drummer, composer and bandleader
- Bob Degen,
- Bobby Battle, drummer
- Bobby Naughton, vibraphonist
- Bobo Stenson, Swedish pianist
- Butch Miles, drummer
- Candy Johnson, singer and dancer
- Carlos Inzillo,
- Carol Grimes, singer/songwriter poet and musician
- Charles Sullivan (musician),
- Chico Buarque,
- Chuck Domanico, bassist
- Dave Cliff, British guitarist
- David Friedman, percussionist
- David Goloschekin, Russian multi-instrumentalist
- Diana Ross, vocalist and actress
- Didier Levallet, French double-bassist
- Don Sickler, trumpeter
- George Mraz, bassist and alro saxophonisr
- Eddie Gómez, Puerto Rican double-bassist
- Erling Wicklund, Norwegian trombonist and music critique
- Evan Parker, British saxophonist
- Fred Hess, tenor saxophonist
- George Cables,
- Gianluigi Trovesi, Italian saxophonist, clarinetist and composer
- Harvey Brooks, bassist
- Henry Threadgill,
- Howard Wyeth, drummer and pianist
- Jack Wilkins, guitarist
- Jan Erik Kongshaug, Norwegian guitarist and sound enginear
- Joachim Kühn, German pianist
- John Abercrombie, guitarist
- John Clark,
- John gross, saxophone, flute and clarinet player
- John Surman English saxophone, bass clarinet and synthesizer player
- Jon Hiseman, English drummer
- Judy Chamberlain, singer, bandleader and journalist
- Karl Jenkins, Welsh musician and composer
- Kenneth Ascher, pianist, composer, and arranger
- Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne,
- Kiri Te Kanawa,
- Lars Edegran, musician and bandleader
- Lew Soloff, trumpeter, composer and actor
- Mark Charig, British trumpeter and cornetist
- Martha Brooks,
- Martin Drew, English drummer
- Michael Carvin,
- Michael Franks, singer and songwriter
- Monty Alexander, pianist
- Naná Vasconcelos, Brazilian percussionist, vocalist and berimbau player
- Oddbjørn Blindheim, Norwegian pianist
- Oscar Brashear,
- Pat LaBarbera, tenor, alto and soprano saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
- Pat Martino,
- Per Husby, Norwegian musician
- Peter Kowald, German free jazz musician
- Phil Wachsmann, violinist
- Ralph MacDonald,
- Richard Dunbar, player of the French horn
- Ricky May,
- Roger Humphries, drummer
- Ron Mathewson, Scottish double-bassist and bass guitarist
- Rufus Reid, bassist, educator, and composer
- Saheb Sarbib, double-bassist and bandleader
- Salena Jones, singer
- Sherman Ferguson, drummer
- Steve Reid, drummer
- Steve Tyrell,
- Vyacheslav Ganelin,
- Wally Shoup, alto saxophonist
- Warren Tartaglia,
- Willem Breuker,
- Woody Shaw, trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer and bandleader,
See also
References
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 1-4234-2452-2.
- 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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