1911 in jazz


This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1911.

Events

March

18 – The Irving Berlin album Alexander's Ragtime Band was released.

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Births

; January25 – Truck Parham, American upright bassist.30
; March7 — Louis Cottrell Jr., American clarinetist and tenor saxophonist.10 – Pete Clarke, British saxophonist and clarinetist.16 – Harper Goff, Afro-Cuban clarinetist, saxophonist, and trumpeter.31 – Freddie Green, American guitarist.
; April2 — Cag Cagnolatti, American trumpeter.12 – Tullio Mobiglia, Italian saxophonist and bandleader.16 – Alton Purnell, American pianist.21
; May8 — Robert Johnson, American guitarist, singer, and composer.13 – Billy Munn, British jazz pianist and arranger.13 – Maxine Sullivan, American vocalist and performer.18 – Big Joe Turner, American blues shouter.
; July7 — Charles Redland, Swedish saxophonist, bandleader, and composer.10 – Cootie Williams, American trumpeter.17 – Lionel Ferbos, American trumpeter.23 – Lodewijk Parisius "Kid Dynamite", Surinamese-Dutch tenor saxophonist.
; August20 – Billy Amstell, British reedist.28 – George Clarke, American tenor saxophonist.
; September30 – Clare Deniz, British pianist.
; October7 — Jo Jones, American drummer.8 — Karel Vlach, Czech musician, orchestra conductor, and arranger.26 – Mahalia Jackson, American singer.
; November11 – Dick Wilson, American jazz tenor saxophonist.12 – Buck Clayton, American trumpeter.17 – Max Miller, American pianist and vibraphonist.21 – Alvin Burroughs, American drummer.22 – Ernie Caceres, American saxophonist.
; December14 – Spike Jones, American musician and bandleader.15 – Stan Kenton, American pianist, composer, arranger, and band leader.19 – Lu Watters, American trumpeter and band leader, Yerba Buena Jazz Band.
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