1932 in jazz

1932 in jazz
Duke Ellington Orchestra: Moon Over Dixie – 2 February 1932 (Brunswick Records)
Decade	1930s in jazz
Music	1932 in music
Standards	List of 1930s jazz standards
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1932.

Events

February

• 2 – Duke Ellington Orchestra released the album Moon Over Dixie on the label Brunswick Records.

Standards

See also: List of 1930s jazz standards

Deaths

March

• 1 – Frank Teschemacher, American jazz clarinetist and alto-saxophonist (born 1906).

May

• 20 – James "Bubber" Miley, trumpeter and cornet player, specializing in the use of the plunger mute (born 1903).

Unknown date

• Virginia Liston, American classic female blues and jazz singer (born 1890).

Births

Bob Cranshaw July 6, 1976

Ed Bickert and Fraser MacPherson, Otter Crest, Oregon. May 1989.

January

• 1 – Jack Reilly, American pianist (died 2018).
• 6 – John Burch, English pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 2006).
• 8 – Dick Charlesworth, English clarinettist and saxophonist (died 2008).
• 11 – János Gonda, Hungarian pianist.
• 12 – Hadley Caliman, American saxophone and flute player (died 2010).
• 14 – Grady Tate, American drummer and singer (died 2017).
• 18 – Irene Kral, American singer (died 1978).
• 22 – Teddy Smith, American upright bassist (died 1979).
• 31 – Ottilie Patterson, Northern Irish singer (died 2011).

February

• 10
  • Roland Hanna, American jazz pianist, composer and teacher (died 2002).
  • Walter Perkins, American drummer (died 2004).
• 21 – Eddie Higgins, American pianist and composer (died 2009).
• 22 – Whitey Mitchell, American bassist (died 2009).
• 24 – Michel Legrand, French composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist.
• 25 – Åke Persson, Swedish trombonist (died 1975).
• 28 – Don Francks, Canadian actor and musician (died 2016).

March

• 4 – Miriam Makeba, South African singer (died 2008).
• 9 – Keely Smith, American singer (died 2017).
• 10 – Shelley Moore, English-born American singer (died 2016).
• 11
  • Atle Hammer, Norwegian trumpeter (died 2017).
  • Leroy Jenkins, American composer and violinist (died 2007).
• 14 – Mark Murphy, American singer (died 2015).
• 21 – Masaru Imada, Japanese pianist and composer.
• 23 – Al Aarons, American trumpeter (died 2015).
• 24 – Dave MacKay, American pianist and singer.

April

• 7 – Rauno Lehtinen, Finnish conductor and composer (died 2006).
• 21 – Slide Hampton, American trombonist, composer and arranger.
• 25 – Willis Jackson, American tenor saxophonist (died 1987).
• 29 – Andy Simpkins, American bassist (died 1999).

May

• 8 – Robin Douglas-Home, Scottish pianist and author (died 1968).
• 12 – Walter Wanderley, American organist andpianist (died 1986).
• 13 – Harold Rubin, South African-Israeli visual artist and clarinettist.
• 15 – John Barnes, English saxophonist and clarinetist.
• 17 – David Izenzon, American upright bassist (died 1979).
• 20 – Bob Florence, American arranger and pianist (died 2008).
• 23 – Les Spann, American guitarist and flautist (died 1989).
• 29 – Alan Shorter, American trumpeter and flugelhornist (died 1988).
• 31 – Ed Lincoln, Brazilian musician and composer (died 2012).

June

• 2 – Akitoshi Igarashi, Japanese saxophonist.
• 4 – Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist and clarinetist (died 1975).
• 5 – Pete Jolly, American pianist and accordionist (died 2004).
• 7 – Tina Brooks, American tenor saxophonist and composer (died 1974).
• 14 – Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, American composer (died 2004).
• 21
  • Jamil Nasser, American bassist and tubist (died 2010).
  • Lalo Schifrin, Argentine pianist, composer, arranger and conductor.

July

• 6 – Don Wilkerson, American tenor saxophonist (died 1986).
• 7 – Joe Zawinul, Austrian-American keyboardist and composer (died 2007).
• 16 – John Chilton, British trumpeter and jazz writer (died 2016).

August

• 6 – Dorothy Ashby, American harpist and composer (died 1986).
• 16 – Shoji Suzuki, Japanese clarinetist (died 1995).
• 17 – Duke Pearson, American pianist and composer (died 1980).
• 29
  • Ed Bickert, Canadian guitarist.
  • Jerry Dodgion, American saxophonist and flautist.

September

• 2
  • Emil Richards, American vibraphonist percussionist.
  • Walter Davis Jr., American pianist (died 1990).
• 3 – Mickey Roker, American drummer (died 2017).
• 8 – Bobby Cole, American singer and pianist (died 1996).
• 11 – Ian Hamer, British trumpeter (died 2006).
• 13 – Bengt Hallberg, Swedish jazz pianist (died 2013).
• 19 – Lol Coxhill, English saxophonist (died 2012).

October

• 13 – Johnny Lytle, American drummer and vibraphonist (died 1995).
• 14 – Earl Gill, Irish trumpeter and bandleader (died 2014).

November

• 7 – Alvin Batiste, American clarinetist (died 2007).
• 10 – Paul Bley, American pianist (died 2016).
• 11 – Al Levitt, American drummer (died 1994).
• 26 – Kiane Zawadi, American trombone and euphonium player.
• 28
  • Ethel Ennis, American singer and pianist.
  • Gato Barbieri, Argentine saxophonist (died 2016).

December

• 2 – Gene Russell, American keyboardist (died 1981).
• 3
  • Bob Cranshaw, American bassist (died 2016).
  • Webster Young, American trumpeter and cornetist (died 2003).
• 9 – Donald Byrd, American trumpeter (died 2013).
• 17 – Sonny Red, American alto saxophonist (died 1981).
• 22 – Masayuki Takayanagi, Japanese guitarist (died 1991).

External links

• History Of Jazz Timeline: 1932 at All About Jazz