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Decade| 1910s in jazz
Music| 1911 in music
Standards| List of pre-1920 jazz standards
See also| 1910 in jazz - 1912 in jazz

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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1911.

## Events

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### March

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* 18 – The Irving Berlin album Alexander's Ragtime Band was released.[1]

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* The composer and pianist Scott Joplin published his opera Treemonisha.[2]

## Standards

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See also: List of pre-1920 jazz standards § 1910–1914

## Births

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January

* 25 – Truck Parham, American upright bassist (died 2002).
* 30
* Roy Eldridge, American jazz trumpeter (died 1989).[3]
* Frank Weir, British orchestra leader and saxophonist (died 1981).

March

* 7 — Louis Cottrell Jr., American clarinetist and tenor saxophonist (died 1978).
* 10 – Pete Clarke, British saxophonist and clarinetist (died 1975).
* 16 – Harper Goff, Afro-Cuban clarinetist, saxophonist, and trumpeter (died 1993).[4]
* 31 – Freddie Green, American guitarist (died 1987).

April

* 2 — Cag Cagnolatti, American trumpeter (died 1983).
* 12 – Tullio Mobiglia, Italian saxophonist and bandleader (died 1991).
* 16 – Alton Purnell, American pianist (died 1987).
* 21
* John G. Blowers Jr. or Johnny Blowers, American drummer (died 2006).
* Zilas Görling, Swedish saxophonist (died 1960).
* 28
* Mario Bauza, American artist, musician, and actor (died 1993).[5]
* Norma Teagarden, American pianist (died 1996).

May

* 8 — Robert Johnson, American guitarist, singer, and composer (died 1938).
* 13 – Billy Munn, British jazz pianist and arranger (died 2000).
* 13 – Maxine Sullivan, American vocalist and performer (died 1987).
* 18 – Big Joe Turner, American blues shouter (died 1985).

July

* 7 — Charles Redland, Swedish saxophonist, bandleader, and composer (died 1994).
* 10 – Cootie Williams, American trumpeter (died 1985).[6]
* 17 – Lionel Ferbos, American trumpeter (died 2014).[7]
* 23 – Lodewijk Parisius "Kid Dynamite", Surinamese-Dutch tenor saxophonist (died 1963).

August

* 20 – Billy Amstell, British reedist (died 2005).
* 28 – George Clarke, American tenor saxophonist (died 1985).

September

* 30 – Clare Deniz, British pianist (died 2002).

October

* 7 — Jo Jones, American drummer (died 1985).
* 8 — Karel Vlach, Czech musician, orchestra conductor, and arranger (died 1986).
* 26 – Mahalia Jackson, American singer (died 1972).

November

* 11 – Dick Wilson, American jazz tenor saxophonist (died 1941).[8]
* 12 – Buck Clayton, American trumpeter (died 1991).
* 17 – Max Miller, American pianist and vibraphonist (died 1985).
* 21 – Alvin Burroughs, American drummer (died 1950).[9]
* 22 – Ernie Caceres, American saxophonist (died 1971).

December

* 14 – Spike Jones, American musician and bandleader (died 1965).
* 15 – Stan Kenton, American pianist, composer, arranger, and band leader (died 1979).
* 19 – Lu Watters, American trumpeter and band leader, Yerba Buena Jazz Band (died 1989).

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* Aldo Rossi, Italian reedist and bandleader (died 1980).

## References

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1. ^ "This Day In History: March 18, 1911 – Alexander's Ragtime Band". TodayIFoundOut.com. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
2. ^ "Timeline". JazzInAmerica.org. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
3. ^ "Roy Eldridge". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
4. ^ "Harper Goff". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
5. ^ "Mario Bauza". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
6. ^ "Cootie Williams". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
7. ^ "Legendary jazz trumpeter Lionel Ferbos dead at 103". Buenos Aires Herald. 2014-07-19. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
8. ^ "Dick Wilson". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
9. ^ "Alvin Burroughs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2017-12-08.

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