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1943 in jazz

Jazz in 1943: 8 standards, 61 births and 9 deaths.

Standards written in 1943

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
Stormy Weather Harold Arlen G major AABA · 32 Ballad
Speak Low Kurt Weill F major AAB · 46 Medium swing
Come Sunday Duke Ellington B♭ major AABA · 32 Ballad
Star Eyes Gene DePaul E♭ major AABA · 36 Medium swing
My Shining Hour Harold Arlen C major AB · 32 Medium swing
Cabin in the Sky Vernon Duke G major AABCA · 32 Medium swing
Let's Get Lost Jimmy McHugh C major ABB · 24 Medium swing
Manoir De Mes Rêves (Django's Castle) Django Reinhardt E♭ major AA · 32 Medium swing

Died in 1943

Fats Waller 1904–1943 · American jazz pianist and composer (1904–1943) Ben Bernie 1891–1943 · American jazz violinist, bandleader, radio personality… Leon Roppolo 1902–1943 · American musician (1902–1943) Trixie Smith 1900–1943 · African American blues singer, recording artist… Vaughn De Leath 1894–1943 · American jazz singer (1894–1943) Szymon Kataszek 1898–1943 · Polish composer and pianist Tamara Drasin 1905–1943 · American actress (1905-1943) Armand J. Piron 1888–1943 · American musician (1888–1943) Artur Gold 1897–1943 · violinist and composer (1897–1943)

Born in 1943

Joni Mitchell 1943 · Canadian musician George Benson 1943 · American guitarist and singer (born 1943) Jack Bruce 1943–2014 · British musician (1943–2014) Gary Burton 1943 · American vibraphonist Larry Coryell 1943–2017 · American guitarist (1943–2017) Grover Washington Jr. 1943–1999 · American jazz saxophonist (1943–1999) Kenny Barron 1943 · American jazz pianist Maceo Parker 1943 · American saxophonist and composer Michał Urbaniak 1943–2025 · Polish jazz musician (1943–2025) Mulatu Astatke 1943 · Ethiopian musician Gavin Bryars 1943 · English composer and double bassist Marcos Valle 1943 · Brazilian musician and singer Judith Durham 1943–2022 · Australian singer and musician (1943–2022) Edu Lobo 1943 · Brazilian singer Urszula Dudziak 1943 · Polish singer Georgie Fame 1943 · English rhythm and blues and jazz singer and keyboard player Eumir Deodato 1943 · Brazilian pianist, composer, arranger and producer Michael Mantler 1943 · Austrian jazz trumpeter and composer Al Foster 1943–2025 · American musician Fred Wesley 1943 · American jazz trombonist Harry Manfredini 1943 · American composer Mike Ratledge 1943–2025 · British musician Napoleon Murphy Brock 1943 · American singer, saxophonist and flautist Gary Burghoff 1943 · American actor Didier Malherbe 1943 · French saxophonist Leny Andrade 1943–2023 · Brazilian singer and musician Jon Christensen 1943–2020 · Norwegian jazz musician (1943–2020) Felix Slováček 1943 · Czech clarinettist and saxophonist Pino Presti 1943 · Italian conductor, arranger, bassist, composer and record… Alan Rubin 1943–2011 · Jazz trumpeter, Blues Brothers member (1943–2011) Ben Sidran 1943 · American pianist and vocalist Günter Sommer 1943 · German jazz drummer and percussionist, composer and music… Barry Altschul 1943 · American drummer Dick Halligan 1943–2022 · American musician and composer (1943–2022) Howard Riley 1943–2025 · British musician (1943–2025) Béla Szakcsi Lakatos 1943–2022 · Hungarian jazz pianist, composer (1943–2022) Fritz Pauer 1943–2012 · Austrian composer and pianist (1943–2012) Peter Lipa 1943 · Slovak composer, manager, presenter and singer Jiggs Whigham 1943 · American jazz trombonist Volker Kriegel 1943–2003 · German musician (1943–2003) Cesar Camargo Mariano 1943 · Brazilian singer, pianist, arranger, composer and music… Noah Howard 1943–2010 · American musician (1943–2010) Sven-Åke Johansson 1943–2025 · Swedish musician (1943–2025) Jimmy Owens 1943 · American jazz trumpeter, composer, lecturer, and educator František Ringo Čech 1943 · Czech drummer, actor, painter, scriptwriter, writer… Erling Kroner 1943–2011 · Danish musician (1943–2011) Richard Hewson 1943 · English record producer, arranger, conductor and… Brian Hopper 1943 · British saxophonist Laurie Allan 1943 · English drummer Richard Tee 1943–1993 · American musician (1943–1993) Pete Cosey 1943–2012 · American guitarist (1943–2012) Steve Potts 1943 · American musician Radu Malfatti 1943 · Austrian trombone player and composer Billy Harper 1943 · American musician Rashid Bakr 1943 · American free jazz drummer Howard Wales 1943–2020 · American keyboardist (1943–2020) Winston Mankunku Ngozi 1943–2009 · South African musician (1943–2009) Marek Tomaszewski 1943 · Polish pianist Claudio Mattone 1943 · Italian composer, lyricist and publisher Wacław Kisielewski 1943–1986 · Polish musician (1943–1986) Phil Lee 1943–2024 · British guitarist