1926 in jazz
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1926 in jazz
| 1926 in jazz | |
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 A jazz ensemble playing in Berlin in the summer of 1926 |
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| Decade | 1920s in jazz |
| Music | 1926 in music |
| Standards | List of 1920s jazz standards |
| See also | 1925 in jazz - 1927 in jazz |
In 1926 in jazz standards published included "Big Butter and Egg Man", "Bye Bye Blackbird" and "'Deed I Do". Musicians born that year included Miles Davis and John Coltrane.
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Events
- American author and dramatist Edna Ferber publishes the novel Show Boat, popularizing life in the Southern United States. Although Ferber never visited the south and invented her story from fictional minstrel themes, the real American Show Boats were steeped in the black Riverboat Jazz music of Mississippi and the Ohio Valley.[1]
- American ragtime jazz pianist, bandleader and composer Jelly Roll Morton is signed by Victor and begins recording with the Red Hot Peppers, featuring Kid Ory, Omer Simeon, George Mitchell, Johnny St. Cyr, Barney Bigard, Johnny Dodds, and Baby Dodds.
Album releases
- Louis Armstrong's Hot Five releases recordings on Okeh: Virtuoso cornet work on Cornet Chop Suey,[2] introduction of skat singing on Heebie Jeebies.[3][4]
- Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers recordings on Victor:"Sidewalk Blues."[5][6]
Standards
See also: List of 1920s jazz standards
Births
- Bernie Glow,
- Bill Smith (jazz musician),
- Billy Mitchell (jazz musician),
- Billy Usselton,
- Bob Flanigan (singer),
- Bobby Jaspar,
- Bonnie Wetzel,
- Bucky Pizzarelli,
- Bud Shank,
- Buddy Arnold,
- Buddy Childers,
- Buddy Greco,
- Carlos Valdes,
- Charlie Biddle,
- Chris Anderson (pianist),
- Clarence Shaw,
- Claude Williamson,
- Curtis Counce,
- Cy Laurie,
- Dave Bailey (musician),
- Don Elliott,
- Don Rendell,
- Elek Bacsik,
- Ernie Henry,
- Franco Cerri, Italian guitarist
- Frank Rehak,
- Frank Rosolino,
- George Masso,
- George Melly,
- Hal Russell,
- Herbie Jones,
- Herbie Steward,
- Hitoshi Ueki,
- Jack Brokensha,
- Jack McDuff,
- Jackie Paris,
- Jeri Southern,
- Jesse Drakes,
- Jimmy "Jammin'" Smith,
- Jimmy Cleveland,
- Jimmy Gourley,
- Jimmy Heath, American jazz saxophonist
- Jimmy Woode,
- Joe Houston,
- John Coltrane[7], American saxophonist and composer
- Johnny Coles,
- Johnny Windhurst,
- Julie London,
- Jymie Merritt,
- Kenny Hagood,
- Lou Bennett,
- Lou Donaldson,
- Melba Liston,
- Miles Davis[8], American trumpeter, bandleader and composer
- Milt Bernhart,
- Mimi Perrin,
- Monty Budwig,
- Oscar Brown,
- Phil Seamen,
- Pony Poindexter,
- Randy Weston,
- Ray Brown, American double bassist
- Ray Copeland,
- Rick Fay,
- Rob Swope,
- Russ Freeman (pianist),
- Sonny Bradshaw,
- Sonny Payne,
- Stan Barker,
- Stan Levey,
- Stan Tracey,
- Tony Bennett,
- Tony Terran,
- Urbie Green,
- Vlasta Průchová, Czech jazz singer
- Walt Harper,
- Will Davis (musician),
- Willie Dennis,
Music criticism
- August: David Stanley Smith (1877–1949) Professor of Music at Yale University, dismisses Jazz as a serious art form in The Musician.[9]
- November: Andrè Coeuroy (1895–1980) and Andrè Schaeffner publish Le Jazz.[10]
- Jacques Émile Blanche (1861–1942) criticizes Jazz music and dance in La Revue nouvelle as a foreign import that threatens the nationality of France.[11]
See also
References
- ^ Kenney, William Howland (2005). Jazz on the River. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-43733-7.
- ^ "Louis Armstrong - Cornet Chop Suey". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--xy6nxea2A. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
- ^ Ward, Geoffrey C., "Jazz: a history of America's music." Knopf, 2000. Pages 130, 131. ISBN 0-679-44551-X
- ^ [1] Larson, Thomas E.E. The history and tradition of jazz." Kendall Hunt Pub Co, 2002 Page 59. ISBN 978-0-7872-7574-7.
- ^ [2] Ratliff, Ben "The New York Times essential library: Jazz"a critic's guide to the 100 most important recordings." Times Books, 2002,Page 17. ISBN 978-0-8050-7068-2
- ^ Ward, Geoffrey C., "Jazz: a history of America's music." Knopf, 2000. Pages 136-137. ISBN 0-679-44551-X
- ^ Porter, Lewis (1999). John Coltrane: His Life and Music. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-08643-X.
- ^ Chambers, J. K. (1998). Milestones: The Music and Times of Miles Davis. Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-80849-8.
- ^ Lopes, Paul Douglas (2002). The Rise of a Jazz Art World. Cambridge University Press. p. 82. ISBN 0-521-00039-4.
- ^ Porter, Lewis (1997). Jazz: A Century of Change. Schirmer Books. ISBN 0-02-864713-0.
- ^ Blake, Jody (1999). Le Tumulte Noir: Modernist Art and Popular Entertainment in Jazz-Age Paris, 1900-1930. Penn State Press. p. 86. ISBN 0-271-01753-8.
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