1937 in jazz

1937 in jazz
Honeysuckle Rose Django ReinhardtColeman HawkinsBenny CarterParis session 1937
Decade1930s in jazz
Music1937 in music
StandardsList of 1930s jazz standards
See also1936 in jazz1938 in jazz
List of years in jazz
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1937.[1]

Events[edit]

Standards[edit]

Deaths[edit]

George Gershwin 28 March 1937, only months before his death
February
March
July
August
  • 20Johnny Dunn, American trumpeter and vaudeville performer (born 1897).
September
  • 26Bessie Smith, American blues singer, nicknamed the "Empress of the Blues" (car accident in Clarksdale, Mississippi) (born 1894).[2]

Births[edit]

Saxophonest Joe Farrell in performance at Lush Life in New York, 1985. Photograph by Bob Rosenbaum
Alice Coltrane 2006
Joe Henderson with Neil Swainson, bass, at Harpo's, Victoria.
The Orchestra of Valentin Sporius, 1937, Kuybyshev
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Unknown date

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "History of Jazz Time Line: 1937". All About Jazz. Archived from the original on 2011-04-15. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
  2. ^ "History Of Jazz Timeline: 1937". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  3. ^ Stendahl, Bjørn (2015-03-04). "Nekrolog: Erik Amundsen". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  4. ^ Nowlin, Rick (2018-04-12). "Obituary: Nathan Davis / Pioneer in jazz education". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  5. ^ "Eddie Shaw, favorite of BG blues fans, dies at 80". BG Independent News. 2018-01-30. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  6. ^ Caxton, Ben (2018-01-24). "Vicksburg Blues Legend Terry Evans Dead At 80". Delta Daily News. Archived from the original on 2018-04-11. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  7. ^ Yoo, Noah (2019-01-11). "Jazz Musician and Buddhist Priest Joseph Jarman Dead at 81". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2019-01-16.

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