1918 in jazz

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1918 in jazz
1918 in jazz
	Vaudeville performer Sophie Tucker popularized the jazz standards "Some of These Days", "I Ain't Got Nobody" and "After You've Gone".
Decade	Pre-1920 in jazz
Music	1918 in music
Standards	List of pre-1920 jazz standards
See also	1917 in jazz – 1919 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

5 – Eraldo Volonté, Italian saxophonist and bandleader (died 2003).
18 – Mariano Mores, Argentine tango composer and pianist (died 2016).
20 – Phil Moore, American pianist (died 1987).
23 – Money Johnson, American trumpeter (died 1978).
25 – George Desmond Hodnett, Irish musician, songwriter, and critic (died 1990).

6 – Howard McGhee, American trumpeter (died 1987).
14 – Verne Byers, American band leader and bassist (died 2008).
18 – Sam Donahue, American tenor saxophonist and trumpeter (died 1974).
20 – Marian McPartland, British-born pianist, composer and arranger (died 2013).
21 – Charles Thompson, American pianist, organist and arranger (died 2016).
26 – Andy Hamilton, Jamaican-born British saxophonist (died 2012).
29 – Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (died 1990).

11 – Irene Higginbotham, African-American songwriter and concert pianist (died 1988).
14 – John Simmons, American bassist (died 1979).

4 – Gerald Wilson, American trumpeter, big-band leader, and composer (died 2014).
8 – Bill Graham, American saxophonist (died 1975).
12 – Waldren Joseph, American trombonist (died 2004).
14 – Cachao López, Cuban mambo musician, bassist and composer (died 2008).
17 – Hubert Rostaing, American clarinetist and tenor saxophonist (died 1990).
21 – Tommy Potter, American upright bassist (died 1988).

5 – Jimmy Blanton, American upright bassist (died 1942).
9 – Bebo Valdés, Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer, and arranger (died 2013).
10 – Bobby Byrne, American bandleader, trombonist, and music executive (died 2006).
18 – Bobby Troup, American pianist and songwriter (died 1999).
25 – Chubby Jackson, American upright bassist and bandleader (died 2003).

11 – Louise Tobin, American singer (died 2022).
24 – Wild Bill Davis, American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger (died 1995).

2 – Milton DeLugg, American accordionist and composer (died 2015).
12 – Joe Williams, American vocalist (died 1999).
21 – Panama Francis, American drummer (died 2001).
24 – Dave Bartholomew, American trumpeter, band leader, composer and arranger (died 2019).
25 – Eddie Safranski, American upright bassist (died 1974).
26 – Butch Ballard, American drummer (died 2011).
30 – Jimmy Jones, American pianist (died 1982).

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