# 1933 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1933.

## Events

* Louis Armstrong goes on a tour to Europe. He is a sensation on all stages in which he appears, and fills the Tivoli in Copenhagen eight nights in a row.
* The Duke Ellington Band travels to Europe, and they are well received in England. Ellington is considered a significant composer in London.
* Ellington records "Solitude" and "Sophisticated Lady".
* Teddy Wilson is in New York City playing with the Benny Carter Band.
* Bessie Smith records for the last time in a session arranged by John Hammond. "Gimme a Pigfoot" was recorded at this session.
* Billie Holiday was discovered by John Hammond in Monette's in New York City. Billie record her singing with Benny Goodman.

## Deaths
### March

October 12th, Jimmy Wade, jazz trumpeter (born 1895)
* 26 – Eddie Lang, American guitarist, regarded as Father of Jazz Guitar (born 1902).

### July

* 15 – Freddie Keppard, jazz cornetist (born 1889).

### September

* 30 – William Krell, American bandleader and composer (born 1868).

## Births
### January

* 1
** Bill Saragih, Indonesian musician (died 2008).
** Hideo Shiraki, Japanese drummer and bandleader (died 1972).

### February

* 1 – Sadao Watanabe, Japanese saxophonist.
* 2 – Orlando "Cachaito" López, Cuban bassist (died 2009).
* 3 – John Handy, American saxophonist.
* 17 – Spike Heatley, British bassist (died 2021).
* 20 – Charles Kynard, American organist (died 1979).
* 21 – Nina Simone, American singer and pianist (died 2003).
* 24 – David "Fathead" Newman, American saxophonist (died 2009).

### March

* 3 – Jimmy Garrison, American upright bassist (died 1976).
* 4 – Ann Burton, Dutch singer (died 1989).
* 14
** Duke Carl Gregor of Mecklenburg, member of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and a music and art historian (died 2018).
** Quincy Jones, American conductor, composer and trumpeter.
* 17 – Dick Maloney, Canadian singer (died 2010).
* 23
** Andrzej Trzaskowski, Polish composer and musicologist (died 1998).
** Dave Frishberg, American pianist, vocalist, and composer (died 2021).
* 26 – Donald Bailey, American drummer (died 2013).
* 28 – Tete Montoliu, Spanish-Catalonian pianist (died 1997).

### April

* 6 – Bill Hardman, American trumpeter and flugelhornist (died 1990).
* 8 – Paul Jeffrey, American tenor saxophonist (died 2015).
* 21 – Ian Carr, Scottish trumpeter, composer, writer, and educator (died 2009).
* 27 – Calvin Newborn, American guitarist (died 2018).
* 28 – Oliver Jackson, American drummer (died 1994).

### May

* 5 – Cal Collins, American guitarist (died 2001).
* 14 – Stu Williamson, American trumpeter (died 1991).
* 20 – Charles Davis, American saxophonist and composer (died 2016).
* 22 – Eivind Solberg, Norwegian trumpeter (died 2008).
* 24 – Michael White, American violinist (died 2016).
* 30 – Michael Garrick, English pianist and composer (died 2011).

### June

* 20 – Lazy Lester, American singer and guitarist (died 2018).

### July

* 1 – Rashied Ali, American drummer (died 2009).
* 17 – Ben Riley, American drummer (died 2017).
* 20 – Mario Schiano, Italian saxophonist (died 2008).

### August

* 4 – Sonny Simmons, American saxophonist (died 2021).
* 10 – Trudy Pitts, American keyboardist (died 2010).
* 15 – Bill Dowdy, American drummer (died 2017).
* 19 – Asmund Bjørken, Norwegian accordionist and saxophonist (died 2018).
* 25
** Rune Gustafsson, Swedish guitarist (died 2012).
** Wayne Shorter, American saxophonist and composer (died 2023).
* 27 – Rudolf Dašek, Czech guitarist (died 2013).
* 31 – Herman Riley, American tenor saxophonist (died 2007).

### September

* 1 – Gene Harris, American pianist (died 2000).
* 11 – Baby Face Willette, American Hammond organist (died 1971).
* 30 – Steve McCall, American drummer (died 1989).

### October

* 2 – Ronnie Ross, British baritone saxophonist (died 1991).
* 18 – Bross Townsend, American pianist (died 2003).
* 19 – Jimmy Dotson, American singer, guitarist, and drummer (died 2017).
* 23 – Gary McFarland, composer, vibraphonist, and singer (died 1971).
* 25 – Jack Petersen, American guitarist, pianist, and composer.

### November

* 11
** Marlene VerPlanck, American singer (died 2018).
** Sture Nordin, Swedish upright bassist (died 2000).

### December

* 1
** Billy Paul, Congolese singer and musician (died 2016).
** Lou Rawls, American singer and songwriter (died 2006).
* 4 – Denis Charles, American drummer (died 1998).
* 13 – Borah Bergman, American pianist (died 2012).
* 14 – Leo Wright, American saxophonist (died 1991).
* 16 – Johnny "Hammond" Smith, American organist (died 1997).
* 17
** John Ore, American bassist (died 2014).
** Walter Booker, American upright bassist (died 2006).
* 18 – Lonnie Brooks, American blues singer and guitarist (died 2017).
* 23 – Frank Morgan, American saxophonist (died 2007).
* 26 – Billy Bean, American guitarist (died 2012).
* 29 – Brian Brown, Australian saxophones (died 2013).
* 30 – Lanny Steele, American pianist (died 1994).

### Unknown date

* Jim Newman, American saxophonist and television producer.
* Nikele Moyake, South African tenor saxophonist (died 1966).