# 1936 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1936
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## Events

* The Duke Ellington Band makes the classic recording of Caravan.

## Deaths
### June

* 27 – Mike Bernard, ragtime pianist (born 1875).

### August

* 5 – Mitja Nikisch, German pianist and band leader (born 1899).

### Unknown date

* Sam Morgan, New Orleans jazz trumpet player and bandleader (born 1895).

## Births
### January

* 1 – Sonny Greenwich, Canadian guitarist.
* 3 – Joe Haider, German pianist.
* 7 – Eldee Young, American upright bass and cello player (died 2007).
* 19 – Hod O'Brien, American pianist (died 2016).
* 20 – Erwin Helfer, American pianist.
* 21 – Snooks Eaglin, American guitarist and singer (died 2009).
* 24 – Bobby Wellins, Scottish tenor saxophonist (died 2016).
* 31 – Garnett Brown, American trombonist (died 2021).

### February

* 4 – Claude Nobs, Swiss founder and general manager of the Montreux Jazz Festival (died 2013).
* 5 – June Tyson, American singer (died 1992).
* 13 – Takashi Furuya, Japanese saxophonist and vocalist (died 2020).
* 26 – Colin Purbrook, English pianist, upright bassist, and trumpeter (died 1999).

### March

* 2 – Buell Neidlinger, American upright bassist and cellist (died 2018).
* 4 – Eric Allandale, Dominican-English trombonist, songwriter, and bandleader (died 2001).
* 8 – Gábor Szabó, Hungarian guitarist (died 1982).
* 19 – Amancio D'Silva, Indian guitarist and composer (died 1996).
* 20 – Harold Mabern, American pianist and composer (died 2019).
* 21
** Brian Dee, British pianist.
** Mike Westbrook, English pianist and composer.
* 24 – Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, American tenor saxophonist (died 2013).
* 25 – Larry Gales, American upright bassist (died 1996).
* 27 – Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, Polish saxophonist, composer, and arranger.

### April

* 3
** Harold Vick, American saxophonist and flautist (died 1987).
** Jimmy McGriff, American organist (died 2008).
** Luiz Eça, Brazilian pianist (died 1992).
** Scott LaFaro, American upright bassist (died 1961).
* 6 – Manfred Schoof, German trumpeter.
* 13 – Stan Robinson, English tenor saxophonist (died 2017).
* 20
** Beaver Harris, American drummer (died 1991).
** Billy James, American drummer (died 2009).
* 22 – Don Menza, American saxophonist, arranger, and composer.
* '28 – John Tchicai, Danish saxophonist (died 2012).

### May

* 11 – Carla Bley, American composer, pianist, organist and bandleader (died 2023).
* 12 – Klaus Doldinger, German saxophonist.
* 13 – Manfredo Fest, Brazilian pianist and keyboardist (died 1999).
* 14 – Bobby Darin, American singer (died 1973).
* 20 – Rufus Harley, American saxophonist (died 2006).
* 26 – Charles Turner, American trumpeter (died 2006).

### June

* 4 – Alan Branscombe, English pianist, vibraphonist, and alto saxophonist (died 1986).
* 6 – Maysa Matarazzo, Brazilian singer (died 1977).
* 12 – Marcus Belgrave, American trumpet player (died 2015).
* 14 – Wilson das Neves, Brazilian bossa nova singer and percussionist (died 2017).
* 15 – Jan Byrczek, Polish upright bassist, jazz critic, and jazz magazine editor (died 2019).
* 16 – Lin Halliday, American saxophonist (died 2000).
* 22 – Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian flautist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist.
* 30 – Dave Van Ronk, American singer (died 2002).

### July

* 3 – Corky Hale, American harpist, pianist, flautist, and singer.
* 5 – Tommy LiPuma, American music producer (died 2017).
* 6 – Chris White, American upright bassist (died 2014).
* 13 – Albert Ayler, American saxophonist, singer and composer (died 1970).
* 17 – Nick Brignola, American baritone saxophonist (died 2002).
* 19 – Carmell Jones, American trumpet player (died 1996).
* 22 – Don Patterson, American organist (died 1988).
* 28 – Jim Galloway, Scottish clarinetist and saxophonist (died 2014).

### August

* 3 – Jack Wilson, American pianist and composer (died 2007).
* 6 – Joe Diorio, American guitarist (died 2022).
* 10 – Chuck Israels, American composer, arranger, and upright bassist.
* 22 – Lex Humphries, American drummer (died 1994).

### September

* 6 – Clifford Thornton, American trumpeter and trombonist (died 1989).
* 7 - George Cassidy, Northern Irish saxophonist, music teacher to Van Morrison (died 2023).
* 17 – Rolv Wesenlund, Norwegian comedian, singer, clarinetist, and saxophonist (died 2013).
* 21 – Sunny Murray, American drummer (died 2017).
* 27 – Lars Erstrand, Swedish vibraphonist (died 2009).
* 28 – Emmett Chapman, American guitar and Chapman Stick player (died 2021).

### October

* 7 – Sonny Bravo, Afro-Cuban pianist.
* 11 – Billy Higgins, American drummer (died 2001).
* 12 – Melvin Rhyne, American organist (died 2013).
* 13
** Shirley Bunnie Foy, American singer, songwriter, and percussionist (died 2016).
** Tom Vaughn, American pianist (died 2011).
* 17 – Sathima Bea Benjamin, South African vocalist (died 2013).
* 18 – J. C. Moses, American drummer (died 1977).
* 25 – Alfredo Rodríguez, Cuban pianist (died 2005).

### November

* 18 – Don Cherry, American trumpeter (died 1995).
* 28 – Roy McCurdy, American drummer.

### December

* 6 – Bill Ashton, British saxophonist and composer.
* 7
** Arthur Jenkins, American keyboardist and percussionist (died 2009).
** Sonny Phillips, American keyboardist.
* 10
** John Boudreaux, American drummer (died 2017).
** Martha Mier, American pianist, piano teacher, and composer.
* 15 – Eddie Palmieri, Puerto Rican-American pianist and bandleader.
* 17 – Tommy Banks, Canadian pianist (died 2018).
* 23 – Muhammad Ali, American drummer.
* 24 – Chris McGregor, South African pianist, bandleader and composer (died 1990).
* 27 – Mike Barone, American trombonist and big band leader.

### Unknown date

* Byrdie Green, American singer (died 2008).
* Cynthia Crane, American singer.
* Salah Ragab, Egyptian drummer and called the founder Egyptian jazz (died 2008).