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1938 in jazz

Pete Brown, between 1938 and 1948 by William P. Gottlieb

Decade| 1930s in jazz
Music| 1938 in music
Standards| List of 1930s jazz standards
See also| 1937 in jazz – 1939 in jazz

Overview of the events of 1938 in jazz

List of years in jazz

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* 1929
* 1930
* 1931
* 1932
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* 1934

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* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1940
* 1941

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* 1944
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* 1946
* 1947
* 1948 …

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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1938.[1]

## Events

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* Benny Goodman performs The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert.

## Standards

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See also: List of 1930s jazz standards

## Deaths

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Joe "King" Oliver c. 1915

May

* 25 – Dick McDonough, American guitarist and composer (born 1904).

April

* 10 – Joe "King" Oliver, American cornet player and bandleader (born 1885).

August

* 16 – Robert Johnson, American guitarist, singer, and composer (born 1911).

Unknown date

* Garnet Clark, American pianist (born 1917).

## Births

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January

* 13 – Daevid Allen, Australian poet, guitarist, singer, and composer, Soft Machine and Gong (died 2015).
* 17 – Alf Kjellman, Norwegian saxophonist (died 2010).[2]
* 24 – Julius Hemphill, American composer and saxophonist (died 1995).
* 25
* Etta James, American singer (died 2012).
* 27 – Jimmie Smith, American drummer.

February

* 1 – Jimmy Carl Black, American drummer and singer of The Mothers of Invention (died 2008).[3]
* 11 – Slim Richey, American jazz guitarist (died 2015).
* 17 – John Coates Jr., American pianist (died 2017).
* 23 – Wilson Simonal, Brazilian singer (died 2000).
* 24 – Louie Ramirez, American percussionist and vibraphonist (died 1993).
* 28 – Mike Wofford, American pianist.

March

* 7 – Petr Skoumal, Czech pianist and composer (died 2014).
* 9
* Lill-Babs or Barbro Svensson, Swedish singer and actress (died 2018).[4]
* Marzette Watts, American saxophonist (died 1998).
* Roy Brooks, American drummer (died 2005).
* 15 – Charles Lloyd, American tenor saxophonist and flautist.
* 23 – Dave Pike, American vibraphone and marimba player (died 2015).
* 24 – Steve Kuhn, American pianist and composer.
* 29 – Laco Déczi, Slovak-American trumpeter and composer.

April

* 2
* Booker Little, American trumpeter and composer (died 1961).
* Sal Nistico, American tenor saxophonist (died 1991).[5]
* 7
* Alexander von Schlippenbach, German pianist and composer.
* Freddie Hubbard, American trumpeter (died 2008).
* Pete La Roca, American drummer (died 2012).
* 10 – Denny Zeitlin, American pianist and composer.
* 13 – Eddie Marshall, American drummer (died 2011).[6]
* 14 – Monty Waters, American saxophonist, flautist, and singer (died 2008).
* 18
* Bob Parlocha, American jazz expert and radio host (died 2015).
* Hal Galper, American pianist and composer.
* 27 – Ruth Price, American singer.

May

* 2 – Fred Braceful, American-German drummer (died 1995).
* 12 – Jimmy Hastings, British saxophonist, Canterbury scene.
* 13 – Ross Tompkins, American pianist (died 2006).
* 23 – Daniel Humair, Swiss drummer and composer.
* 26 – Jaki Liebezeit, German drummer (died 2017).

June

* 6 – Luigi Trussardi, French upright bassist (died 2010).
* 9 – Eje Thelin, Swedist trombonist (died 1990).
* 11 – Stu Martin, American drummer (died 1980).
* 15 – Tony Oxley, English drummer.
* 18 – Don "Sugarcane" Harris, American violinist (died 1999).
* 20 – Dennis Budimir, American guitarist (died 2023).

July

* 1 – Robert Schulz, American cornetist.
* 3 – Rhoda Scott, African-American organist.
* 4 – Mike Mainieri, American vibraphonist.[7]
* 10
* Arnie Lawrence, American saxophonist (died 2005).
* Lee Morgan, American trumpeter (died 1972).
* 14 – Tommy Vig, Portuguese vibraharpist, drummer, percussionist, big band leader, and composer.
* 18
* Buschi Niebergall, German musician (died 1990).
* Dudu Pukwana, South African saxophonist (died 1990).
* 26 – Joanne Brackeen, American pianist.
* 31 – Gap Mangione, American pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader.

August

* 13 – Michael Joseph Smith, American composer and pianist.
* 14 – Don Moore, American upright bassist (died 2025).
* 15 – Stix Hooper, American drummer.

September

* 7 – Jon Mayer, American pianist and composer.
* 17 – Perry Robinson, American clarinetist and composer (died 2018).
* 20 – Eric Gale, American guitarist (died 1994).
* 28
* Gerd Dudek, German saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist (died 2022).
* Ray Warleigh, Australian-born saxophonist and flautist (died 2015).

October

* 2
* Kjell Bartholdsen, Norwegian saxophonist (died 2009).
* Gugge Hedrenius, Swedish pianist and bandleader (died 2009).
* 4 – Mark Levine, American jazz pianist, trombonist, and composer (died 2022).
* 15 – Fela Kuti, Nigerian multi-instrumentalist, saxophonist, and composer (died 1997).
* 22 – Harrison Ridley Jr., American jazz presenter (died 2009).
* 24 – Odean Pope, American tenor saxophonist.
* 26 – John "Jabo" Starks, American drummer (died 2018).

November

* 12 – Warren Bernhardt, American pianist (died 2022).

December

* 9 – William Thomas McKinley, American composer and pianist (died 2015).
* 11 – McCoy Tyner, American pianist (died 2020).[8]
* 19 – Pete Strange, English trombonist (died 2004).
* 28
* Charles Neville, American R&B saxophonist, The Neville Brothers (died 2018).[9]
* Dick Sudhalter, American trumpeter and criti (died 2008).

Unknown date

* Barry Buckley, Australian upright bassist (died 2006).
* Pat LaCroix, Canadian musician and photographer.

## References

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1. ^ "History of Jazz Time Line: 1938". All About Jazz. Archived from the original on 2011-04-15. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
2. ^ "Kjellman, Alf (Erling)" (in Norwegian). 2016-06-16. Retrieved 2017-04-30.
3. ^ Lewis, Randy (2008-11-05). "Jimmy Carl Black dies at 70; original drummer in Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
4. ^ Veberg, Anders (2018-04-03). "Aftonbladet: Lill-Babs er død". Aftenposten. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
5. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Sal Nistico". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
6. ^ Harrington, Jim (2011-09-08). "Eddie Marshall, legendary local jazz drummer, dies at 73". The Mercury News. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
7. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Mike Mainieri". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
8. ^ West, Michael J. (2020-03-07). "McCoy Tyner 1938 – 2020". JazzTimes. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
9. ^ Pareles, Jon (2018-04-27). "Charles Neville of the Neville Brothers Is Dead at 79". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-08-06.

## External links

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* History Of Jazz Timeline: 1938 at All About Jazz

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