1932 in jazz

The following events related to jazz occurred in the year 1932.

Events

; February2 – The Duke Ellington Orchestra released the album Moon Over Dixie on the label Brunswick Records.

Deaths

; March1 – Frank Teschemacher, American jazz clarinetist and alto-saxophonist.
; May20 – James "Bubber" Miley, trumpeter and cornet player, specializing in the use of the plunger mute.
; Unknown date

Virginia Liston, American classic female blues and jazz singer.

Births

; January1 – Jack Reilly, American pianist.6 – John Burch, English pianist, composer, and bandleader.8 – Dick Charlesworth, English clarinettist and saxophonist.11 – János Gonda, Hungarian pianist.12 – Hadley Caliman, American saxophone and flute player.14 – Grady Tate, American drummer and singer.18 – Irene Kral, American singer.22 – Teddy Smith, American upright bassist.31 – Ottilie Patterson, Northern Irish singer.
; February10

* Roland Hanna, American jazz pianist, composer and teacher.
* Walter Perkins, American drummer.21 – Eddie Higgins, American pianist and composer.22 – Whitey Mitchell, American bassist.24 – Michel Legrand, French composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist.25 – Åke Persson, Swedish trombonist.28 – Don Francks, Canadian actor and musician.

; March4 – Miriam Makeba, South African singer.9 – Keely Smith, American singer.10 – Shelley Moore, English-born American singer.11

* Atle Hammer, Norwegian trumpeter.
* Leroy Jenkins, American composer and violinist.14 – Mark Murphy, American singer.21 – Masaru Imada, Japanese pianist and composer.22 – Leo Welch, American guitarist, singer, and songwriter.23 – Al Aarons, American trumpeter.24 – Dave MacKay, American pianist and singer.

; April7 – Rauno Lehtinen, Finnish conductor and composer.21 – Slide Hampton, American trombonist, composer and arranger.25 – Willis Jackson, American tenor saxophonist.29 – Andy Simpkins, American bassist.
; May8 – Robin Douglas-Home, Scottish pianist and author.12 – Walter Wanderley, American organist andpianist.13 – Harold Rubin, South African-Israeli visual artist and clarinettist.15 – John Barnes, English saxophonist and clarinetist.17 – David Izenzon, American upright bassist.20 – Bob Florence, American arranger and pianist.23 – Les Spann, American guitarist and flautist.29 – Alan Shorter, American trumpeter and flugelhornist.31 – Ed Lincoln, Brazilian musician and composer.
; June2 – Akitoshi Igarashi, Japanese saxophonist.4 – Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist and clarinetist.5 – Pete Jolly, American pianist and accordionist.7 – Tina Brooks, American tenor saxophonist and composer.14 – Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, American composer.21

* Jamil Nasser, American bassist and tubist.
* Lalo Schifrin, Argentine pianist, composer, arranger and conductor.

; July6 – Don Wilkerson, American tenor saxophonist.7 – Joe Zawinul, Austrian-American keyboardist and composer.16 – John Chilton, British trumpeter and jazz writer.
; August6 – Dorothy Ashby, American harpist and composer.16 – Shoji Suzuki, Japanese clarinetist.17 – Duke Pearson, American pianist and composer.29

* Ed Bickert, Canadian guitarist.
* Jerry Dodgion, American saxophonist and flautist.

; September2

* Emil Richards, American vibraphonist percussionist.
* Walter Davis Jr., American pianist.3 – Mickey Roker, American drummer.8 – Bobby Cole, American singer and pianist.11 – Ian Hamer, British trumpeter.13 – Bengt Hallberg, Swedish jazz pianist.19 – Lol Coxhill, English saxophonist.

; October13 – Johnny Lytle, American drummer and vibraphonist.14 – Earl Gill, Irish trumpeter and bandleader.16 – Ben Aronov, American pianist.
; November7 – Alvin Batiste, American clarinetist.10 – Paul Bley, American pianist.11 – Al Levitt, American drummer.26 – Kiane Zawadi, American trombone and euphonium player.28

* Ethel Ennis, American singer and pianist.
* Gato Barbieri, Argentine saxophonist.

; December2 – Gene Russell, American keyboardist.3

* Bob Cranshaw, American bassist.
* Webster Young, American trumpeter and cornetist.9 – Donald Byrd, American trumpeter.15 – Curtis Fuller, American trombonist.17 – Sonny Red, American alto saxophonist.22 – Masayuki Takayanagi, Japanese guitarist.