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The first jazz artist to be given some liberty in choosing his material was Louis Armstrong, whose band helped popularize many of the early standards in the 1920s and 1930s. [3] Some compositions written by jazz artists have endured as standards, including Fats Waller's "Honeysuckle Rose" and "Ain't Misbehavin'".
Marion Harris (born Mary Ellen Harrison; March 25, 1897 – April 23, 1944) was an American popular singer who was most successful in the late 1910s and the 1920s.She was the first widely-known white singer to sing jazz and blues songs.
“One can plausibly argue that the debate over jazz was just one of many that characterized American social discourse in the 1920s” (Ogren 3). In 1919, jazz was being described to white people as “a music originating about the turn of the twentieth century in New Orleans that featured wind instruments exploiting new timbres and performance techniques and improvisation” (Murchison 97).
The 1920s saw the emergence of many famous women musicians including African-American blues singer Bessie Smith (1894–1937), who inspired singers from later eras, including Billie Holiday (1915–1959) and Janis Joplin (1943–1970). [3] In the 1920s, women singing jazz music were not many, but women playing instruments in jazz music were ...
7 – Paul Weeden, American-born Norwegian jazz guitarist (died 2011) [3] 8 – Bobby Tucker, American pianist and arranger (died 2008). 11 – Osie Johnson, American drummer, arranger and singer (died 1966). 12 – Tito Alberti, Argentine drummer (died 2009). 20 – Nora Brockstedt, Norwegian singer (died 2015).
3 – Von Freeman, American tenor saxophonist (died 2012). 4 – Stan Hasselgård, Swedish clarinetist (died 1948). 5 – Jim Godbolt, English jazz historian and journalist (died 2013) 15 – Lorraine Gordon, American jazz music advocate, Village Vanguard jazz club (died 2018). [5] 29 – Neal Hefti, American trumpeter and composer (died 2008).
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Don Butterfield, classical and jazz tuba player (d. 2006) Tito Rodríguez, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter and television host (d. 1973) Flavio Testi, Italian composer and musicologist (d. 2014) January 5 – Sam Phillips, record producer (d. 2003) January 25 – Rusty Draper, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)