1906 in jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 1906.
Events
- Duke Ellington starts playing the piano at the age of seven.
Births
; January4 – Frankie Newton, American trumpeter.6 – Bobby Stark, American trumpeter.; March3 – Barney Bigard, American clarinetist.13 – Frank Teschemacher, American clarinetist and alt saxophonist.27 – Pee Wee Russell, American clarinet and saxophones.
; April3
- * Billy Taylor, American upright bassist.
- * Fats Pichon, American pianist, singer, bandleader, and songwriter.10
- * Fud Livingston, American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, arranger, and composer.
- * Kai Ewans, Danish reedist.18 – Little Brother Montgomery, American pianist and singer.22 – Alex Hill, American pianist.29 – Ward Pinkett, American trumpeter.30 – Hayes Pillars, American tenor saxophonist and bandleader.
; June7 – Glen Gray, American saxophonist and band leader, Casa Loma Orchestra.13 – Edwin Swayze, American trumpeter and composer.18 – Ray Bauduc, American drummer.
;July9 – Joe Darensbourg, American clarinetist and saxophonist.25 – Johnny Hodges, American alto saxophonist.
; August10 – Robert De Kers, Belgian trumpeter and bandleader.19 – Eddie Durham, American guitarist, trombonist, composer, and arranger.
; September23 – Sterling Bose, American trumpeter and cornetist.25 – Jaroslav Ježek, Czech composer, pianist, and conductor.
; October10 – Leo Mathisen, Danish pianist, composer, arranger, singer, and bandleader.15 – Victoria Spivey, American singer and songwriter.
; November9 – Pete Brown, American alto saxophonist and bandleader.22 – Guy Kelly, American trumpeter.
; December6 – Fulton McGrath, American pianist and songwriter.28 – René Compère, Belgian trumpeter.
; Unknown date
- Cuba Austin, American drummer.
- Leon "Pee Wee" Whittaker, American Trombonist.