1938 in jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1938.[1]
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.jpg.webp) Pete Brown, between 1938 and 1948 by William P. Gottlieb | |
| Decade | 1930s in jazz |
| Music | 1938 in music |
| Standards | List of 1930s jazz standards |
| See also | 1937 in jazz – 1939 in jazz |
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Events
Standards
Deaths
Joe "King" Oliver c. 1915
- May
- 25 – Dick McDonough, American guitarist and composer (born 1904).
- April
- 10 – Joe "King" Oliver, American cornet player and bandleader (born 1885).
- August
- 16 – Robert Johnson, American guitarist, singer, and composer (born 1911).
- Unknown date
- Garnet Clark, American pianist (born 1917).
Births
- January
- 13 – Daevid Allen, Australian poet, guitarist, singer, and composer, Soft Machine and Gong (died 2015).
- 17 – Alf Kjellman, Norwegian saxophonist (died 2010).[2]
- 24 – Julius Hemphill, American composer and saxophonist (died 1995).
- 25
- Etta James, American singer (died 2012).
- Gennady Golstain, Russian clarinetist, reed player, composer, and teacher.
- 27 – Jimmie Smith, American drummer.
- February
- 1 – Jimmy Carl Black, American drummer and singer of The Mothers of Invention (died 2008).[3]
- 11 – Slim Richey, American jazz guitarist (died 2015).
- 17 – John Coates Jr., American pianist (died 2017).
- 23 – Wilson Simonal, Brazilian singer (died 2000).
- 24 – Louie Ramirez, American percussionist and vibraphonist (died 1993).
- 28 – Mike Wofford, American pianist.
- March
- 7 – Petr Skoumal, Czech pianist and composer (died 2014).
- 9
- Lill-Babs or Barbro Svensson, Swedish singer and actress (died 2018).[4]
- Marzette Watts, American saxophonist (died 1998).
- Roy Brooks, American drummer (died 2005).
- 15 – Charles Lloyd, American tenor saxophonist and flautist.
- 23 – Dave Pike, American vibraphone and marimba player (died 2015).
- 24 – Steve Kuhn, American pianist and composer.
- 29 – Laco Déczi, Slovak-American trumpeter and composer.
- April
- 2
- Booker Little, American trumpeter and composer (died 1961).
- Sal Nistico, American tenor saxophonist (died 1991).[5]
- 6 – Al Arsenault, American blues and jazz organ player (died 2007).
- 7
- Alexander von Schlippenbach, German pianist and composer.
- Freddie Hubbard, American trumpeter (died 2008).
- Pete La Roca, American drummer (died 2012).
- 10 – Denny Zeitlin, American pianist and composer.
- 13 – Eddie Marshall, American drummer (died 2011).[6]
- 14 – Monty Waters, American saxophonist, flautist, and singer (died 2008).
- 18
- Bob Parlocha, American jazz expert and radio host (died 2015).
- Hal Galper, American pianist and composer.
- 27 – Ruth Price, American singer.
- May
- 2 – Fred Braceful, American-German drummer (died 1995).
- 12 – Jimmy Hastings, British saxophonist, Canterbury scene.
- 13 – Ross Tompkins, American pianist (died 2006).
- 23 – Daniel Humair, Swiss drummer and composer.
- 26 – Jaki Liebezeit, German drummer (died 2017).
- June
- 6 – Luigi Trussardi, French upright bassist (died 2010).
- 9 – Eje Thelin, Swedist trombonist (died 1990).
- 11 – Stu Martin, American drummer (died 1980).
- 15 – Tony Oxley, English drummer.
- 18 – Don "Sugarcane" Harris, American violinist (died 1999).
- 20 – Dennis Budimir, American guitarist.
- July
- 1 – Robert Schulz, American cornetist.
- 3 – Rhoda Scott, African-American organist.
- 4 – Mike Mainieri, American vibraphonist.[7]
- 10
- Arnie Lawrence, American saxophonist (died 2005).
- Lee Morgan, American trumpeter (died 1972).
- 14 – Tommy Vig, Portuguese vibraharpist, drummer, percussionist, big band leader, and composer.
- 18
- Buschi Niebergall, German musician (died 1990).
- Dudu Pukwana, South African saxophonist (died 1990).
- 26 – Joanne Brackeen, American pianist.
- 31 – Gap Mangione, American pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader.
- August
- 13 – Michael Joseph Smith, American composer and pianist.
- 15 – Stix Hooper, American drummer.
- September
- 7 – Jon Mayer, American pianist and composer.
- 17 – Perry Robinson, American clarinetist and composer (died 2018).
- 20 – Eric Gale, American guitarist (died 1994).
- 28
- Gerd Dudek, German saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist.
- Ray Warleigh, Australian-born saxophonist and flautist (died 2015).
- October
- 2
- Kjell Bartholdsen, Norwegian saxophonist (died 2009).
- Gugge Hedrenius, Swedish pianist and bandleader (died 2009).
- 4 – Mark Levine, American jazz pianist, trombonist, and composer.
- 5 – Jean-Pierre Gebler, Belgian saxophonist (died 2006).
- 15 – Fela Kuti, Nigerian multi-instrumentalist, saxophonist, and composer (died 1997).
- 22 – Harrison Ridley Jr., American jazz presenter (died 2009).
- 24 – Odean Pope, American tenor saxophonist.
- 26 – John "Jabo" Starks, American drummer (died 2018).
- November
- 12 – Warren Bernhardt, American pianist.[8]
- December
- 9 – William Thomas McKinley, American composer and pianist (died 2015).
- 11 – McCoy Tyner, American pianist.
- 19 – Pete Strange, English trombonist (died 2004).
- 28
- Charles Neville, American R&B saxophonist, The Neville Brothers (died 2018).[9]
- Dick Sudhalter, American trumpeter and criti (died 2008).
- Unknown date
- Barry Buckley, Australian upright bassist (died 2006).
- Pat LaCroix, Canadian musician and photographer.
- Peter King, Nigerian alto saxophonist.
References
- "History of Jazz Time Line: 1938". All About Jazz. Archived from the original on 2011-04-15. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
- "Kjellman, Alf (Erling)" (in Norwegian). 2016-06-16. Retrieved 2017-04-30.
- Lewis, Randy (2008-11-05). "Jimmy Carl Black dies at 70; original drummer in Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
- Veberg, Anders (2018-04-03). "Aftonbladet: Lill-Babs er død". Aftenposten. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
- Yanow, Scott. "Sal Nistico". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
- Harrington, Jim (2011-09-08). "Eddie Marshall, legendary local jazz drummer, dies at 73". The Mercury News. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
- Yanow, Scott. "Mike Mainieri". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- "Warren Bernhardt". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
- Pareles, Jon (2018-04-27). "Charles Neville of the Neville Brothers Is Dead at 79". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
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