1920 in jazz

Charlie Parker 1920–1955 · American jazz saxophonist (1920–1955) Dave Brubeck 1920–2012 · American jazz pianist and composer (1920–2012) Boris Vian 1920–1959 · French writer and musician (1920–1959) Peggy Lee 1920–2002 · American singer (1920–2002) Clark Terry 1920–2015 · American swing and bebop trumpeter (1920–2015) Carmen McRae 1920–1994 · American jazz musician and actress (1922-1994) Yusef Lateef 1920–2013 · American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator… John Lewis 1920–2001 · American jazz pianist, composer and arranger (1920–2001) Shelly Manne 1920–1984 · American jazz drummer (1920–1984) Helmut Zacharias 1920–2002 · German violinist (1920–2002) Elizete Cardoso 1920–1990 · Brazilian singer (1920–1990) Hazel Scott 1920–1981 · American musician (1920-1981) Paul Gonsalves 1920–1974 · American jazz tenor saxophonist (1920–1974) Art Van Damme 1920–2010 · American musician (1920–2010) Helen O'Connell 1920–1993 · American actress and singer (1920–1993) JF Jimmy Forrest 1920–1980 · African American jazz musician (1920-1980) JR Jerome Richardson 1920–2000 · American jazz multi-instrumentalist Kurt Edelhagen 1920–1982 · German musician (1920-1982) Charlie Shavers 1920–1971 · jazz trumpeter (1920–1971) Kay Davis 1920–2012 · Jazz singer (1920–2012) Betty Roché 1920–1999 · American blues singer (1920–1999) Ernie Wilkins 1920–1999 · American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger Henri Crolla 1920–1960 · French musician (1920-1960) Bill Barber 1920–2007 · American musician AD Alan Davie 1920–2014 · British artist (1920-2014) Harry Arnold 1920–1971 · Swedish jazz saxophonist and bandleader (1920–1971) WM Wendell Marshall 1920–2002 · American jazz musician; double bassist (1920–2002) George Duvivier 1920–1985 · American musician (1920–1985) Hubert Giraud 1920–2016 · French composer, lyricist (1920–2016) Kenneth C. Burns 1920–1989 · American musician (1920–1989) Abe Most 1920–2002 · American jazz musician (1920-2002) LG Leonard Gaskin 1920–2009 · American jazz bassist (1920–2009) LM Lucia Mannucci 1920–2012 · Italian singer (1920-2012) HH Herbie Harper 1920–2012 · American musician (1920-2012) Alfred "Chico" Alvarez 1920–1992 · Canadian jazz trumpeter (1920–1992) Don Lamond 1920–2003 · American musician (1920–2003) Claude Abadie 1920–2020 · French clarinetist (1920–2020) HO Hall Overton 1920–1972 · musician, composer, music teacher (1920–1972) RL Ray Linn 1920–1996 · American musician (1920–1996) George Handy 1920–1997 · American musician (1920-1997) MH Margie Hyams 1920–2012 · American jazz vibraphonist (1920-2012) BW Britt Woodman 1920–2000 · American jazz trombonist (1920-2000) BE Bob Enevoldsen 1920–2005 · American musician (1920–2005) RA Ray Abrams 1920–1992 · Jazz tenor saxophonist (1920–1992) Bill Pitman 1920–2022 · American guitarist GF Gil Fuller 1920–1994 · American jazz arranger/composer and bandleader (1920–1994) BB Bea Booze 1920–1986 · American musician (1920–1986) GV Géo Voumard 1920–2008 · Swiss musician (1920–2008)