Skip to content

1934 in jazz

Jazz in 1934: 1 album, 7 standards, 52 births and 3 deaths.

Albums released in 1934

Музыка Из Кинофильма «Небесный Тихоход» 1934

Standards written in 1934

Title	Composer	Key	Form	Groove
Solitude	Duke Ellington	E♭ major	AABA · 32	Ballad
Blue Moon	Richard Rodgers	E♭ major	AABA · 32	Medium swing
You And The Night And The Music	Arthur Schwartz	C minor	BBAA · 32	Medium-up swing
Don't Be That Way	Edgar Sampson	D♭ major	AABA · 32	Medium swing
P.S. I Love You	Gordon Jenkins	E♭ major	AABA · 32	Ballad
Don't Fence Me In	Cole Porter	F major	ABCD · 32	Medium swing
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) Shirley Scott 1934–2002 · American jazz organist (1934–2002)

Ellis Marsalis Jr. 1934–2020 · American jazz pianist and educator (1934–2020)

King Curtis 1934–1971 · American saxophonist (1934–1971)

Barre Phillips 1934–2024 · American bassist (1934–2024)

João Donato 1934–2023 · Brazilian musician (1934–2023)

Houston Person 1934 · American jazz saxophonist (born 1934)

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

Dick Heckstall-Smith 1934–2004 · English jazz and blues saxophonist (1934-2004)

Junior Cook 1934–1992 · American saxophonist (1934-1992) Tony Coe 1934–2023 · British jazz musician (saxophones, clarinet, flute) and… George Garanian 1934–2010 · Soviet and Russian musician, composer (1934—2010)

René Urtreger 1934–2026 · French musician Art Davis 1934–2007 · American double-bassist

Sylvia Telles 1934–1966 · Brazilian singer (1934–1966)

Connie Jones 1934–2019 · American musician (1934–2019)

Bobby Bradford 1934 · American musician

Pim Jacobs 1934–1996 · Dutch musician (1934-1996)

Raul de Souza 1934–2021 · Brazilian musician (1934-2021) Jan Allan 1934 · Swedish trumpeter and composer Doug Watkins 1934–1962 · American jazz double bassist (1934-1962)

Victor Gaskin 1934–2012 · American bassist (1934-2012)

Ivan Jullien 1934–2015 · French music arranger and jazz musician (1934–2015)

James Crawford 1934–2012 · New Orleans R&B musician (1934-2012)

Eva Olmerová 1934–1993 · Czech singer

Bernard Vitet 1934–2013 · French trumpeter (1934-2013) Bill Chase 1934–1974 · American jazz trumpeter (1934–1974)

Warren Smith 1934 · American musician

Egil Johansen 1934–1998 · Norwegian-Swedish musician (1934-1998) Teri Thornton 1934–2000 · American jazz singer (1934–2000)

Cees See 1934–1985 · Dutch jazz drummer (1934–1985) Ib Glindemann 1934–2019 · Danish musician (1934–2019)

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 Warren Chiasson 1934 · Canadian vibraphonist