1910 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1910.

Events

Violinist, pianist, composer and conductor James Reese Europe founds the Clef Club, an association for Black musicians based in New York.

Births

; January2 – Minoru Matsuya, Japanese pianist.14 – Jimmy Crawford, American drummer.17 – Sid Catlett, American drummer.23 – Django Reinhardt, Belgian-born, Romani French jazz guitarist and composer.27 – Charlie Holmes, American alto jazz saxophonist of the swing era.
; February21 – Al Sears, American tenor saxophonist and bandleader.
; March6 – Arthur Österwall, Swedish band leader, composer, vocalist, and upright bassist.
; April1 — Harry Carney, American saxophonist.16 – Boyce Brown, American dixieland alto saxophonist.28 – Everett Barksdale, American guitarist.
; May8 — Mary Lou Williams, American pianist, composer, and singer.12 – Jack Jenney, American jazz trombonist.23 – Artie Shaw, American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and actor.25 – Pha Terrell, American singer.28 – T-Bone Walker, American guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
; June7 — Gene Porter American saxophonist and clarinetist.13 – Eddie Beal, American pianist.15 – Stan Wrightsman, American pianist.18 – Ray McKinley, American drummer, singer, and bandleader.23 – Milt Hinton, American double bassist,.
; July18 – Lou Busch, American pianist, arranger and composer, a.k.a. Joe "Fingers" Carr.
; August7 — Freddie Slack, American pianist, composer, and bandleader.8 — Lucky Millinder, African-American bandleader.
; September12 – Shep Fields, American bandleader, clarinetist, and tenor saxophonist.
; October10 – Milt Larkin, American trumpeter and bandleader.24 – Stella Brooks, American singer.
; November25 – Willie Smith, American saxophonist, clarinetist, and singer.
;December7 — Louis Prima, Italian-American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and trumpeter.14 – Budd Johnson, American saxophonist and clarinetist.17 — Sy Oliver, American arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader.23 – Freddy Gardner, British saxophonist.26 – Rupert Nurse, Trinidadian-British pianist, upright bassist, and saxophonist.