1939 in jazz information

documenting events of Jazz in the year 1939. The earliest formal books on jazz begin to appear, including Wilder Hobson's American Jazz Music and Frederick...

1939 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1939. 1939 (MCMXXXIX)...

electrical engineer and computer pioneer John Eckert (musician) (born 1939), American jazz trumpeter John Ecker (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists...

Records is an American jazz record label owned by Universal Music Group and operated under Capitol Music Group. Established in 1939 by German-Jewish emigrants...

The Jazz Age was a period in the 1920s and 1930s in which jazz music and dance styles gained worldwide popularity. The Jazz Age's cultural repercussions...

Jazz standards are musical compositions that are an important part of the musical repertoire of jazz musicians, in that they are widely known, performed...

notable events in music that took place in the year 1939. 1939 in British music 1939 in Norwegian music 1939 in country music 1939 in jazz January 4 – New...

Webb (February 10, 1905 – June 16, 1939) was an American jazz and swing music drummer and band leader. Webb was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to William H...

with this surname include: Claudio Fasoli (born 1939), Italian jazz-saxophonist and composer of modern jazz Ermanno Fasoli (born 1943), Italian boxer Michele...

(sailor) (1933–2016), American sailor Bob James (musician) (born 1939), American jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer Bob James (baseball) (born 1958)...

"In the Mood" is a popular big band-era jazz standard recorded by American bandleader Glenn Miller. "In the Mood" is based on the composition "Tar Paper...

composer who was described as "the father of South African jazz". Masekela was known for his jazz compositions and for writing well-known anti-apartheid songs...

Swing jazz emerged as a dominant form in American music, in which some virtuoso soloists became as famous as the band leaders. Key figures in developing...

Jazz drummers play percussion (predominantly the drum set) in jazz, jazz fusion, and other jazz subgenres such as latin jazz. The techniques and instrumentation...

"Lester Leaps In" is a jazz standard originally recorded by Count Basie's Kansas City Seven in 1939. The composition, credited to the group's tenor saxophone...

(1869–1937), US businessman and artist Jimmy Hopps (born 1939), US jazz drummer John Hopps (physicist) (1939-2004), US physicist and politician John Alexander...

American swing and jazz guitarist. He was among the first electric guitarists and was a key figure in the development of bebop and cool jazz. He gained national...

Jazz standards are musical compositions that are widely known, performed and recorded by jazz artists as part of the genre's musical repertoire. This...

singer-songwriter Joe Robichaux (1900–1965), American jazz artist; nephew of John John Robichaux (1866–1939), American jazz artist; uncle of Joe Mary Robichaux, U.S...

Bebop or bop is a style of jazz developed in the early to mid-1940s in the United States. The style features compositions characterized by a fast tempo...

surname include: Heikki Sarmanto (born 1939), Finnish jazz musician and composer Pekka Sarmanto (born 1945), Finnish jazz musician This page lists people with...

Morris; November 13, 1939 – July 29, 2014) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He had an extensive career performing jazz, funk, R&B, and soul...

4, 1939) was an American jazz trumpeter. Hugues Panassié – an influential French critic, jazz historian, and renowned exponent of New Orleans jazz – rated...

of jazz bassists includes performers of the double bass and since the 1950s, and particularly in the jazz subgenre of jazz fusion which developed in the...

(March 14, 1939 – December 12, 2000) was an American jazz and blues saxophonist and singer who made her fame in Amsterdam. King was born in Macon, Georgia...

Jazz saxophonists are musicians who play various types of saxophones (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone etc.) in jazz and its associated...

Coleman Hawkins's 1939 recording. It is the most recorded jazz standard of all time. In the 1930s, swing jazz emerged as a dominant form in American music...