# 1921 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1921.
Musicians born that year included Humphrey Lyttelton and Eddie Calhoun.

## Events

* Bix Beiderbecke attended the Lake Forest Academy near Chicago, and got the opportunity to learn about the New Orleans and Chicago Jazz.
* Frankie Trumbauer worked for Isham Jones at the College Inn in Chicago.
* Sidney Bechet returns from his trip to Europe, and musicians like Duke Ellington become aware of his abilities.
* Fletcher Henderson is on the road with Ethel Waters. He hears Armstrong for the first time and immediately offers him a job. Armstrong turns him down.
* James P. Johnson starts approaching jazz with the recording of "Worried and Lonesome Blues" and "Carolina Shout". He becomes a pioneer of stride piano with these recordings.
* Saxophonist Coleman Hawkins joined the Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds.
* Lennie Tristano takes an interest in piano at the age of two years.

## Standards

* In 1921 the main standard published was "The Sheik of Araby".

## Deaths
### April

* 20 – Tony Jackson, American pianist, singer, and composer (born 1882).

## Births
### January

* 20 – Connie Haines, American singer (died 2008).
* 22 – André Hodeir, French violinist (died 2011).
* 30 – Bernie Leighton, American pianist (died 1994).
* 31 – John Anderson, American trumpeter (died 1974).

### February

* 12 – Hans Koller, Austrian tenor saxophonist and bandleader (died 2003).
* 13 – Wardell Gray, American tenor saxophonist (died 1955).

### March

* 1 – Kenny Baker, English trumpeter (died 1999).
* 11 – Astor Piazzolla, Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player (died 1992).
* 15 – Vinnie Burke, American bassist (died 2001).
* 19 – Harry Babasin, American bassist (died 1988).
* 20 – Jimmy Coe, American saxophonist (died 2004).
* 26 – Joe Loco, American pianist and arranger (died 1988).

### April

* 3 – Earl Washington, American pianist (died 1975).
* 7 – Al Hayse, American trombonist (died 1982).
* 13 – Dona Ivone Lara, Brazilian samba singer (died 2018).
* 22 – Candido Camero, Cuban conga and bongo player (died 2020).
* 26
** Jimmy Giuffre, American clarinet and saxophone player (died 2008).
** Preston Love, American saxophonist (died 2004).

### May

* 6 – Freddy Randall, American trumpeter and bandleader (died 1999).
* 20 – Jimmy Henderson, American trombonist and bandleader (died 1995).
* 22 – Gustav Brom, Czech big band leader and clarinetist (died 1995).
* 23 – Humphrey Lyttelton, English trumpeter (died 2008).
* 28 – Al Tinney, American pianist (died 2002).
* 31 – Alan Clare, British jazz pianist (died 1993).

### June

* 2
** Ernie Royal, American trumpeter (died 1983).
** Marty Napoleon, American pianist (died 2015).
* 7 – Tal Farlow, American guitarist (died 1998).
* 15 – Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (died 1977).
* 17 – Tony Scott, American clarinetist (died 2007).

### July

* 9 – Irv Kluger, American drummer (died 2006).
* 17
** George Barnes, American guitarist (died 1977).
** Mary Osborne, American guitarist (died 1992).
* 24 – Billy Taylor, American pianist and composer (died 2010).

### August

* 4
** Herb Ellis, American guitarist (died 2010).
** Pat Friday, American singer (died 2016).
* 6 – Buddy Collette, American flautist, saxophonist, and clarinetist (died 2010).
* 7 – Warren Covington, American big band trombonist (died 1999).
* 21 – Dennis Berry, English musician and composer (died 1994).
* 28 – Tony Aless, American pianist (died 1988).

### September

* 3 – Cab Kaye, English singer, pianist, and bandleader (died 2000).
* 8 – Norris Turney, American flautist and saxophonist (died 2001).
* 15 – Gene Roland, American composer and musician (died 1982).
* 16 – Jon Hendricks, American lyricist and singer (died 2017).
* 20
** Bill DeArango, American guitarist (died 2005).
** Chico Hamilton, American drummer and bandleader (died 2013).
* 29 – Franny Beecher, American guitarist (died 2014).

### October

* 3 – Leon Breeden, American clarinetist and saxophonist (died 2010).
* 4 – Shifty Henry, American bassist (died 1958).
* 10
** Julius Watkins, American French hornist (died 1977).
** Monk Montgomery, American bass guitarist (died 1982).
** Roy Kral, American pianist and singer (died 2002).
* 18 – Willy Andresen, Norwegian pianist orchestra leader (died 2016).
* 28 – Chico O'Farrill, Cuban composer and conductor (died 2001).

### November

* 13 – Eddie Calhoun, American upright bassist (died 1993).
* 20 – Norman O'Connor, American pianist (died 2003).
* 23 – Jack Marshall, American guitarist, conductor, and composer (died 1973).

### December

* 1 – John Bunch, American pianist (died 2010).
* 26 – Steve Allen, American singer, songwriter, and television personality (died 2000).
* 31 – Simon Brehm, Swedish upright bassist (died 1967).