1917 in jazz

1917 in jazz
Hanley and MacDonald's "Indiana" (1917) is one of the most popular pre-1920s standards.
Decade	Pre-1920 in jazz
Music	1917 in music
Standards	List of pre-1920 jazz standards
See also	1916 in jazz – 1918 in jazz

List of years in jazz

... 1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913 ...

... 1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927 ...

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1917.

Musicians born in this year included Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald and Thelonious Monk.

Events

February

26
- The original Dixieland Jazz Band Records the first jazz album, Livery Stable Blues. It was a success and paved the way for the first jazz records in United States music shops.^[1]

Standards

In 1917 standards such as "Indiana" and "Tiger Rag" appeared.^[2]

Births

Dizzy Gillespie in concert in Deauville, Normandy, France

Ella Fitzgerald photo by Carl Van Vechten, 1940

Unless stated otherwise, the musicians listed below were American.

Avery Parrish, jazz pianist and songwriter
Bea Wain, Big Band-era vocalist
Bill Finegan, bandleader, pianist, arranger, and composer
Billy Butterfield, band leader, jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and cornetist
Billy Maxted, jazz pianist
Boots Mussulli,
Buddy Rich,
Buster Harding,
Charlie Munro,
Charlie Shavers,
Curley Russell,
Dave Lambert (American jazz vocalist),
Dean Martin,
Denzil Best,
Dizzy Gillespie, jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer, and composer
Ella Fitzgerald, vocalist
Floyd Smith (musician),
Fred Beckett,
Helen Forrest,
Henri Salvador,
Howard Rumsey,
J. C. Heard,
Jimmy Butts,
Jimmy Hamilton,
Jimmy Maxwell (trumpeter),
Joe Comfort,
Joe Dixon (musician), jazz reed player
John Adriano Acea, jazz pianist
John Benson Brooks, pianist, songwriter, arranger, and composer
John Graas, French horn player, composer, and arranger
Johnny Guarnieri, virtuoso jazz and stride pianist
Johnny Letman,
Junior Raglin,
Laurindo Almeida,
Lena Horne,
Les Elgart,
Lou McGarity,
Mike Pedicin,
Mongo Santamaría,
Morty Corb,
Mose Vinson,
Nelson Williams,
Pat Flowers,
Pud Brown,
Russell Jacquet,
Sandy Block,
Shep Shepherd,
Si Zentner,
Sonny White,
Streamline Ewing,
Sylvia Syms (singer),
Tadd Dameron,
Thelonious Monk,

References

↑ "The First Jazz Records". Retrieved 2016-03-02.
↑ "History of Jazz Time Line: 1917". All About Jazz. Retrieved December 2, 2010.

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