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Births
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January
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February
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Overview of the events of 1944 in jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 1944.
Lester Young wearing pork pie hat.
Events
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1944 – The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City hosts a jazz concert for the first time. The performers are Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden.
Album releases
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Standards
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Deaths
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February
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16 – Bob Zurke, American jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader (born 1912).
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April
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March
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22 – Yank Porter, American pianist and composer (born 1895).
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July
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October
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December
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8 – Rod Cless, American clarinetist and saxophonist (born 1907).
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15 – Glenn Miller, American big-band musician, arranger, composer and bandleader (born 1904).
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19 – Miklós Vig, Hungarian singer, actor and comedian (born 1898).
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Births
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Gianluigi Trovesi in 2006.
Steve Reid at Circulo de Bellas Artes 2008.
Joachim Kühn in 2016.
Billy Cobham
Barbara Thompson with Colosseum in 2010.
Naná Vasconcelos in 2008.
January
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5 – Louis Stewart, Irish guitarist (died 2016).
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6 – Don Sickler, American trumpeter.
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8 – Bobby Battle, American drummer.
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9 – Roy Hellvin, Norwegian pianist, composer, and music arranger.
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12 – Cynthia Robinson, American trumpeter and vocalist, Sly and the Family Stone (died 2015).
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20 – Chuck Domanico, American bassist (died 2002).
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23 – Randy Jones, British-born American drummer (died 2016).
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24 – Bob Degen, American pianist.
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30 – Roger Humphries, American drummer.
February
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1 – Ari Brown, American tenor saxophonist and pianist.
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5 – Bill Mays, American pianist.
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6 – Kosuke Mine, Japanese saxophonist.
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8 – Candy Johnson, American singer and dancer (died 2012).
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10 – Rufus Reid, American bassist, educator, and composer.
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11 – Martin Drew, English drummer (died 2010).
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15 – Henry Threadgill, American composer, saxophonist, and flautist.
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17 – Karl Jenkins, Welsh musician and composer.
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19 – Ron Mathewson, Scottish upright bassist and bass guitarist.
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20 – Lew Soloff, American trumpeter, composer, and actor (died 2015).
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22 – Mark Charig, British trumpeter and cornetist.
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24 – Oddbjørn Blindheim, Norwegian pianist.
March
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April
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May
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16 – Billy Cobham, Panamanian-American drummer, composer, and bandleader.
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22 – Richard Dunbar, American player of the French horn (died 2006).
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30 – John Gross, American saxophone, flute and clarinet player.
June
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4 – Jack Wilkins, American guitarist.
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6 – Monty Alexander, Jamaican-American pianist.
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7 – Erling Wicklund, Norwegian trombonist and music critique.
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8 – Babik Reinhardt, French guitarist (died 2001).
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10 – David Goloschekin, Russian violinist and multi-instrumentalist.
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17 – Chris Spedding, English guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and record producer.
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19 – Chico Buarque, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist.
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21 – Jon Hiseman, English drummer, recording engineer, and record producer (died 2018).
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26 – Arthur Doyle, American saxophonist, flutist, and vocalist (died 2014).
July
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August
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September
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October
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November
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December
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15 – Carlos Inzillo, Argentinian clarinetist, producer, and historian.
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16 – John Abercrombie, American guitarist (died 2017).
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17 – Vyacheslav Ganelin, Lithuanian–Israeli musician and composer.
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24 – Woody Shaw, trumpeter, flugelhornist, and cornetist (died 1989).
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31 – Bernie Senensky, Canadian pianist, organist, and composer.
Unknown date
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