1928 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1928.

Musicians born that year included Cannonball Adderley, Etta Jones and Fats Domino.

Events

 * By 1928, jazz was becoming popular in Germany and was being taught in Frankfurt.

Standards

 * In 1928 the standards "Basin Street Blues", "Sweet Lorraine" and "Mack the Knife" were published.

Deaths

 * June
 * 24 – Jimmy O'Bryant, American jazz clarinetist (born 1896).


 * August
 * 29 – Stump Evans, American jazz saxophonist (born 1904).

Births



 * January
 * 3 – Al Belletto, American saxophonist and clarinetist (died 2014).
 * 4 – Alan Littlejohn, British trumpeter (died 1996).
 * 11 – Cal Massey, American trumpeter (died 1972).
 * 12 – Ruth Brown, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 2006).
 * 14 – Joe Muranyi, Hungarian-American clarinetist (died 2012).
 * 15 – Werner Dies, German tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, guitarist, composer, and arranger (died 2003).
 * 23 – Dave Black, American drummer (died 2006).
 * 24 – Mick Mulligan, English trumpeter and bandleader (died 2006).
 * 26 – Dick Nash, American trombonist.
 * 29 – Beverly Kenney, American singer (died 1960).
 * 31 – Keshav Sathe, Indian tabla player (died 2012).


 * February
 * 6 – Nelson Boyd, American bassist (died 1985).
 * 11 – Conrad Janis, American trombonist and actor (died 2022).
 * 18 – Frank Butler, American drummer (died 1984).
 * 25 – Mike Hennessey, English music journalist and pianist (died 2017).
 * 26 – Fats Domino, American pianist and singer-songwriter (died 2017).


 * March
 * 5
 * Lou Levy, American pianist (died 2001).
 * Wilbur Little, African-American bassist (died 1987).
 * 9 – Keely Smith, American singer (died 2017).
 * 12
 * Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan pianist and composer (died 2007).
 * Paul Kuhn, German pianist, singer, and band leader (died 2013).
 * Willie Maiden, American saxophonist and arranger (died 1976).
 * 15 – Bob Wilber, American clarinetist and saxophonist (died 2019).
 * 31 – Archie Semple, Scottish clarinettist (died 1974).


 * April
 * 3 – Bill Potts, American pianist (died 2005).
 * 4 – Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros, Cuban trumpeter (died 2016).
 * 6 – Eddie Hubble, American trombonist (died 2016).
 * 8 – Derek Hogg, English drummer.
 * 9 – Monty Sunshine, English clarinettist (died 2010).
 * 10
 * Fraser MacPherson, Canadian saxophonist (died 1993).
 * Jerzy Matuszkiewicz, Polish saxophonist and composer (died 2021).
 * Marilyn Maye, American singer and actress.
 * 13 – Teddy Charles, American vibraphonist, pianist, and drummer (died 2012).
 * 14
 * Egil Monn-Iversen, composer and pianist (died 2017).
 * Norman Amadio, Canadian pianist and composer (died 2020).
 * 18 – Ken Colyer, English trumpeter and cornetist (died 1988).
 * 22 – Tommy Turrentine, American trumpeter (died 1997).
 * 23 – Mike Daniels, British trumpeter and bandleader (died 2016).
 * 24 – Johnny Griffin, American jazz saxophonist (heart attack) (died 2008).
 * 25 – Rick Henderson, American saxophonist (died 2004).
 * 26 – Herman Foster, American pianist (died 1999).
 * 29 – Errol Buddle, Australian bassoonist and saxophonist (died 2018).


 * May
 * 4
 * Lars Gullin, Swedish saxophonist (died 1976).
 * Maynard Ferguson, Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader (died 2006).
 * 15 – Joe Gordon, American trumpeter (died 1963).
 * 22 – Jackie Cain, American singer (died 2014).
 * 24 – Max Bennett, American bassist, L.A. Express, The Wrecking Crew (died 2018).
 * 26 – Jack Kevorkian, American musician and composer (died 2011).
 * 29 – Freddie Redd, American pianist and composer (died 2021).
 * 30 – Priscilla Bowman, American singer (died 1988).


 * June
 * 1 – Frank Parr, English trombonist and cricketer (died 2012).
 * 4 – Teddy Kotick, American bassist (died 1986).
 * 11 – Bob Gordon, American saxophonist (died 1955).
 * 12 – Vic Damone, American singer, songwriter, and actor (died 2018).
 * 20 – Eric Dolphy, American alto saxophonist, flutist, and bass clarinetist (died 1964).
 * 23 – Bob Badgley, American upright bassist (died 2012).
 * 26 – Don Lanphere, American saxophonist (died 2003).


 * July
 * 2 – Richard Wyands, American pianist, composer, and arranger (died 2019).
 * 4 – Ted Joans, American trumpeter and jazz poet (died 2003).
 * 13 – Leroy Vinnegar, American upright bassist (died 1999).
 * 15 – Joe Harriott, Jamaican saxophonist and composer (died 1973).
 * 17
 * Joe Morello, American drummer (died 2011).
 * Vince Guaraldi, American pianist (died 1976).
 * 18 – Carl Fontana, American trombonist (died 2003).
 * 20 – Peter Ind, British upright bassist and record producer (died 2021).
 * 22 – Keter Betts, American upright bassist (died 2005).
 * 29 – Konstantin Orbelyan, Armenian pianist, composer, and head of the State Estrada Orchestra of Armenia (died 2014).
 * 30 – Vernel Fournier, American drummer (died 2000).


 * August
 * 3 – Lyn Christie, Australian-born American-based bassist (died 2020).
 * 8 – Don Burrows, Australian clarinetist, saxophonist and flautist (died 2020).
 * 15 – Bobby Orr, Scottish drummer (died 2020).
 * 16 – Carl Perkins, American pianist (died 1958).
 * 21
 * Addison Farmer, American bassist (died 1963).
 * Art Farmer, American trumpeter (died 1999).
 * 23 – Gil Coggins, American pianist (died 2004).
 * 26 – Peter Appleyard, British–Canadian vibraphonist and percussionist (died 2016).
 * 28 – Kenny Drew, American pianist (died 1993).


 * September
 * 1 – Ed Summerlin, American composer, arranger, saxophonist, and music educator (died 2006).
 * 2 – Horace Silver, American pianist and composer (died 2014).
 * 5
 * Albert Mangelsdorff, German trombonist (died 2005).
 * Hal Stein, American saxophonist (died 2008).
 * 11 – Lorraine Geller, American pianist (died 1958).
 * 14 – Jay Cameron, American saxophonist (died 2001).
 * 15 – Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist (died 1975).
 * 20 – Vi Redd, American alto saxophonist and singer (died 2022).
 * 21 – William Russo, American trombonist, composer, and arranger (died 2003).
 * 23
 * Frank Foster, American saxophonist and flautist (died 2011).
 * Michel Gaudry, French upright bassist (died 2019).
 * 28 – Koko Taylor, American singer (died 2009).
 * 30 – Jon Eardley, American trumpeter (died 1991).


 * October
 * 10 – Junior Mance, American pianist and composer (died 2021).
 * 22 – Clare Fischer, American keyboardist (died 2012).
 * 28 – Ronaldo Bôscoli, Brazilian composer (died 1994).
 * 30 – Bobby Jones, American saxophonist (died 1980).


 * November
 * 2 – Herb Geller, American saxophonist (died 2013).
 * 4 – Larry Bunker, American drummer and vibraphonist (died 2005).
 * 11 – Ernestine Anderson, American singer (died 2016).
 * 12 – Audrey Morris, American singer and pianist (died 2018).
 * 13
 * Ernie Farrow, American pianist and multi-instrumentalist (died 1969).
 * Hampton Hawes, American pianist (died 1977).
 * 15 – Seldon Powell, American saxophonist and flautist (died 1997).
 * 17
 * Chuck Andrus, American upright bassist (died 1997).
 * John Sangster, Australian composer, arranger, drummer, cornettist, and vibraphonist (died 1995).
 * 18 – Sheila Jordan, American singer and songwriter.
 * 22 – John Brimhall, American pianist and musical arranger (died 2003).
 * 25 – Etta Jones, American singer (died 2001).


 * December
 * 4 – Frank Tiberi, American saxophonist.
 * 5 – Gene Allen, American jazz reedist (died 2008).
 * 6
 * Alan Abel, American percussionist (died 2020).
 * Frankie Dunlop, American drummer (died 2014).
 * 8 – Jimmy Smith, American Hammond organist (died 2005).
 * 18 – Harold Land, American saxophonist (died 2001)
 * 28 – Moe Koffman, Canadian saxophonist and flautist (died 2001).
 * 30 – Jack Montrose, American saxophonist (died 2006).
 * 31 – Jerry van Rooyen, Dutch trumpeter, conductor, and composer (died 2009).