1914 in jazz


This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1914.

Events

Births

; January9 – Kenny Clarke, American drummer and bandleader, nicknamed "Klook".
; February7 – Carl Barriteau, Trinidadian clarinetist.10 – Larry Adler, American harmonica player.21 – Tommy Stevenson, American trumpeter.
; March1 – Barrett Deems, American drummer.7 – Lee Young, American drummer and singer.13 – Bob Haggart, American upright bassist, composer, and arranger.22 – Sonny Burke, American arranger, composer, big band leader and producer, Duke Ambassadors.
; April7 – Ralph Flanagan, American pianist, composer, and arranger.24 – Ray Leatherwood, American upright bassist.
; May26
; June15 – Rudy Bruder, Belgian pianist and organist.17 – Sing Miller, American pianist.
; July1 – Earle Warren American alto saxophonist and singer.2 – Carlos Vidal Bolado, American conga drum musician.8 – Billy Eckstine, American singer, and band leader.26 – Erskine Hawkins, American trumpeter, and big band leader.
; August16 – Edythe Wright, American singer.18 – Irmgard Österwall, Swedish singer.25 – Shizuko Kasagi, Japanese singer.
; September4 – Tommy McQuater, British trumpeter.7 – Graeme Bell, Australian pianist, composer and band leader.8 – Dave Bowman, American pianist.10 – Ken Snakehips Johnson, American band leader and dancer, originally from British Guiana.13 – Leonard Feather, British pianist, composer, and producer.21 – Slam Stewart, American upright bassist.25 – Dave Wilkins, Barbadian trumpeter.
; October4 – Marvin Ash, American pianist.10 – King Perry, American saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, and bandleader.
; November16 – Roberto Nicolosi, Italian upright bassist and leader.20 – Skeeter Best, American guitarist.28 – Cecil Brower, American violinist.29 – Hal McIntyre, American saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader.
; December1 – Josef Taussig, Czech trombonist and journalist.3 – Corky Cornelius, American trumpeter.31 – Cedric Haywood, American pianist.
; Unknown date