1927 in jazz

1927 in jazz
Poster for the movie The Jazz Singer (1927), featuring stars Eugenie Besserer and Al Jolson
Decade	1920s in jazz
Music	1927 in music
Standards	List of 1920s jazz standards
See also	1926 in jazz – 1928 in jazz

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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1927.

Musicians born that year included John Dankworth, Cleo Laine and Stan Getz.

Events

• April 21 - Electric re-recording of George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" by Paul Whiteman's Orchestra directed by Nathaniel Shilkret, with Gershwin at the piano. In 1925, electrical recording vastly improved the quality of recordings, and many important recordings, including Whiteman's 1924 recording of the Rhapsody, were re-recorded electrically. Whiteman was at the podium, but left the studio because of a disagreement with Gershwin over the tempo. Shilkret, Victor's Director of Light Music at the time, took the baton, and the recording was completed as scheduled.^[1] The recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1974.

Standards

• In 1927 standards published included "Blue Skies" and "'S Wonderful".^[2]

Ragbaby Stephens in 1918

Deaths

• Florence Mills, cabaret singer, dancer, and comedian
• Louis Cottrell, Sr., jazz drummer and father of Louis Cottrell, Jr.
• Ragbaby Stephens, New Orleans dixieland and jazz drummer.

Births

Cleo Laine

John Dankworth at Buxton Opera House on 4 November 2002, while in concert with Cleo Laine.

• Ahmed Abdul-Malik,
• Al Fairweather,
• Al Martino, American singer and actor
• Allen Eager, American tenor saxophonist
• Antonio Carlos Jobim,
• Arthur Herzog, Jr.,
• Attila Zoller,
• Barbara Dane,
• Benny Green, British jazz saxophonist
• Bhumibol Adulyadej,
• Bill Crow, jazz bassist and author
• Bill Holman,
• Bill Le Sage,
• Billy Byers,
• Buck Hill,
• Buddy Banks,
• Cal Massey,
• Charles Greenlww,
• Charlie Kennedy,
• Chris Connor,
• Cleo Laine, British scat singer and actress
• Clora Bryant,
• Colette Bonheur,
• Connie Kay,
• Conte Candoli,
• Cy Touff,
• Dick Hyman,
• Dick Wellstood,
• Dick Wetmore,
• Doc Severinsen,
• Dolo Coker,
• Don Bagley, American bassist
• Don Fagerquist,
• Don Shirley,
• Donn Trenner,
• Earl Zindars,
• Eartha Kitt, American singer and actress
• Eddie Cano, Afro-Cuban pianist
• Elvin Jones,
• Ernie Andrews, American singer
• Fats Sadi,
• Frank Traynor,
• Gerorge Tucker,
• Gerry Mulligan, saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and arranger
• Guy Lafitte,
• Hank Marr,
• Horst Lippmann,
• Ike Cole,
• J. R. Monterose,
• Jimmy Knepper, American trombonist
• Jimmy Raney, American guitarist
• Joe Castro,
• Joe Maneri,
• Joe Puma, American guitarist
• John Dankworth, English jazz composer, saxophonist and clarinetist
• John Hubbard Beecher,
• John McLevy,
• Junior Collins,
• Luigi Waites,
• Malachi Favors,
• Max Brüel,
• Mose Allison,
• Phil Cohran,
• Red Mitchell,
• Red Rodney, American trumpeter
• René Thomas, guitarist
• Ronnie Ball, English pianist
• Ronnie Scott, English tenor saxophonist and jazz club owner
• Ross MacManus,
• Ruby Braff,
• Sal Mosca,
• Sam Butera,
• Shake Keane,
• Sonny Criss,
• Specs Wright,
• Stan Getz, saxophone player
• Tom McIntosh,
• Tommy Turk,
• Tony Fruscella,
• Victor Sproles,
• Walter Bishop, Jr.,
• Ward Swingle, American vocalist
• Wilton Gaynair, Jamaican saxophonist

References

1. Shilkret, Nathaniel, ed. Shell, Niel and Barbara Shilkret, Nathaniel Shilkret: Sixty Years in the Music Business, Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland, 2005. ISBN 0-8108-5128-8
2. "History of Jazz Time Line: 1927". All About Jazz. Retrieved December 2, 2010.

Bibliography

• The New Real Book, Volume I. Sher Music. 1988. ISBN 0-9614701-4-3.
• The New Real Book, Volume II. Sher Music. 1991. ISBN 0-9614701-7-8.
• The New Real Book, Volume III. Sher Music. 1995. ISBN 1-883217-30-X.
• The Real Book, Volume I (6th ed.). Hal Leonard. 2004. ISBN 0-634-06038-4.
• The Real Book, Volume II (2nd ed.). Hal Leonard. 2007. ISBN 1-4234-2452-2.
• The Real Book, Volume III (2nd ed.). Hal Leonard. 2006. ISBN 0-634-06136-4.
• The Real Jazz Book. Warner Bros. ISBN 978-91-85041-36-7.
• The Real Vocal Book, Volume I. Hal Leonard. 2006. ISBN 0-634-06080-5.