1902 in jazz explained
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1902.
Events
- Jelly Roll Morton start to get attention in the New Orleans scene, at the age of 17 years, as a brothel piano player. He primarily plays Ragtime and a little Blues at this point. He is one of the first to play this mix that is a forerunner of Jazz. He later claimed to have invented Jazz in this year by combining Ragtime, Quadrilles and Blues.[1]
Births
- January
- February
- March
- April
- 6 – Rosy McHargue, American clarinetist (died 1999).
- 24 – Rube Bloom, Jewish-American songwriter, pianist, arranger, band leader, singer, and author (died 1976).
- June
- 6 – Jimmie Lunceford, American alto saxophonist and bandleader (died 1947).
- 7 – Ed Cuffee, American trombonist (died 1959).
- 17 – Chris Columbus, American drummer (died 2002).
- 26 – Artemi Ayvazyan, Soviet-Armenian composer, conductor, and founder of the Armenian State Jazz Orchestra (died 1975).
- 27 – Georg Malmstén, Finnish singer, musician, composer, orchestra conductor, and actor (died 1981).
- July
- 4 – Erik Tuxen, Danish big band leader, composer, and arranger (died 1957).
- 7 – Jim McCartney, English trumpeter and pianist (died 1976).
- 19
- 21 – Omer Simeon, American clarinetist and reedist (died 1959).
- August
- 21 – Lloyd Scott, American drummer and bandleader (died unknown date).
- September
- October
- November
- December
- Unknown date
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: History Of Jazz Timeline: 1902 . . 2018-01-05.
- Web site: Louis Nelson . . 2018-01-05.
- Web site: Cecil Irwin . . 2018-01-05.