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

List of years in jazz
... 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 ... 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 ... 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 ...
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1918.

Births in that year included Wild Bill Davis and Cachao López.

Standards

• In 1918 the standard "After You've Gone" was released.^[1]

Births

Cachao López around 2000

Except where stated otherwise, the musicians listed below were American.

• Aaron Bridgers, jazz pianist
• Andy Hamilton, Jamaican-born British saxophonist
• Bill Graham, saxophonist
• Bobby Troup, pianist and songwriter
• Butch Ballard, drummer
• Cachao López, Cuban mambo musician, bassist and composer
• Cee Pee Johnson, drummer and vocalist
• Charles Thompson, pianist, organist and arranger
• Chubby Jackson, double-bassist and bandleader
• Dal Richards, big-band leader
• Eddie Jefferson, vocalist and lyricist
• Eddie Safranski, double-bassist
• Freddie Kohlman, drummer vocalist and bandleader
• George Desmond Hodnett, Irish msician, songwriter and critic
• Gerald Wilson, trumpeter, big-band leader, composer/arranger
• Hank Jones, pianist and composer
• Howard McGhee, trumpeter
• Hubert Rostaing, clarinetist and tenor saxophonist
• Irene Daye, singer
• Jimmy Blanton, double-bassist
• Jimmy Jones, pianist
• Jimmy Rowles, pianist, vocalist and composer
• Joan C. Edwards, singer
• Joe Williams, vocalist
• John Simmons, bassist
• Kjeld Bonfils, Danish pianist and vibraphone player
• Knocky Parker, pianist
• Louise Tobin, singer
• Milton DeLugg, composer and arranger
• Money Johnson, trumpeter
• Nat Jaffe, swing pianist
• Panama Francis, drummer
• Peanuts Hucko, clarinetist
• Phil Moore, pianist
• Rusty Dedrick, trumpeter
• Sam Donahue, tenor saxophonist and trumpeter
• Sammy Lowe, trumpeter and arranger
• Tommy Potter, double bass player
• Tony Mottola, guitarist
• Verne Byers, band leader, bassist
• Waldren Joseph, trombone player
• Wild Bill Davis, jazz pianist, organist, and arranger

References

1. "History of Jazz Time Line: 1918". All About Jazz. Retrieved December 2, 2010.