1931 in jazz
Overview of the events of 1931 in jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1931.[1]
Buddie Petit in 1916
Duško Gojković in 2009
Events
Standards
Deaths
- June
- July
- August
- November
Births
- January
- 1 – Rose Brennan, Irish singer.
- 2 – Frank Marocco, American piano-accordionist (died 2012).
- 3 – John Jenkins, American saxophonist (died 1993).
- 5
- 6 – Keith Christie, English trombonist (died 1980).
- 9 – Carson Smith, American upright bassist (died 1997).
- 12 – Roland Alphonso, Jamaican tenor saxophonist (died 1998).
- 14 – Caterina Valente, Italian singer, guitarist, dancer, and actress.
- 19 – Horace Parlan, American pianist and composer (died 2017).
- 20 – Hachidai Nakamura, Japanese songwriter and pianist (died 1992).
- 22 – Sam Cooke, American singer and songwriter (died 1964).
- 23 – Gianni Coscia, Italian accordionist.
- 30 – Gene Gammage, American drummer.
- February
- March
- 4 – Sonya Hedenbratt, Swedish singer and actress (died 2001).
- 11 – Allan Ganley, English drummer (died 2008).
- 15
- D. J. Fontana, American drummer (died 2018).
- Theo Bophela, South African band leader, composer, pianist, arranger, and music educator (died 2017).
- 17 – Karel Velebný, Czech vibraphonist, pianist, and saxophonist (died 1989).
- 25 – Paul Motian, American drummer and percussionist (died 2011).
- April
- May
- 1 – Ira Sullivan, American trumpeter, flugelhornist, flautist, and saxophonist (died 2020).
- 2 – Richard Holmes, American organist (died 1991).
- 4
- 7 – Teresa Brewer, American singer (died 2007).
- 9 – Raymond Berthiaume, Canadian singer (died 2009).
- 11 – Freddie Roach, American Hammond B3 organist (died 1980).
- 14 – Alvin Lucier, American composer of experimental music and sound installations (died 2021).
- 16 – Walt Dickerson, American vibraphonist (died 2008).
- 17
- 20 – Louis Smith, American trumpeter (died 2016)
- 27 – Diz Disley, Anglo-Canadian guitarist (died 2010).[3]
- 31 – Dick Garcia, American guitarist.
- June
- 2 – Ronnie Bedford, American drummer (died 2014).
- 7 – Mike Pratt, English actor, musician, songwriter, and screenwriter (died 1976).
- 10 – João Gilberto, Brazilian singer, songwriter, and guitarist (died 2019).
- 13 – Georges Arvanitas, French pianist and organist (died 2005).
- 14 – Junior Walker, American saxophonist (died 1995).
- 17 – Dominic Frontiere, American composer, arranger, and accordionist (died 2017).
- 19 – Phil Bates, English upright bassist.
- 30 – Andrew Hill, American pianist and composer (died 2007).
- July
- August
- September
- October
- November
- December
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