1927 in jazz

1927 in jazz
Poster for the movie The Jazz Singer (1927), featuring stars Eugenie Besserer and Al Jolson
Decade	1920s in jazz
Music	1927 in music
Standards	List of 1920s jazz standards
See also	1926 in jazz - 1928 in jazz

In 1927 in jazz standards published included "Blue Skies" and "'S Wonderful".^[1] Musicians born that year included John Dankworth, Cleo Laine and Stan Getz.

Events

• April 21 - Electric re-recording of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue by Paul Whiteman's Orchestra directed by Nathaniel Shilkret, with Gershwin at the piano. In 1925 electrical recording vastly improved the quality of recordings, and many important recordings, including Whiteman's 1924 recording of the Rhapsody, were re-recorded electrically. Whiteman was at the podium, but left the studio because of a disagreement with Gershwin over the tempo. Shilkret, Victor's Director of Light Music at the time, took the baton, and the recording was completed as scheduled.^[2] The recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1974.

Standards

Ragbaby Stephens in 1918

Deaths

• Florence Mills, cabaret singer, dancer, and comedian
• Louis Cottrell, Sr., jazz drummer and father of Louis Cottrell, Jr.
• Ragbaby Stephens, New Orleans dixieland and jazz drummer.

Births

Stan Getz at the 1976 North Sea Jazz Festival.

Cleo Laine

John Dankworth at Buxton Opera House on 4 November 2002, while in concert with Cleo Laine.

References

Bibliography

• The New Real Book, Volume I. Sher Music. 1988. ISBN 0-9614701-4-3. 
• The New Real Book, Volume II. Sher Music. 1991. ISBN 0-9614701-7-8. 
• The New Real Book, Volume III. Sher Music. 1995. ISBN 1-883217-30-X. 
• The Real Book, Volume I (6th ed.). Hal Leonard. 2004. ISBN 0-634-06038-4. 
• The Real Book, Volume II (2nd ed.). Hal Leonard. 2007. ISBN 1-4234-2452-2. 
• The Real Book, Volume III (2nd ed.). Hal Leonard. 2006. ISBN 0-634-06136-4. 
• The Real Jazz Book. Warner Bros. ISBN 978-91-85041-36-7. 
• The Real Vocal Book, Volume I. Hal Leonard. 2006. ISBN 0-634-06080-5.