1942 in jazz

none 1942 Tiny Bradshaw.jpg Jazz bandleader Tiny Bradshaw (1905-1958) 1941 1943 1942 jazz This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1942. Events August The American Federation of Musicians president James C. Petrillo initiated a ban on recording, in hopes of coercing record companies into returning part of their profits to the union to be used for special concerts and projects. This forced the record companies to focus on recording singers and singing groups and reissuing previously recorded material.http://www.jazzstandards.com/history/history-4.htm Jazz History: The Standards (1940s) JazzStandards.com 2017-11-06 October Sarah Vaughan was discovered at the Apollo Theater in Harlem after having won first prize at Amateur Night."Sarah Vaughan", bio.https://www.huffingtonpost.com/ted-fox/the-apollo-theaters-legendary-amateur-night_b_4855908.html The Apollo Theater's Legendary Amateur Night 25 February 2014 HuffingtonPost.com 2017-11-06 18 – Louis Armstrong was married to a Cotton Club dancer named Lucille Wilson. They remained married until his death. thumb|175px|right|Charlie Christian July 29, 1916 – March 2, 1942), a guitarist. Standards List of 1940s jazz standards Deaths January 1 – Jaroslav Ježek, Czech composer, pianist and conductor (born 1906). 12 – Willie Cornish, American trombonist (born 1875). March 1 – Leo Adde, American drummer (born 1904). 2 – Charlie Christian, American guitarist (born 1916). June 2 – Bunny Berigan, American trumpeter (born 1908). July 30 – Jimmy Blanton, American upright bassist (born 1918). Births thumb|John McLaughlin Blue Note 2016. thumb|James Blood Ulmer Black Rock Experience Unterfahrt 2013. thumb|Han Bennink at Jazzclub Unterfahrt in 2010. thumb|Tomasz Stańko in 2013. thumb|Oliver Lake in 2006. thumb|Philip Catherine in 1984. January 4 – John McLaughlin, English guitarist. 7 – Jocelyne Jocya, American singer and songwriter (died 2003). 8 Bill Goodwin, American drummer. Jon Lucien, American vocalist (died 2007). 19 – Nara Leão, Brazilian singer (died 1989). 25 Art Murphy, American pianist and composer (died 2006). Graeme Lyall, Australian saxophonist, composer and arranger. 27 – Maki Asakawa, Japanese singer, lyricist, and composer (died 2010). February 5 – Keith Ingham, English pianist. 12 – Lionel Grigson, British pianist and trumpeter (died 1994). 26 – Yōsuke Yamashita, Japanese pianist, composer and writer. March 3 Lyman Woodard, American organist (died 2009). Teruo Nakamura, Japanese bassist. 4 – Dave Matthews, American keyboardist. 5 – Dave Green, English upright bassist. 6 Charles Tolliver, American trumpeter and composer. Flora Purim, Brazilian singer. Robin Kenyatta, American alto saxophonist (died 2004). 21 – Amina Claudine Myers, American pianist, organist, vocalist, and composer. 25 – Aretha Franklin, American singer and songwriter (died 2018). April 2 – Leon Russell, American musician and songwriter (died 2016). 13 – Rusty Jones, American drummer (died 2015). 17 Buster Williams, American bassist. Han Bennink, Dutch drummer and multi-instrumentalist. 21 – Alan Skidmore, English tenor saxophonist. 29 – Sammy Rimington, English reedist. May 6 – David Friesen, American bassist. 13 – Jim Douglas, Scottish guitarist. 20 – Dan Jacobs, American trumpeter and flugelhornist.http://www.westmichmusichystericalsociety.com/danny-j-kim "Dan Jacobs; His Star is Still Rising" WestMichMusicHystericalSociety.com 2018-01-23 2018-10-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20181016213349/http://www.westmichmusichystericalsociety.com/danny-j-kim/ dead 23 – Randolph Colville, Scottish clarinettist and saxophonist (died 2004). 26 – Geoff Bull, Australian trumpeter and bandleader. June 3 – Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer (died 1999). 14 – Peter Lemer, English pianist and keyboarder, Spontaneous Music Ensemble. 17 – Torgrim Sollid, Norwegian trumpeter and drummer. 21 – Ditlef Eckhoff, Norwegian trumpeter. 25 – Joe Chambers, American drummer, pianist, vibraphonist, and composer. July 2 – Mike Abene, American pianist. 3 – Lonnie Smith, American Hammond B3 organist (died 2021). 11 – Tomasz Stańko, Polish trumpeter and composer (died 2018). 12 – Richard Stoltzman, American clarinetist. August 2 – Carl Saunders, American trumpeter, composer and educator (died 2023). 6 – Byard Lancaster, American saxophonist and flutist (died 2012). 9 – Jack DeJohnette, American drummer, pianist, and composer (died 2025). 16 – Marc Moulin, Belgian musician and journalist (died 2008). 23 Letta Mbulu, South African singer. Walter Payton, American bassist and sousaphonist (died 2010). 25 Michel Donato, Canadian upright bassist and composer. Terje Fjærn, Norwegian orchestra conductor ("La det swinge") (died 2016).http://www.vg.no/rampelys/musikk/terje-fjaern-er-doed-73-aar-gammel/a/23706196 Verdens Gang Terje Fjærn er død 73 år gammel Norwegian 2016-06-08 2016-07-21 September 6 Andrew White, American saxophonist (died 2020). Dave Bargeron, American trombonist and tubist. 12 – Jane Getz, American pianist. 14 – Oliver Lake, American saxophonist and composer. 22 – Marlena Shaw, American singer. 23 – Jeremy Steig, American flautist (died 2016). 25 – John Taylor, British pianist (died 2015). 28 – Tim Maia, Brazilian musician and songwriter (died 1998). 29 – Jean-Luc Ponty, French violinist and composer. 30 – Frankie Lymon, American singer (died 1968). October 1 – Wendell Harrison, American clarinetist, tenor saxophonist. 5 – Donald Ayler, American trumpeter (died 2007). 10 – Cecil Bridgewater, American trumpeter. 25 – Terumasa Hino, Japanese trumpeter. 26 – Ranee Lee, American vocalist. 27 – Philip Catherine, Belgian guitarist and composer. November 9 – Bill Elgart, American drummer. 10 – Zdzisław Piernik, Polish tubist. 23 – Jiří Stivín, Czech flautist and composer. December 19 – Cornell Dupree, American guitarist (died 2011). 26 – Doug Hammond, American drummer, composer, and poet. 31 – Andy Summers, English guitarist, composer, and photographer. Unknown date Carlton Kitto, Indian guitarist (died 2016). Pocho Lapouble, Argentine drummer, composer and arranger (died 2009). Richard Badendyck, Norwegian singer and pianist. See also 1940s in jazz List of years in jazz 1942 in music References Bibliography The New Real Book, Volume I 1988 Sher Music 0-9614701-4-3 refTheNewRealBookVol1 The New Real Book, Volume II 1991 Sher Music 0-9614701-7-8 refTheNewRealBookVol2 The New Real Book, Volume III 1995 Sher Music 1-883217-30-X refTheNewRealBookVol3 The Real Book, Volume I 6th 2004 Hal Leonard 0-634-06038-4 refTheRealBookVol1 The Real Book, Volume II 2nd 2007 Hal Leonard 978-1-4234-2452-9 refTheRealBookVol2 The Real Book, Volume III 2nd 2006 Hal Leonard 0-634-06136-4 refTheRealBookVol3 The Real Jazz Book Warner Bros 978-91-85041-36-7 refTheRealJazzBook The Real Vocal Book, Volume I 2006 Hal Leonard 0-634-06080-5 refTheRealVocalBookVol1 External links History Of Jazz Timeline: 1942 at All About Jazz Jazz Category:Jazz by year