1939 in jazz
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StandardsList of 1930s jazz standards
See also1938 in jazz – 1940 in jazz
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 Clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman popularized many of the 1930s standards, including "Darn That Dream", How Deep Is the Ocean, and "Stompin' at the Savoy". | |
| Decade | 1930s in jazz |
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1939.
- The earliest formal books on jazz begin to appear, including Wilder Hobson's American Jazz Music and Frederick Ramsey and Charles Edward Smith's Jazzmen.[1]
- Fletcher Henderson becomes the first black musician who is a regular member of a white big band when he joins Benny Goodman, although he does not became a featured artist in the band.[1]
- Charlie Christian makes some revolutionary electric guitar records which allow to the guitar to play lead with the trumpet and the saxophone for the first time.[1]
- The Duke Ellington Band experiences major success. Django Reinhardt records "Montmartre", "Solid Old Man", "Low Cotton" and "Finesse" with the band.[1]
Standards
Deaths
- February
- 9 – Herschel Evans, tenor saxophonist (born 1909).
- May
- 19 – Louis Douglas, American dancer, choreographer, and music businessman (born 1889).
- June
- 4 – Tommy Ladnier, American jazz trumpeter (born 1900).
- 16 – Chick Webb, American jazz and swing music drummer as well as a band leader (born 1905).
- December
- 22 – Ma Rainey, Blues singer (born 1882).
- Unknown date
- Charlie Irvis, American jazz trombonist (born 1899).
- John Robichaux, American jazz bandleader, drummer, and violinist (born 1866).
