1936 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1936

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Events

 * The Duke Ellington Band makes the classical recording of Caravan.

Deaths

 * June
 * 27 – Mike Bernard, ragtime pianist (born 1875).


 * August
 * 5 – Mitja Nikisch, German pianist and band leader (born 1899).


 * Unknown date
 * Sam Morgan, New Orleans jazz trumpet player and bandleader (born 1895).

Births

 * January
 * 1 – Sonny Greenwich, Canadian guitarist.
 * 3 – Joe Haider, German pianist.
 * 7 – Eldee Young, American upright bass and cello player (died 2007).
 * 19 – Hod O'Brien, American pianist (died 2016).
 * 20 – Erwin Helfer, American pianist.
 * 21 – Snooks Eaglin, American guitarist and singer (died 2009).
 * 24 – Bobby Wellins, Scottish tenor saxophonist (died 2016).
 * 31 – Garnett Brown, American trombonist (died 2021).


 * February
 * 4 – Claude Nobs, Swiss founder and general manager of the Montreux Jazz Festival (died 2013).
 * 5 – June Tyson, American singer (died 1992).
 * 13 – Takashi Furuya, Japanese saxophonist and vocalist (died 2020).
 * 26 – Colin Purbrook, English pianist, upright bassist, and trumpeter (died 1999).


 * March
 * 2 – Buell Neidlinger, American upright bassist and cellist (died 2018).
 * 4 – Eric Allandale, Dominican-English trombonist, songwriter, and bandleader (died 2001).
 * 8 – Gábor Szabó, Hungarian guitarist (died 1982).
 * 19 – Amancio D'Silva, Indian guitarist and composer (died 1996).
 * 20 – Harold Mabern, American pianist and composer (died 2019).
 * 21
 * Brian Dee, British pianist.
 * Mike Westbrook, English pianist and composer.
 * 24 – Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, American tenor saxophonist (died 2013).
 * 25 – Larry Gales, American upright bassist (died 1996).
 * 27 – Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, Polish saxophonist, composer, and arranger.


 * April
 * 3
 * Harold Vick, American saxophonist and flautist (died 1987).
 * Jimmy McGriff, American organist (died 2008).
 * Luiz Eça, Brazilian pianist (died 1992).
 * Scott LaFaro, American upright bassist (died 1961).
 * 6 – Manfred Schoof, German trumpeter.
 * 13 – Stan Robinson, English tenor saxophonist (died 2017).
 * 20
 * Beaver Harris, American drummer (died 1991).
 * Billy James, American drummer (died 2009).
 * 22 – Don Menza, American saxophonist, arranger, and composer.
 * '28 – John Tchicai, Danish saxophonist (died 2012).


 * May
 * 11 – Carla Bley, American composer, pianist, organist and bandleader (died 2023).
 * 12 – Klaus Doldinger, German saxophonist.
 * 13 – Manfredo Fest, Brazilian pianist and keyboardist (died 1999).
 * 14 – Bobby Darin, American singer (died 1973).
 * 20 – Rufus Harley, American saxophonist (died 2006).
 * 26 – Charles Turner, American trumpeter (died 2006).


 * June
 * 4 – Alan Branscombe, English pianist, vibraphonist, and alto saxophonist (died 1986).
 * 6 – Maysa Matarazzo, Brazilian singer (died 1977).
 * 12 – Marcus Belgrave, American trumpet player (died 2015).
 * 14 – Wilson das Neves, Brazilian bossa nova singer and percussionist (died 2017).
 * 15 – Jan Byrczek, Polish upright bassist, jazz critic, and jazz magazine editor (died 2019).
 * 16 – Lin Halliday, American saxophonist (died 2000).
 * 22 – Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian flautist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist.
 * 30 – Dave Van Ronk, American singer (died 2002).


 * July
 * 3 – Corky Hale, American harpist, pianist, flautist, and singer.
 * 5 – Tommy LiPuma, American music producer (died 2017).
 * 6 – Chris White, American upright bassist (died 2014).
 * 13 – Albert Ayler, American saxophonist, singer and composer (died 1970).
 * 17 – Nick Brignola, American baritone saxophonist (died 2002).
 * 19 – Carmell Jones, American trumpet player (died 1996).
 * 22 – Don Patterson, American organist (died 1988).
 * 28 – Jim Galloway, Scottish clarinetist and saxophonist (died 2014).


 * August
 * 3 – Jack Wilson, American pianist and composer (died 2007).
 * 6 – Joe Diorio, American guitarist (died 2022).
 * 10 – Chuck Israels, American composer, arranger, and upright bassist.
 * 22 – Lex Humphries, American drummer (died 1994).


 * September
 * 6 – Clifford Thornton, American trumpeter and trombonist (died 1989).
 * 17 – Rolv Wesenlund, Norwegian comedian, singer, clarinetist, and saxophonist (died 2013).
 * 21 – Sunny Murray, American drummer (died 2017).
 * 27 – Lars Erstrand, Swedish vibraphonist (died 2009).
 * 28 – Emmett Chapman, American guitar and Chapman Stick player (died 2021).


 * October
 * 7 – Sonny Bravo, Afro-Cuban pianist.
 * 11 – Billy Higgins, American drummer (died 2001).
 * 12 – Melvin Rhyne, American organist (died 2013).
 * 13
 * Shirley Bunnie Foy, American singer, songwriter, and percussionist (died 2016).
 * Tom Vaughn, American pianist (died 2011).
 * 17 – Sathima Bea Benjamin, South African vocalist (died 2013).
 * 18 – J. C. Moses, American drummer (died 1977).
 * 25 – Alfredo Rodríguez, Cuban pianist (died 2005).


 * November
 * 18 – Don Cherry, American trumpeter (died 1995).
 * 28 – Roy McCurdy, American drummer.


 * December
 * 6 – Bill Ashton, British saxophonist and composer.
 * 7
 * Arthur Jenkins, American keyboardist and percussionist (died 2009).
 * Sonny Phillips, American keyboardist.
 * 10
 * John Boudreaux, American drummer (died 2017).
 * Martha Mier, American pianist, piano teacher, and composer.
 * 15 – Eddie Palmieri, Puerto Rican-American pianist and bandleader.
 * 17 – Tommy Banks, Canadian pianist (died 2018).
 * 23 – Muhammad Ali, American drummer.
 * 24 – Chris McGregor, South African pianist, bandleader and composer (died 1990).
 * 27 – Mike Barone, American trombonist and big band leader.


 * Unknown date
 * Byrdie Green, American singer (died 2008).
 * Cynthia Crane, American singer.
 * Salah Ragab, Egyptian drummer and called the founder Egyptian jazz (died 2008).