1914 in jazz


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

Events

Births

; January9Kenny Clarke, American drummer and bandleader, nicknamed "Klook".
; February7Carl Barriteau, Trinidadian clarinetist.10Larry Adler, American harmonica player.21Tommy Stevenson, American trumpeter.
; March1Barrett Deems, American drummer.7Lee Young, American drummer and singer.13Bob Haggart, American upright bassist, composer, and arranger.22Sonny Burke, American arranger, composer, big band leader and producer, Duke Ambassadors.
; April7Ralph Flanagan, American pianist, composer, and arranger.24Ray Leatherwood, American upright bassist.
; May26
; June15Rudy Bruder, Belgian pianist and organist.17Sing Miller, American pianist.
; July1Earle Warren American alto saxophonist and singer.2Carlos Vidal Bolado, American conga drum musician.8Billy Eckstine, American singer, and band leader.26Erskine Hawkins, American trumpeter, and big band leader.
; August16Edythe Wright, American singer.18Irmgard Österwall, Swedish singer.25Shizuko Kasagi, Japanese singer.
; September4Tommy McQuater, British trumpeter.7Graeme Bell, Australian pianist, composer and band leader.8Dave Bowman, American pianist.10Ken Snakehips Johnson, American band leader and dancer, originally from British Guiana.13Leonard Feather, British pianist, composer, and producer.21Slam Stewart, American upright bassist.25Dave Wilkins, Barbadian trumpeter.
; October4Marvin Ash, American pianist.10King Perry, American saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, and bandleader.
; November16Roberto Nicolosi, Italian upright bassist and leader.20Skeeter Best, American guitarist.28Cecil Brower, American violinist.29Hal McIntyre, American saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader.
; December1Josef Taussig, Czech trombonist and journalist.3Corky Cornelius, American trumpeter.31Cedric Haywood, American pianist.
; Unknown date