1907 in jazz


This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1907.

Events

; June5 – The New Orleans Blues trumpet pioneer Buddy Bolden runs amok and is committed to the state hospital at Angola. He spent the rest of his life there and was never recorded.

Births

; January4 – Joe Marsala, Italian-American clarinetist and songwriter.31 – Benny Morton, American trombonist most associated with the swing genre.
; February10 – Joe Haymes, American bandleader and arranger.22 – Rex Stewart, American cornetist, Duke Ellington Orchestra.26 – Harry Gold, British saxophonist and bandleader.
; March1 – Albert Ammons, American pianist.7 – Olivia Plunket Greene, English musician, Bright Young Things.28 – Herb Hall, American clarinetist and saxophonist.
; April15 – Casper Reardon, American harpist.26 – Dave Tough, American drummer.
; May1 – Hayes Alvis, American upright bassist and tubist.17 – Castor McCord, American saxophonist.20 – Rod Cless, American clarinetist and saxophonist.30 – Fernando Arbello, Puerto Rican-American trombonist and composer.
; June10 – Dicky Wells, American trombonist.14 – Sid Phillips, English clarinettist, bandleader, and arranger.17 – Gene Sedric, American clarinetist and tenor saxophonist.22 – Ernest "Doc" Paulin, American musician.
; July28 – Leon Prima, American trumpeter.31 – Roy Milton, American singer, drummer, and bandleader.
; August3 – Lawrence Brown, American trombonist.8 – Benny Carter, American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader.13 – Skinnay Ennis, American bandleader and singer.
; September4 – Jan Savitt, American bandleader, musical arranger, and violinist.23 – Tiny Bradshaw, American bandleader, singer, composer, pianist, and drummer.
; October1 – Ryoichi Hattori, Japanese composer.19 – Roger Wolfe Kahn, American musician, composer, and bandleader.24 – André Ekyan, French reedist.26 – Tony Pastor, Italian-American novelty singer and tenor saxophonist.
; November3 – Joe Turner, American pianist.10 – Jane Froman, American singer and actress.26 – Frank Melrose, American pianist.
; December3 – Connee Boswell, American singer.6 – Fulton McGrath, American pianist and songwriter.20 – Al Rinker, American singer and composer.25 – Cab Calloway, American singer and bandleader.
; Unknown date