1902 in jazz

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

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