1915 in jazz

1915 in jazz
Jelly Roll Morton published "Jelly Roll Blues" in 1915, the first jazz work in print.
Decade	Pre-1920 in jazz
Music	1915 in music
Standards	List of pre-1920 jazz standards
See also	1916 in jazz

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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1915.

Events

• The exact year in which the musical style called jazz began is subject to debate, as are the origins of the word and what exactly qualifies as jazz. Certainly, the term had come to be used by 1915 for a form of music based on New Orleans Ragtime music. Some of the earliest standards first appeared in 1915, and some musicians who went on to become famous in the golden age of jazz were born in that year.^[1]
• Tom Brown's band from New Orleans goes to Chicago, Illinois and start advertising themselves as a "Jas Band"

Standards

• Some credit the first jazz recordings to Afro-Creole pianist Jelly Roll Morton. His "Jelly Roll Blues", which he composed around 1905, was published in 1915 as the first jazz arrangement in print, introducing more musicians to the New Orleans style.^[2]

Births

Billie Holiday Photo by William Gottlieb, 1947

• Al Casey, Swing guitarist
• Al Hall (musician), American jazz bassist.
• Allan Reuss, American jazz guitarist
• Billie Holiday, American jazz singer and songwriter
• Billy Bauer, American cool jazz guitarist
• Billy Strayhorn, American composer, pianist and arranger
• Bobby Hackett, trumpet, cornet and guitar player
• Buddy Johnson, American pianist and bandleader
• Chano Pozo, Afro-Cuban percussionist, singer, dancer and composer
• Chino Pozo, Cuban drummer
• Danilo Terenzi, Italian trombonist and composer
• Dick Vance, trumpeter and arranger
• Doc West,
• Earl Wild,
• Eddie Heywood,
• Emmett Berry,
• Flip Phillips,
• Frances Klein,
• Frank Sinatra,
• George Chisholm, Scottish jazz trombonist
• George Kelly, American jazz tenor saxophonist, vocalist
• Graciela, Cuban-American singer of Latin Jazz
• Gus Bivona, American reed player — clarinets, saxophones, and flute
• Gus Viseur, Belgian/French button accordionist.
• Hank D'Amico, American jazz clarinetist.
• Harry Gibson, jazz pianist, singer, proto-rapper and songwriter
• Henry Adler, American drummer, percussionist
• Irving Fields, pianist and lounge music artist
• Jane Jarvis, jazz pianist and composer
• John Serry, Sr., accordionist virtuoso
• Julian Gould, American jazz/pop organist, pianist and composer
• Kansas Fields, American jazz drummer
• Keg Purnell, American swing jazz drummer
• Lee Castle, American jazz trumpeter and bandleader.
• Les Paul, American jazz and country guitarist, songwriter and inventor
• Linton Garner, pianist
• Marlowe Morris, American pianist and organist
• Midge Williams, American vocalist
• Milt Buckner,
• Morey Feld,
• Murray Kane,
• Murray McEachern,
• Nick Fatool,
• Ray Perry, American jazz violinist and saxophonist
• Scoops Carry, alto saxophonist and clarinetist
• Shorty Sherock, swing jazz trumpeter
• Sweets Edison, American trumpeter
• Taft Jordan, American trumpeter
• Turk Murphy, American trombonist
• Una Mae Carlisle, American singer, pianist and songwriter
• Van Alexander, American bandleader, arranger and composer
• Vernon Alley, American bassist
• Willie Dixon, American vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer
• Wynonie Harris, American rhythm and blues singer
• Zeke Zarchy, lead trumpet player of the big band and swing eras

References

1. Cooke 1999, pp. 1
2. Cooke 1999, pp. 38, 56

• Cooke, Mervyn (1999). Jazz. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-20318-0.