This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1914.
Events Pianist W.C. Handy composed the St. Louis Blues.
Standards
Births
January 9 – Kenny Clarke, American drummer and bandleader, nicknamed "Klook" (died 1985).
February 7 – Carl Barriteau, Trinidadian clarinetist (died 1998). 10 – Larry Adler, American harmonica player (died 2001). 21 – Tommy Stevenson, American trumpeter (died 1944).
March 1 – Barrett Deems, American drummer (died 1998). 7 – Lee Young, American drummer and singer (died 2008). 13 – Bob Haggart, American upright bassist, composer, and arranger (died 1998). 22 – Sonny Burke, American arranger, composer, big band leader and producer, Duke Ambassadors (died 1980).
April 7 – Ralph Flanagan, American pianist, composer, and arranger (died 1995). 24 – Ray Leatherwood, American upright bassist (died 1996).
May 26 Shorty Baker, American trumpeter (died 1966). Ziggy Elman, American trumpeter (died 1968).
June 15 – Rudy Bruder, Belgian pianist and organist (died unknown date). 17 – Sing Miller, American pianist (died 1990).
July 1 – Earle Warren American alto saxophonist and singer (died 1995). 2 – Carlos Vidal Bolado, American conga drum musician (died 1996). 8 – Billy Eckstine, American singer, and band leader (died 1993). 26 – Erskine Hawkins, American trumpeter, and big band leader (died 1993).
August 16 – Edythe Wright, American singer (died 1965). 18 – Irmgard Österwall, Swedish singer (died 1980). 25 – Shizuko Kasagi, Japanese singer (died 1985).
September 4 – Tommy McQuater, British trumpeter (died 2008). 7 – Graeme Bell, Australian pianist, composer and band leader (died 2012). 8 – Dave Bowman, American pianist (died 1964). 10 – Ken Snakehips Johnson, American band leader and dancer, originally from British Guiana (died 1941). 13 – Leonard Feather, British pianist, composer, and producer (died 1994). 21 – Slam Stewart, American upright bassist (died 1987). 25 – Dave Wilkins, Barbadian trumpeter (died 1990).
October 4 – Marvin Ash, American pianist (died 1974). 10 – King Perry, American saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, and bandleader (died 1990).
November 16 – Roberto Nicolosi, Italian upright bassist and leader (died 1989). 20 – Skeeter Best, American guitarist (died 1985). 28 – Cecil Brower, American violinist (died 1965). 29 – Hal McIntyre, American saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader (died 1959).
December 1 – Josef Taussig, Czech trombonist and journalist (died 1945). 3 – Corky Cornelius, American trumpeter (died 1943). 31 – Cedric Haywood, American pianist (died 1969).
Unknown date Eyvin Andersen, Danish organist, violinist, and composer (died 1968).
References
External links History Of Jazz Timeline: 1914 at All About Jazz