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1912 in jazz

Jazz in 1912: 1 standard and 23 births.

Standards written in 1912

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
My Melancholy Baby Burnett-Norton B♭ major ABAC · 32 Medium swing

Born in 1912

Gene Kelly 1912–1996 · American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer… Perry Como 1912–2001 · American singer, actor, television personality (1912-2001) Gil Evans 1912–1988 · American composer, arranger, bandleader, and pianist… Teddy Wilson 1912–1986 · American jazz pianist (1912–1986) Buddy Tate 1912–2001 · American jazz musician (1913–2001) Machito 1912–1984 · American-Cuban Latin jazz musician (1912-1984) Don Byas 1912–1972 · American jazz saxophonist (1912–1972) Les Brown 1912–2001 · American bandleader (1912–2001) Trummy Young 1912–1984 · American jazz trombonist (1912–1984) Léo Marjane 1912–2016 · French jazz singer and actor (1912-2016) Tyree Glenn 1912–1974 · American recording artist; trombonist (1912–1974) Viola Smith 1912–2020 · American musician (1912-2020) John Levy 1912–2012 · American musician (1912-2012) Nellie Lutcher 1912–2007 · American singer (1912–2007) Joseph Reinhardt 1912–1982 · Belgian musician and banjoist (1912-1982) Gunnar Sønstevold 1912–1991 · Norwegian composer (1912-1991) Irving Fazola 1912–1949 · American musician (1912–1949) Natalino Otto 1912–1969 · Italian singer (1912–1969) Kenyon Hopkins 1912–1983 · American composer who composed many film scores in a jazz… Will Bradley 1912–1989 · American trombonist (1912–1989) Jiří Traxler 1912–2011 · Czech composer and lyricist (1912–2011) Dave Barbour 1912–1965 · American jazz guitarist (1912–1965) Red Richards 1912–1998 · American musician (1912–1998)