1902 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1902.

1902 in jazz
DecadePre-1920 in jazz
Music1902 in music
StandardsList of pre-1920 jazz standards
See also1901 in jazz 1903 in jazz
List of years in jazz
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Events

  • Jelly Roll Morton start to get attention in the New Orleans scene, at the age of 17 years, as a brothel piano player. He primarily plays Ragtime and a little Blues at this point. He is one of the first to play this mix that is a forerunner of Jazz. He later claimed to have invented Jazz in this year by combining Ragtime, Quadrilles and Blues.[1]

Standards

Births

January
February
March
April
  • 6Rosy McHargue, American clarinetist (died 1999).
  • 24Rube Bloom, Jewish-American songwriter, pianist, arranger, band leader, singer, and author (died 1976).
June
July
  • 4Erik Tuxen, Danish big band leader, composer, and arranger (died 1957).
  • 7 – Jim McCartney, English trumpeter and pianist (died 1976).
  • 19
  • 21Omer Simeon, American clarinetist and reedist (died 1959).
August
  • 21Lloyd Scott, American drummer and bandleader (died unknown date).
September
October
November
December
Unknown date

References

  1. "History Of Jazz Timeline: 1902". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  2. "Louis Nelson". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  3. "Cecil Irwin". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
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