1917 in jazz

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

1917 in jazz
Hanley and MacDonald's "Indiana" (1917) is one of the most popular pre-1920s standards.
DecadePre-1920 in jazz
Music1917 in music
StandardsList of pre-1920 jazz standards
See also1916 in jazz 1918 in jazz
List of years in jazz

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 US music shops.[1]

Standards

Deaths

April
  • 1Scott Joplin, American composer and pianist (born 1868).

Births

Dizzy Gillespie in concert in Deauville, Normandy, France
January
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December
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References

  1. "The First Jazz Records". Archived from the original on 2008-12-28. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  2. "History of Jazz Time Line: 1917". All About Jazz. Archived from the original on 2011-01-28. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
  3. Barnes, Mike (August 22, 2017). "Bea Wain, One of the Last Big Band Singers, Dies at 100". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on August 25, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  4. "Italian composer Armando Trovajoli dead at 95". NepalDispatch.com. Archived from the original on 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  5. "Eddie (Cleanhead) Vinson, 70, Alto Saxophonist and Blues Singer". The New York Times. 1988-05-28. Retrieved 2016-04-30.


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