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1934 in jazz

Jazz in 1934: 7 standards, 51 births and 3 deaths.

Standards written in 1934

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
Solitude Duke Ellington E♭ major AABA · 32 Ballad
Blue Moon Richard Rodgers E♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Don't Be That Way Edgar Sampson D♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Don't Fence Me In Cole Porter F major ABCD · 32 Medium swing
You And The Night And The Music Arthur Schwartz C minor BBAA · 32 Medium-up swing
P.S. I Love You Gordon Jenkins E♭ major AABA · 32 Ballad
Troubled Waters Arthur Johnston F major AABA · 32 Medium swing

Died in 1934

Russ Columbo 1908–1934 · American singer, violinist, and actor (1908–1934) Alcide Nunez 1884–1934 · Early jazz clarinetist (1884–1934) Charley Patton 1891–1934 · American Delta blues musician (1891–1934)

Born in 1934

Dave Grusin 1934 · American composer, arranger, producer, and pianist Abdullah Ibrahim 1934–2026 · South African pianist and composer (1934–2026) Cedar Walton 1934–2013 · American jazz pianist (1934–2013) Steve Lacy 1934–2004 · American jazz musician (1934–2004) Stanley Turrentine 1934–2000 · American jazz saxophonist and record producer (1934–2000) Shirley Horn 1934–2005 · American singer (1934–2005) Curtis Fuller 1934–2021 · American jazz musician (1932–2021) Eddie Harris 1934–1996 · American jazz musician (1934–1996) Ellis Marsalis Jr. 1934–2020 · American jazz pianist and educator (1934–2020) King Curtis 1934–1971 · American saxophonist (1934–1971) Shirley Scott 1934–2002 · American jazz organist (1934–2002) Barre Phillips 1934–2024 · American bassist (1934–2024) João Donato 1934–2023 · Brazilian musician (1934–2023) Georg Riedel 1934–2024 · Czech-Swedish jazz musician; double bass player and composer Hank Crawford 1934–2009 · American saxophonist (1934-2009) Oliver Jones 1934–2026 · Canadian musician Victor Feldman 1934–1987 · English recording artist; jazz musician, vibraphonist… Don Ellis 1934–1978 · American jazz musician (1934-1978) Willie Bobo 1934–1983 · American jazz percussionist (1934–1983) Jimmy Garrison 1934–1976 · American double bassist (1934-1976) Vinko Globokar 1934 · Slovenian musician Junior Cook 1934–1992 · American saxophonist (1934-1992) Houston Person 1934 · American jazz saxophonist (born 1934) George Garanian 1934–2010 · Soviet and Russian musician, composer (1934—2010) Art Davis 1934–2007 · American double-bassist Dick Heckstall-Smith 1934–2004 · English jazz and blues saxophonist (1934-2004) Connie Jones 1934–2019 · American musician (1934–2019) Sylvia Telles 1934–1966 · Brazilian singer (1934–1966) Doug Watkins 1934–1962 · American jazz double bassist (1934-1962) René Urtreger 1934–2026 · French musician Jan Allan 1934 · Swedish trumpeter and composer Victor Gaskin 1934–2012 · American bassist (1934-2012) Ivan Jullien 1934–2015 · French music arranger and jazz musician (1934–2015) Pim Jacobs 1934–1996 · Dutch musician (1934-1996) James Crawford 1934–2012 · New Orleans R&B musician (1934-2012) Tony Coe 1934–2023 · British jazz musician (saxophones, clarinet, flute) and… Bill Chase 1934–1974 · American jazz trumpeter (1934–1974) Raul de Souza 1934–2021 · Brazilian musician (1934-2021) Eva Olmerová 1934–1993 · Czech singer Egil Johansen 1934–1998 · Norwegian-Swedish musician (1934-1998) Bernard Vitet 1934–2013 · French trumpeter (1934-2013) Cees See 1934–1985 · Dutch jazz drummer (1934–1985) Bobby Bradford 1934 · American musician Teri Thornton 1934–2000 · American jazz singer (1934–2000) Ib Glindemann 1934–2019 · Danish musician (1934–2019) Warren Smith 1934 · American musician Rahn Burton 1934–2013 · American jazz pianist (1934–2013) Bao Vang 1934–2016 · Vietnamese prince Bobby Bryant 1934–1998 · American trumpeter (1934-1998) Ray Mantilla 1934–2020 · American jazz drummer (1934–2020) Ben Dixon 1934–2018 · American drummer