1918 in jazz


This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1918.
Births in that year included Wild Bill Davis and Cachao López.

Standards

Births

; January1 – Nat Jaffe, American pianist.5 – Dal Richards, American big-band leader.9 – Betty Roché, American singer.10 – Aaron Bridgers, African-American pianist.17 – Irene Daye, American singer.27 – Elmore James, American guitarist.
; February5 – Eraldo Volonté, Italian saxophonist and bandleader.18 – Mariano Mores, Argentine tango composer and pianist.20 – Phil Moore, American pianist.23 – Money Johnson, American trumpeter.25 – George Desmond Hodnett, Irish musician, songwriter, and critic.
; March6 – Howard McGhee, American trumpeter.14 – Verne Byers, American band leader and bassist.18 – Sam Donahue, American tenor saxophonist and trumpeter.20 – Marian McPartland, British-born pianist, composer and arranger.21 – Charles Thompson, American pianist, organist and arranger.26 – Andy Hamilton, Jamaican-born British saxophonist.29 – Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer.
; April7 – Peanuts Hucko, American clarinetist.18 – Tony Mottola, American guitarist.
; May14 – Sammy Lowe, American trumpeter and arranger.
; June11 – Irene Higginbotham, African-American songwriter and concert pianist.14 – John Simmons, American bassist.
; July12 – Rusty Dedrick, American trumpeter.31 – Hank Jones, American pianist and composer.
; August3 – Eddie Jefferson, American vocalist and lyricist.8 – Knocky Parker, American pianist.10 – Arnett Cobb, American tenor saxophonist.17 – Ike Quebec, American tenor saxophonist.19 – Jimmy Rowles, American pianist, vocalist and composer.23 – Kjeld Bonfils, Danish pianist and vibraphone player.25 – Freddie Kohlman, American drummer vocalist, and bandleader.
; September4 – Gerald Wilson, American trumpeter, big-band leader, and composer.8 – Bill Graham, American saxophonist.12 – Waldren Joseph, American trombonist.14 – Cachao López, Cuban mambo musician, bassist and composer.17 – Hubert Rostaing, American clarinetist and tenor saxophonist.21 – Tommy Potter, American upright bassist.
; October5 – Jimmy Blanton, American upright bassist.9 – Bebo Valdés, Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer, and arranger.10 – Bobby Byrne, American bandleader, trombonist, and music executive.18 – Bobby Troup, American pianist and songwriter.25 – Chubby Jackson, American upright bassist and bandleader.
; November11 – Louise Tobin, American singer.24 – Wild Bill Davis, American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger.
; December2 – Milton DeLugg, American accordionist and composer.12 – Joe Williams, American vocalist.21 – Panama Francis, American drummer.24 – Dave Bartholomew, American trumpeter, band leader, composer and arranger.25 – Eddie Safranski, American upright bassist.26 – Butch Ballard, American drummer.30 – Jimmy Jones, American pianist.
; Unknown date