The exact year in which the musical style called jazz began is subject to debate, as are the origins of the word and what exactly qualifies as jazz. Certainly, the term had come to be used by 1915 for a form of music based on New OrleansRagtime music. Some of the earliest standards first appeared in 1915, and some musicians who went on to become famous in the golden age of jazz were born in that year.[1]
Tom Brown's band from New Orleans goes to Chicago, Illinois and start advertising themselves as a "Jas Band"[2]
Standards[]
See also: List of pre-1920 jazz standards § 1915–1917
Some credit the first jazz recordings to Afro-Creole pianist Jelly Roll Morton. His "Jelly Roll Blues", which he composed around 1905, was published in 1915 as the first jazz arrangement in print, introducing more musicians to the New Orleans style.[3]
Births[]
Taft Jordan, Aquarium, New York, ca. November 1946
Billie Holiday. Photo by William Gottlieb, 1947.
Les Paul 2004.
Al Casey and Eddie Barefield, Cafe Society, New York City, c. 1947. Photo by William P. Gottlieb
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2 – Nick Fatool, American drummer (died 2000).
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Chano Pozo, Afro-Cuban percussionist and singer (died 1948).
Keg Purnell, American swing jazz drummer (died 1965).
10 – Buddy Johnson, American pianist and bandleader (died 1977).
21 – Julian Gould, American organist, pianist and composer (died 1977).
23 – Scoops Carry, American alto saxophonist and clarinetist (died 1970).
29 – John Serry Sr., American accordionist virtuoso (died 2003).
31 – Bobby Hackett, American trumpeter and guitarist (died 1976).