1906 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 1906.

Events

 * Duke Ellington starts playing the piano at the age of seven.

Births

 * January
 * 4 – Frankie Newton, American trumpeter (died 1954).
 * 6 – Bobby Stark, American trumpeter (died 1945).


 * March
 * 3 – Barney Bigard, American clarinetist (died 1980).
 * 13 – Frank Teschemacher, American clarinetist and alt saxophonist (died 1932).
 * 27 – Pee Wee Russell, American clarinet and saxophones (died 1969).


 * April
 * 3
 * Billy Taylor, American upright bassist (died 1986).
 * Fats Pichon, American pianist, singer, bandleader, and songwriter (died 1967).
 * 10
 * Fud Livingston, American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, arranger, and composer (died 1957).
 * Kai Ewans, Danish reedist (died 1988).
 * 18 – Little Brother Montgomery, American pianist and singer (died 1985).
 * 22 – Alex Hill, American pianist (died 1937).
 * 29 – Ward Pinkett, American trumpeter (died 1937).
 * 30 – Hayes Pillars, American tenor saxophonist and bandleader (died 1992).


 * May
 * 7 – Edward Inge, American arranger and reedist (died 1988).


 * June
 * 7 – Glen Gray, American saxophonist and band leader, Casa Loma Orchestra (died 1963).
 * 13 – Edwin Swayze, American trumpeter and composer (died 1935).
 * 18 – Ray Bauduc, American drummer (died 1988).


 * July
 * 9 – Joe Darensbourg, American clarinetist and saxophonist (died 1985).
 * 25 – Johnny Hodges, American alto saxophonist (died 1970).


 * August
 * 10 – Robert De Kers, Belgian trumpeter and bandleader (died 1987).
 * 19 – Eddie Durham, American guitarist, trombonist, composer, and arranger (died 1987).


 * September
 * 23 – Sterling Bose, American trumpeter and cornetist (died 1958).
 * 25 – Jaroslav Ježek, Czechoslovakian composer, pianist, and conductor (died 1942).


 * October
 * 10 – Leo Mathisen, Danish pianist, composer, arranger, singer, and bandleader (died 1969).
 * 15 – Victoria Spivey, American singer and songwriter (died 1976).


 * November
 * 9 – Pete Brown, American alto saxophonist and bandleader (died 1963).
 * 22 – Guy Kelly, American trumpeter (died 1940).


 * December
 * 6 – Fulton McGrath, American pianist and songwriter (died 1958).
 * 28 – René Compère, Belgian trumpeter (died 1969).


 * Unknown date
 * Cuba Austin, American drummer (died 1961).
 * Leon "Pee Wee" Whittaker, American Trombonist (died 1993).