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

List of years 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.

Standards

See also: List of 1940s jazz 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

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.