Misplaced Pages

This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 1912.

Events

• W.C. Handy wrote "The Memphis Blues", and it became a great hit, making the publishing start of the Blues.
• The singer Bessie Smith starts working as a vaudeville dancer.
• Louis Armstrong forms a vocal quartet together with some long time friends in New Orleans.

Standards

Births

January

• 1 – Svein Øvergaard, Norwegian saxophonist and percussionist (died 1986).
• 7 – Bob Zurke, American pianist, arranger, and composer (died 1944).
• 12 – Trummy Young, African-American trombonist (died 1984).
• 22 – Harry Parry, Welsh clarinetist and bandleader (died 1956).

February

• 12 – Paul Bascomb, American tenor saxophonist (died 1986).

March

• 1 – Joseph Reinhardt, French guitarist and composer (died 1982).
• 2 – Red Saunders, American drummer and bandleader (died 1981).
• 12
  • Jiří Traxler, Czech-Canadian pianist, composer, lyricist, and arranger (died 2011).
  • Paul Weston, American pianist, arranger, composer, and conductor (died 1996).

April

• 2 – Herbert Mills, American singer, Mills Brothers (died 1989).
• 11 – John Levy, African-American upright bassist (died 2012).

May

• 9 – George T. Simon, American writer and drummer (died 2001).
• 13 – Gil Evans, Canadian pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (died 1988).
• 14 – Les Brown, American bandleader (died 2001).
• 28 – Dave Barbour, American guitarist (died 1965).

June

• 15 – Alix Combelle, French tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader (died 1978).
• 26 – Clarence Profit, American pianist and composer (died 1944).

July

• 8 – Johnny Mince, American clarinetist (died 1997).
• 12 – Will Bradley, American trombonist and bandleader (died 1989).
• 27 – Asser Fagerström, Finnish pianist, composer, and actor (died 1990).

August

• 13 – Nate Kazebier, American trumpeter (died 1969).
• 26 – Léo Marjane, French singer (died 2016).

September

• 7 – Alvin Alcorn, American trumpeter (died 2003).
• 9 – Jean Omer, Belgian reedist and bandleader (died 1994).
• 27 – Erhard Bauschke, German reedist and bandleader (died 1945).
• 30 – Bill Johnson, American saxophonist, clarinetist, and arranger (died 1960).

October

• 5 – Ernst Höllerhagen, German reedist (died 1956).
• 7 – Beverly Peer, American upright bassist (died 1997).
• 13 – Nellie Lutcher, African-American singer and pianist (died 2007).
• 19 – Red Richards, American pianist (died 1998).
• 21 – Don Byas, American tenor saxophonist (died 1972).
• 27 – Gösta Törner, Swedish jazz trumpeter and bandleader (died 1982).

November

• 1 – Franz Jackson, American saxophonist and clarinetist (died 2008).
• 13 – Ted Donnelly, American trombonist (died 1958).
• 23
  • Svein Øvergaard, Norwegian saxophonist, percussionist, and bandleader (died 1986).
  • Anselmo Sacasas, Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer, and arranger (died 1998).
• 24 – Teddy Wilson, American pianist (died 1986).

December

• 5 – Marshall Royal, American clarinetist and alto saxophonist (died 1995).
• 6 – Paloma Efron, Argentine singer (died 1977).
• 10 – Irving Fazola, American clarinetist (died 1949).
• 24 – Anne Lenner, English singer (died 1997).
• 29 – Thore Ehrling, Swedish trumpeter, composer, and bandleader (died 1994).

References

1. ^ "History Of Jazz Timeline: 1912". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
2. "Bob Zurke". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
3. Watrous, Peter (1988-03-22). "Gil Evans, a Key Jazz Composer And Orchestrator, Is Dead at 75". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
4. "Clarence Profit". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
5. "Nellie Lutcher". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
6. Opsahl, Carl Petter (2009-02-13). "Svein Øvergaard". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2017-11-01.
7. "Irving Fazola". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.

External links

• History Of Jazz Timeline: 1912 at All About Jazz

v t e Jazz
General topics	Outline of jazz Jazz (word) Jazz band Big band Improvisation Jazz Jam session Scat singing Swing performance Jazz bass Jazz drumming Jazz guitar French horn in jazz Jazz piano Jazz trombone Jazz violin Vocal jazz Women in jazz
Genres	Avant-garde jazz Bebop Hard bop Neo-bop Post-bop Cape jazz Chamber jazz Cool jazz Dixieland Flamenco jazz Folk jazz Free jazz Free funk Free improvisation Punk jazz Gypsy jazz Jazz-funk Jazz fusion Jazz rap Latin jazz Afro-Cuban jazz M-Base Mainstream jazz Marabi Modal jazz Nu jazz Orchestral jazz Organ trio Progressive jazz Ska jazz Smooth jazz Soul jazz Spiritual jazz Sacred jazz Stride Swing Swing revival Third stream Trad jazz
Musicians	Bassists Clarinetists Drummers Guitarists Organists Percussionists Pianists Saxophonists Trombonists Trumpeters Vibraphonists Violinists Vocalists
Musicians by genre	Bebop Chamber jazz Cool jazz and West Coast jazz Hard bop Jazz fusion Scat Smooth jazz Soul jazz Swing
Standards	Pre-1920 1920s 1930s 1940s post-1950
Discographies	Bethlehem Blue Note BYG Cobblestone Contemporary CTI ECM ESP-Disk Flying Dutchman Freedom Groove Merchant Impulse! India Navigation JMT Landmark Mainstream Milestone MPS Records MPS Muse Prestige Riverside Strata-East Verve Winter & Winter
Festivals	Beaches (Toronto) Cape Town Chicago Copenhagen Detroit Jakarta Monterey Montreal Montreux New Orleans Newport North Sea Pori Saint Lucia
Culture	Contrafacts Institutions and organizations Jazz funeral Jazz poetry Jazz royalty Jazz theory See Template: Jazz theory Rare groove Second line Venues
Regional scenes	African Ethiopia Malawian South African Cape jazz Marabi Zimbabwean Asian Armenian Azerbaijani Jazz mugham Chinese Indian Indo jazz Sitar Iranian Japanese European Balkan Bulgarian Belgian British British dance band Continental European Czech and Slovak Danish Dutch European free jazz French German Italian Polish Yass Spanish Flamenco jazz Swedish North American Canadian Haitian Latin American Cuban American Baltimore Chicago Detroit Kansas City New Orleans New York City Washington, D.C. West Coast Oceanian Australian South American Brazilian Latin American Worldwide Ethno jazz
History	Bibliography of jazz Blues British dance band Ragtime Jazz Age Continental jazz Straight-ahead jazz Pre-1920 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020 2021 2022
Related	Acid jazz Afrobeat Contradanza Blues Jump blues New Orleans blues Brass band Exotica Plugg Quiet storm Ragtime Novelty ragtime Sophisti-pop West African music Western swing
Media	Album covers of Blue Note Records Bird Jazz (miniseries) The Jazz Singer Round Midnight Straight, No Chaser
Jazz portal

• Jazz by year
• 1912 in music