1942 in jazz

1942 in jazz
Jazz bandleader Tiny Bradshaw (1905-1958)
Decade	1940s in jazz
Music	1942 in music
Standards	List of 1940s jazz standards
See also	1941 in jazz – 1943 in jazz

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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1942.

Events

Sarah Vaughan was discovered at the Apollo Theater in Harlem after having won first prize at Amateur Night.^[1]

Standards

Deaths

Charlie Christian July 29, 1916 – March 2, 1942), a guitarist.

• Bunny Berigan, trumpeter
• Charlie Christian, guitarist
• Jaroslav Ježek, composer, pianist and conductor
• Jimmy Blanton, double-bassist
• Leo Adde, drummer
• Willie Cornish, trombonist

Births

• Alan Skidmore, tenor saxophonist
• Amina Claudine Myers, pianist, organist, vocalist, composer
• Andrew White, saxophonist
• Art Murphy, pianist and composer
• Bill Elgart, drummer
• Bill Goodwin, drummer
• Buster Williams, bassist
• Byard Lancaster, saxophonist and flutist
• Carl Saunders, trumpeter, composer and educator
• Cecil Bridgewater, trumpeter
• Charles Tolliver, trumpeter and composer
• Cornell Dupree, guitarist
• Curtis Mayfield, singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer
• Dan Jacobs, trumpeter and flugelhorn player
• Dave Bargeron, trombonist and tuba player
• David Friesen, bassist
• Dave Matthews, keyboardist
• Ditlef Eckhoff, Norwegian trumpeter
• Donald Ayler, trumpeter
• Doug Hammond, drummer, composer, poet
• Flora Purim, singer
• Geoff Bull, trumpeter and bandleader
• Graeme Lyall, saxophonist, composer and arranger
• Jack DeJohnette, drummer, pianist and composer
• James Blood Ulmer, guitarist and singer
• Jane Getz, pianist
• Jeremy Steig, flutist
• Jim Douglas,guitarist
• Jimmy Owens, trumpeter, composer, arranger and educator
• Jiří Stivín, flute player and composer
• Jocelyne Jocya, singer, songwriter
• Joe Chambers, drummer, pianist, vibraphonist, composer
• John McLaughlin (January 4, 1942-), guitarist
• John Taylor, pianist
• Jon Lucien, vocalist
• Letta Mbulu, singer
• Lionel Grigson, pianist, cornettist, composer and educator
• Lonnie Smith, Hammond organist
• Louis Banks, composer, record producer, keyboardist, singer
• Lyman Woodard, organist
• Maki Asakawa, singer, lyricist, composer
• Marc Moulin,
• Marlena Shaw, singer
• Nara Leão, Brazilian singer
• Oliver Lake,
• Randolph Colville,
• Ranee Lee, vocalist
• Richard Stoltzman, clarinetist
• Robin Kenyatta, alto saxophonist
• Rusty Jones, drummer
• Steve Brown, guitarist, composer, arranger and educator
• Terumasa Hino, trumpeter
• Teruo Nakamura, bassist
• Tim Maia,
• Tomasz Stanko, trumpeter, composer
• Torgrim Sollid, Norwegian trumpeter
• Walter Payton, bassist, sousaphonist
• Wendell Harrison, clarinetist, tenor saxophonist

See also

• 1940s in jazz
• List of years in jazz
• 1942 in music

References

1. "Sarah Vaughan", bio.

Bibliography

• The New Real Book, Volume I. Sher Music. 1988. ISBN 0-9614701-4-3.
• The New Real Book, Volume II. Sher Music. 1991. ISBN 0-9614701-7-8.
• The New Real Book, Volume III. Sher Music. 1995. ISBN 1-883217-30-X.
• The Real Book, Volume I (6th ed.). Hal Leonard. 2004. ISBN 0-634-06038-4.
• The Real Book, Volume II (2nd ed.). Hal Leonard. 2007. ISBN 1-4234-2452-2.
• The Real Book, Volume III (2nd ed.). Hal Leonard. 2006. ISBN 0-634-06136-4.
• The Real Jazz Book. Warner Bros. ISBN 978-91-85041-36-7.
• The Real Vocal Book, Volume I. Hal Leonard. 2006. ISBN 0-634-06080-5.

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