1932 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1932.

Events

 * February
 * 2 – The Duke Ellington Orchestra released the album Moon Over Dixie on the label Brunswick Records.

Deaths

 * March
 * 1 – Frank Teschemacher, American jazz clarinetist and alto-saxophonist (born 1906).


 * May
 * 20 – James "Bubber" Miley, trumpeter and cornet player, specializing in the use of the plunger mute (born 1903).


 * Unknown date
 * Virginia Liston, American classic female blues and jazz singer (born 1890).

Births



 * January
 * 1 – Jack Reilly, American pianist (died 2018).
 * 6 – John Burch, English pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 2006).
 * 8 – Dick Charlesworth, English clarinettist and saxophonist (died 2008).
 * 11 – János Gonda, Hungarian pianist (died 2021).
 * 12 – Hadley Caliman, American saxophone and flute player (died 2010).
 * 14 – Grady Tate, American drummer and singer (died 2017).
 * 18 – Irene Kral, American singer (died 1978).
 * 22 – Teddy Smith, American upright bassist (died 1979).
 * 31 – Ottilie Patterson, Northern Irish singer (died 2011).


 * February
 * 10
 * Roland Hanna, American jazz pianist, composer and teacher (died 2002).
 * Walter Perkins, American drummer (died 2004).
 * 21 – Eddie Higgins, American pianist and composer (died 2009).
 * 22 – Whitey Mitchell, American bassist (died 2009).
 * 24 – Michel Legrand, French composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist (died 2019).
 * 25 – Åke Persson, Swedish trombonist (died 1975).
 * 28 – Don Francks, Canadian actor and musician (died 2016).


 * March
 * 4 – Miriam Makeba, South African singer (died 2008).
 * 9 – Keely Smith, American singer (died 2017).
 * 10 – Shelley Moore, English-born American singer (died 2016).
 * 11
 * Atle Hammer, Norwegian trumpeter (died 2017).
 * Leroy Jenkins, American composer and violinist (died 2007).
 * 14 – Mark Murphy, American singer (died 2015).
 * 21 – Masaru Imada, Japanese pianist and composer.
 * 22 – Leo Welch, American guitarist, singer, and songwriter (died 2017).
 * 23 – Al Aarons, American trumpeter (died 2015).
 * 24 – Dave MacKay, American pianist and singer (died 2020).


 * April
 * 7 – Rauno Lehtinen, Finnish conductor and composer (died 2006).
 * 21 – Slide Hampton, American trombonist, composer and arranger (died 2021).
 * 25 – Willis Jackson, American tenor saxophonist (died 1987).
 * 29 – Andy Simpkins, American bassist (died 1999).


 * May
 * 8 – Robin Douglas-Home, Scottish pianist and author (died 1968).
 * 12 – Walter Wanderley, American organist andpianist (died 1986).
 * 13 – Harold Rubin, South African-Israeli visual artist and clarinettist (died 2020).
 * 15 – John Barnes, English saxophonist and clarinetist.
 * 17 – David Izenzon, American upright bassist (died 1979).
 * 20 – Bob Florence, American arranger and pianist (died 2008).
 * 23 – Les Spann, American guitarist and flautist (died 1989).
 * 29 – Alan Shorter, American trumpeter and flugelhornist (died 1988).
 * 31 – Ed Lincoln, Brazilian musician and composer (died 2012).


 * June
 * 2 – Akitoshi Igarashi, Japanese saxophonist.
 * 4 – Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist and clarinetist (died 1975).
 * 5 – Pete Jolly, American pianist and accordionist (died 2004).
 * 7 – Tina Brooks, American tenor saxophonist and composer (died 1974).
 * 14 – Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, American composer (died 2004).
 * 21
 * Jamil Nasser, American bassist and tubist (died 2010).
 * Lalo Schifrin, Argentine pianist, composer, arranger and conductor.


 * July
 * 6 – Don Wilkerson, American tenor saxophonist (died 1986).
 * 7 – Joe Zawinul, Austrian-American keyboardist and composer (died 2007).
 * 16 – John Chilton, British trumpeter and jazz writer (died 2016).


 * August
 * 6 – Dorothy Ashby, American harpist and composer (died 1986).
 * 16 – Shoji Suzuki, Japanese clarinetist (died 1995).
 * 17 – Duke Pearson, American pianist and composer (died 1980).
 * 29
 * Ed Bickert, Canadian guitarist (died 2019).
 * Jerry Dodgion, American saxophonist and flautist (died 2023).


 * September
 * 2
 * Emil Richards, American vibraphonist percussionist (died 2019).
 * Walter Davis Jr., American pianist (died 1990).
 * 3 – Mickey Roker, American drummer (died 2017).
 * 8 – Bobby Cole, American singer and pianist (died 1996).
 * 11 – Ian Hamer, British trumpeter (died 2006).
 * 13 – Bengt Hallberg, Swedish jazz pianist (died 2013).
 * 19 – Lol Coxhill, English saxophonist (died 2012).


 * October
 * 13 – Johnny Lytle, American drummer and vibraphonist (died 1995).
 * 14 – Earl Gill, Irish trumpeter and bandleader (died 2014).
 * 16 – Ben Aronov, American pianist (died 2015).


 * November
 * 7 – Alvin Batiste, American clarinetist (died 2007).
 * 10 – Paul Bley, American pianist (died 2016).
 * 11 – Al Levitt, American drummer (died 1994).
 * 26 – Kiane Zawadi, American trombone and euphonium player.
 * 28
 * Ethel Ennis, American singer and pianist (died 2019).
 * Gato Barbieri, Argentine saxophonist (died 2016).


 * December
 * 2 – Gene Russell, American keyboardist (died 1981).
 * 3
 * Bob Cranshaw, American bassist (died 2016).
 * Webster Young, American trumpeter and cornetist (died 2003).
 * 9 – Donald Byrd, American trumpeter (died 2013).
 * 15 – Curtis Fuller, American trombonist (died 2021).
 * 17 – Sonny Red, American alto saxophonist (died 1981).
 * 22 – Masayuki Takayanagi, Japanese guitarist (died 1991).