1919 in jazz

1919 in jazz
"Royal Garden Blues" sheet music cover.
Decade	Pre-1920 in jazz
Music	1919 in music
Standards	List of pre-1920 jazz standards
See also	1918 in jazz – 1920 in jazz

List of years in jazz

... 1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915 ...

... 1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929 ...

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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1919.

Births in that year included Art Blakey and Nat King Cole.

Events

In 1919, although 70 blacks were killed by white mobs, a monumental step was made when he NAACP promoted the slogan "The new Negro has no fear", which helped the cause of jazz.^[1]
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band visited England in 1919 and generated new interest in the new music. Swiss conductor Ernest Ansermet also delivered an accolade to Sidney Bechet in Revue Romande, considered the first serious article on jazz in history, and Bechet is lauded as a gifted musician by many classical European musicians.^[1]
Sidney Bechet moves to New York City and joins Will Marion Cook's Southern Syncopated Orchestra and travels later travels to Europe where he discovers the soprano saxophone.^[1]
February -James Reese Europe and his Hellfighters return home and soon go on a tour of the states .^[1]
May 9- James Reese Europe is stabbed to death by Herbert Wright.^[1]^[2]

Standards

In 1919 the popular standard "Baby Won't You Please Come Home" was published.

Deaths

1919 sheet music cover for "Good Night Angeline" with photo of James Reese Europe and his famous 369th U.S. Infantry "Hell Fighters" Band

Henry Ford, New Orleans jazz string bass player
Henry Ragas, jazz pianist who played with the Original Dixieland Jass Band on their earliest recording sessions
James Reese Europe, ragtime and early jazz bandleader, arranger, and composer

Births

Art Blakey in 1985

Arnold Fishkind c. 1960

The musicians listed below were American unless otherwise stated.

Al McKibbon, double bassist, known for his work in bop, hard bop, and Latin jazz
Al Viola, jazz guitarist
Anita O'Day, jazz singer
Arnold Fishkind, jazz bassist
Art Blakey, drummer and bandleader.
Babs Gonzales,
Barry Galbraith,
Benny Harris,
Bernard Anderson,
Booty Wood,
Buddy Morrow, trombonist and bandleader
Calvin Jackson, pianist, composer and bandleader
Don Cornell, singer
Ella Johnson, vocalist
Erwin Lehn,
George Shearing, pianist
Georges Henry,
Georgie Auld, tenor saxophonist, clarinetist and bandleader
Hal Singer, bandleader and saxophonist
Henry Coker, trombonist
Herbie Fields,
Herbie Nichols, pianist and composer
Herman Fowlkes, Jr.,
Ike Isaacs, guitarist
Israel Crosby, double-bassist
Jim Chapin, drummer
Joe Benjamin, bassist
Joe Carroll, vocalist
Joe McQueen, saxophonist
John Malachi, pianist
Johnny Bothwell, alto saxophonist and bandleader
Johnny Desmond, singer
Kenny Trimble, trombonist
Lennie Tristano, pianist and composer
Luther Henderson,
Mary Ann McCall, vocalist
Mercer Ellington,
Moultrie Patten,
Nat King Cole, pianist and vocalist
Peck Morrison, bassist
Peggy Mann, singer
Randy Brooks (musician),
Sadik Hakim, pianist and composer
Shadow Wilson, drummer
Snooky Young, trumpeter
Steve Jordan, guitarist
Tío Tom,
Vic Lewis,

References

1 2 3 4 5 "History of Jazz Time Line: 1919". All About Jazz. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
↑ Badger, Reid (1995). A Life in Ragtime: A Biography of James Reese Europe. New York, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-506044-X.

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