1910 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1910.

Events

 * Violinist, pianist, composer and conductor James Reese Europe founds the Clef Club, an association for Black musicians based in New York.

Births



 * January
 * 2 – Minoru Matsuya, Japanese pianist (died 1995).
 * 14 – Jimmy Crawford, American drummer (died 1980).
 * 17 – Sid Catlett, American drummer (died 1951).
 * 23 – Django Reinhardt, Belgian-born, Romani French jazz guitarist and composer (died 1953).
 * 27 – Charlie Holmes, American alto jazz saxophonist of the swing era (died 1985).


 * February
 * 21 – Al Sears, American tenor saxophonist and bandleader (died 1990).


 * March
 * 6 – Arthur Österwall, Swedish band leader, composer, vocalist, and upright bassist (died 1990).


 * April
 * 1 — Harry Carney, American saxophonist (died 1974).
 * 16 – Boyce Brown, American dixieland alto saxophonist (died 1959).
 * 28 – Everett Barksdale, American guitarist (died 1986).


 * May
 * 8 — Mary Lou Williams, American pianist, composer, and singer (died 1981).
 * 12 – Jack Jenney, American jazz trombonist (died 1945).
 * 23 – Artie Shaw, American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and actor (died 2004).
 * 25 – Pha Terrell, American singer (died 1945).
 * 28 – T-Bone Walker, American guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (died 1975).


 * June
 * 7 — Gene Porter American saxophonist and clarinetist (died 1993).
 * 13 – Eddie Beal, American pianist (died 1984).
 * 15 – Stan Wrightsman, American pianist (died 1975).
 * 18 – Ray McKinley, American drummer, singer, and bandleader (died 1995).
 * 23 – Milt Hinton, American double bassist, (died 2000).


 * July
 * 18 – Lou Busch, American pianist, arranger and composer, a.k.a. Joe "Fingers" Carr (died 1979).


 * August
 * 7 — Freddie Slack, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 1965).
 * 8 — Lucky Millinder, African-American bandleader (died 1966).


 * September
 * 12 – Shep Fields, American bandleader, clarinetist, and tenor saxophonist (died 1981).


 * October
 * 10 – Milt Larkin, American trumpeter and bandleader (died 1996).
 * 24 – Stella Brooks, American singer (died 2002).


 * November
 * 25 – Willie Smith, American saxophonist, clarinetist, and singer (died 1967).


 * December
 * 7 — Louis Prima, Italian-American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and trumpeter (died 1978).
 * 14 – Budd Johnson, American saxophonist and clarinetist (died 1984).
 * 17 — Sy Oliver, African-American arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader (died 1988).
 * 23 – Freddy Gardner, British saxophonist (died 1950).
 * 26 – Rupert Nurse, Trinidadian-British pianist, upright bassist, and saxophonist (died 2001).