1900 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1900.

Events

The New Orleans players are adapting a mix of ragtime, blues, brass band music, pop songs and dances, and the jazz stew is now brewing. Some also start to improvise the pop songs.

Births

; January1 – Xavier Cugat, Spanish-American bandleader.11 – Wilbur de Paris, American trombonist and bandleader.22 – Juan Tizol, Puerto Rican trombonist and composer.
; February3 – Mabel Mercer, English-born cabaret singer.9 – Walter Page, American upright bassist, multi-instrumentalist, and bandleader.13 – Wingy Manone, American trumpeter, composer, singer, and bandleader.24 – Jimmy Bertrand, American drummer.25 – Tiny Parham, Canadian-American bandleader and pianist.
; March10 – Peter DeRose, American pianist and songwriter.24 – June Clark, American trumpeter and cornetist.25 – Barney Rapp, American orchestra leader and musician.
; May27 – Chester Zardis, American upright bassist.28 – Tommy Ladnier, American trumpeter.
; June15 – Paul Mares, American cornetist, trumpeter, and bandleader, New Orleans Rhythm Kings.
; July13 – George Lewis, American clarinetist.18 – Wilton Crawley, American composer and clarinetist.29 – Don Redman, American musician, arranger, bandleader, and composer.
; September24 – Poley McClintock, American singer.
; October9 – Elmer Snowden, American banjo and guitar player.17 – Jimmy Harrison, American trombonist.22 – Cyril Blake, Trinidadian trumpeter.24 – Lawrence Marrero, American banjoist.
; December13 – Arthur Herzog, Jr., American songwriter and composer.14 – Juan d'Arienzo, Argentine tango violinist, band leader, and composer.29 – Willie Humphrey, American clarinetist.
; Unknown date

Joe Appleton, West Indies saxophonist and clarinetist.