1917 in jazz

1917 in jazz
Hanley and MacDonald's "Indiana" (1917) is one of the most popular pre-1920s standards.
Decade	Pre-1920 in jazz
Music	1917 in music
Standards	List of pre-1920 jazz standards
See also	1916 in jazz – 1918 in jazz

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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1917.

Musicians born in this year included Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald and Thelonious Monk.

Events

February

• 26
  • The original Dixieland Jazz Band Records the first jazz album, Livery Stable Blues. It was a success and paved the way for the first jazz records in United States music shops.^[1]

Standards

• In 1917 standards such as "Indiana" and "Tiger Rag" appeared.^[2]

Births

Dizzy Gillespie in concert in Deauville, Normandy, France

Ella Fitzgerald photo by Carl Van Vechten, 1940

Unless stated otherwise, the musicians listed below were American.

• Avery Parrish, jazz pianist and songwriter
• Bea Wain, Big Band-era vocalist
• Bill Finegan, bandleader, pianist, arranger, and composer
• Billy Butterfield, band leader, jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and cornetist
• Billy Maxted, jazz pianist
• Boots Mussulli,
• Buddy Rich,
• Buster Harding,
• Charlie Munro,
• Charlie Shavers,
• Curley Russell,
• Dave Lambert (American jazz vocalist),
• Dean Martin,
• Denzil Best,
• Dizzy Gillespie, jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer, and composer
• Ella Fitzgerald, vocalist
• Floyd Smith (musician),
• Fred Beckett,
• Helen Forrest,
• Henri Salvador,
• Howard Rumsey,
• J. C. Heard,
• Jimmy Butts,
• Jimmy Hamilton,
• Jimmy Maxwell (trumpeter),
• Joe Comfort,
• Joe Dixon (musician), jazz reed player
• John Adriano Acea, jazz pianist
• John Benson Brooks, pianist, songwriter, arranger, and composer
• John Graas, French horn player, composer, and arranger
• Johnny Guarnieri, virtuoso jazz and stride pianist
• Johnny Letman,
• Junior Raglin,
• Laurindo Almeida,
• Lena Horne,
• Les Elgart,
• Lou McGarity,
• Mike Pedicin,
• Mongo Santamaría,
• Morty Corb,
• Mose Vinson,
• Nelson Williams,
• Pat Flowers,
• Pud Brown,
• Russell Jacquet,
• Sandy Block,
• Shep Shepherd,
• Si Zentner,
• Sonny White,
• Streamline Ewing,
• Sylvia Syms (singer),
• Tadd Dameron,
• Thelonious Monk,

References

1. "The First Jazz Records". Retrieved 2016-03-02.
2. "History of Jazz Time Line: 1917". All About Jazz. Retrieved December 2, 2010.