; January •
4 –
Joe Marsala, Italian-American clarinetist and songwriter (died
1978). •
31 –
Benny Morton, American trombonist most associated with the swing genre (died
1985). ; February •
10 –
Joe Haymes, American bandleader and arranger (died
1964). •
22 –
Rex Stewart, American cornetist,
Duke Ellington Orchestra (died
1967). •
26 –
Harry Gold, British saxophonist and bandleader (died
2005). ; March •
1 –
Albert Ammons, American pianist (died
1949). •
7 –
Olivia Plunket Greene, English musician,
Bright Young Things (died
1958). •
28 –
Herb Hall, American clarinetist and saxophonist (died
1996). ; April •
15 –
Casper Reardon, American harpist (died
1941). •
26 –
Dave Tough, American drummer (died
1948). ; May •
1 –
Hayes Alvis, American upright bassist and tubist (died
1972). •
17 –
Castor McCord, American saxophonist (died
1963). •
20 –
Rod Cless, American clarinetist and saxophonist (died
1944). •
30 –
Fernando Arbello, Puerto Rican-American trombonist and composer (died
1970). ; June •
10 –
Dicky Wells, American trombonist (died
1985). •
14 –
Sid Phillips, English clarinettist, bandleader, and arranger (died
1973). •
17 –
Gene Sedric, American clarinetist and tenor saxophonist (died
1963). •
22 –
Ernest "Doc" Paulin, American musician (died
2007). ; July •
28 –
Leon Prima, American trumpeter (died
1985). •
31 –
Roy Milton, American singer, drummer, and bandleader (died
1983). ; August •
3 –
Lawrence Brown, American trombonist (died
1988). •
8 –
Benny Carter, American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (died
2003). •
13 –
Skinnay Ennis, American bandleader and singer (died
1963). ; September •
4 –
Jan Savitt, American bandleader, musical arranger, and violinist (died
1948). •
23 –
Tiny Bradshaw, American bandleader, singer, composer, pianist, and drummer (died
1958). ; October •
1 –
Ryoichi Hattori, Japanese composer (died
1993). •
19 –
Roger Wolfe Kahn, American musician, composer, and bandleader (died
1962). •
24 –
André Ekyan, French reedist (died
1972). •
26 –
Tony Pastor, Italian-American novelty singer and tenor saxophonist (died
1969). ; November •
3 –
Joe Turner, American pianist (died
1990). •
10 –
Jane Froman, American singer and actress (died
1980). •
26 –
Frank Melrose, American pianist (died
1941). ; December •
3 –
Connee Boswell, American singer (died
1976). •
6 –
Fulton McGrath, American pianist and songwriter (died
1958). •
20 –
Al Rinker, American singer and composer (died
1982). •
25 –
Cab Calloway, American singer and bandleader (died
1994). ; Unknown date •
Moses Allen, American upright bassist (died
1983). •
Snoozer Quinn, American guitarist (died
1949). ==References==