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Overview of the events of 1937 in jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of
Jazz in the year 1937.
[1]
Events
Standards
Deaths
- February
- March
- July
- August
- 20–
Johnny Dunn, American trumpeter and vaudeville performer (born 1897).
- September
- 26–
Bessie Smith, American blues singer, nicknamed the "Empress of the Blues" (car accident in Clarksdale, Mississippi) (born 1894).
[2]
Births
- January
- 1 –
Neville Dickie, English pianist.
- 6 –
Paolo Conte, Italian singer, pianist, composer, and lawyer.
- 9 –
Malcolm Cecil, British bassist (died
2021).
- 17 –
Ted Dunbar, American guitarist, composer, and educator (died
1998).
- 19 –
Phil Wilson, American trombonist.
- 29 –
Jeff Clyne, British bassist (died
2009).
- February
- 1 –
Erik Amundsen, Norwegian upright bassist (died
2015).
[3]
- 3 –
Bobby Durham, American drummer (died
2008).
- 5 –
Big Bill Bissonnette, American trombonist, drummer and producer (died
2018).
- 9 –
Len Skeat, English upright bassist.(died
2021)
- 10 –
Ed Polcer, American cornetist.
- 11 –
Brian Lemon, British pianist and arranger (died
2014).
- 15
- 19
- 20 –
Nancy Wilson, American singer (died
2018).
- 21 –
Graham Collier, English bassist, bandleader and composer (died
2011).
- 25 –
Don Randi, American keyboarder, bandleader and songwriter.
- March
- April
- May
- 4 –
Ron Carter, American upright bassist.
- 10 –
Mike Melvoin, American pianist, composer, and arranger (died
2012).
- 15 –
Karin Krog, Norwegian vocalist.
- 24
- 26 –
Neil Ardley, English pianist and composer (died
2004).
- 30 –
Claes Andersson, Finland-Swedish pianist, psychiatrist, author, and poet (died
2019).
- 31 –
Louis Hayes, American drummer.
- June
- 2 –
Pierre Favre, Swiss drummer and percussionist.
- 3 –
Grachan Moncur III, American trombonist (died
2022).
- 4 –
Mark Whitecage, American saxophonist (died
2021).
- 8 –
Toni Harper, American singer (died
2023).
- 13 –
Frank Strozier, American alto saxophonist.
- 14 –
Burton Greene, American pianist (died
2021).
- 22 –
Bernie McGann, Australian alto saxophonist (died
2013).
- 23 –
Elza Soares, Brazilian singer and samba recording artist (died
2022).
- 26 –
Reggie Workman, American upright bassist.
- 30 –
Börje Fredriksson, Swedist tenor saxophonist (died
1968).
- July
- August
- 6
- 7 –
George Bohanon, American trombonist.
- 14
- 17 –
Guitar Gable, American singer, guitarist, and songwriter (died
2017).
- 27 –
Alice Coltrane, American pianist, organist, harpist and composer (died
2007).
- 31 –
Gunter Hampel, German vibraphonist, clarinetist, saxophonist, flautist, pianist and composer.
- September
- 3 –
Larry Ridley, American bassist and music educator.
- 4 –
Gene Ludwig, American organist (died
2010).
- 6 –
Bosse Broberg, Swedish trumpeter and composer.
- 7 –
Olly Wilson, American composer, pianist, double bassist, and musicologist (died
2018).
- 8 –
Joe Gallivan, American drummer, percussion, and synthesizer player.
- 14 –
Joseph Jarman, American saxophonist,
Art Ensemble of Chicago (died
2019).
[7]
- 20 –
Monica Zetterlund, Swedish singer and actress (died
2005).
- 25
- 27 –
Guido Basso, Canadian trumpeter (died
2023).
- October
- November
- December
- 4 –
Ernie Carson, American cornetist, pianist and singer (died
2012).
- 6 –
Eddie Gladden, American drummer (died
2003).
- 7 –
Mike Carr, English organist, pianist and vibraphonist (died
2017).
- 11 –
Beegie Adair, American pianist (died
2022).
- 16 –
Joe Farrell, American saxophonist and flautist (died
1986).
- 19 –
Milcho Leviev, Bulgarian composer, arranger, and pianist (died
2019.
- 24 –
Bernt Rosengren, Swedist tenor saxophonist (died
2023).
- Unknown date
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