1932 in jazz

1932 in jazz
Duke Ellington Orchestra: Moon Over Dixie – 2 February 1932 (Brunswick Records)
Decade	1930s in jazz
Music	1932 in music
Standards	List of 1930s jazz standards
See also	1931 in jazz – 1933 in jazz

Overview of the events of 1932 in jazz

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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1932.^[1]

Events

2 – The Duke Ellington Orchestra released the album Moon Over Dixie on the label Brunswick Records.

1 – Frank Teschemacher, American jazz clarinetist and alto-saxophonist (born 1906).

20 – James "Bubber" Miley, trumpeter and cornet player, specializing in the use of the plunger mute (born 1903).

10
- Roland Hanna, American jazz pianist, composer and teacher (died 2002).
- Walter Perkins, American drummer (died 2004).
21 – Eddie Higgins, American pianist and composer (died 2009).
22 – Whitey Mitchell, American bassist (died 2009).
24 – Michel Legrand, French composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist (died 2019).^[3]
25 – Åke Persson, Swedish trombonist (died 1975).
28 – Don Francks, Canadian actor and musician (died 2016).

4 – Miriam Makeba, South African singer (died 2008).
9 – Keely Smith, American singer (died 2017).
10 – Shelley Moore, English-born American singer (died 2016).
11
- Atle Hammer, Norwegian trumpeter (died 2017).
- Leroy Jenkins, American composer and violinist (died 2007).
14 – Mark Murphy, American singer (died 2015).
21 – Masaru Imada, Japanese pianist and composer.
22 – Leo Welch, American guitarist, singer, and songwriter (died 2017).
23 – Al Aarons, American trumpeter (died 2015).
24 – Dave MacKay, American pianist and singer (died 2020).

8 – Robin Douglas-Home, Scottish pianist and author (died 1968).
12 – Walter Wanderley, American organist andpianist (died 1986).
13 – Harold Rubin, South African-Israeli visual artist and clarinettist (died 2020).
15 – John Barnes, English saxophonist and clarinetist.
17 – David Izenzon, American upright bassist (died 1979).
20 – Bob Florence, American arranger and pianist (died 2008).
23 – Les Spann, American guitarist and flautist (died 1989).
29 – Alan Shorter, American trumpeter and flugelhornist (died 1988).
31 – Ed Lincoln, Brazilian musician and composer (died 2012).

2 – Akitoshi Igarashi, Japanese saxophonist.
4 – Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist and clarinetist (died 1975).
5 – Pete Jolly, American pianist and accordionist (died 2004).
7 – Tina Brooks, American tenor saxophonist and composer (died 1974).
14 – Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, American composer (died 2004).
21
- Jamil Nasser, American bassist and tubist (died 2010).
- Lalo Schifrin, Argentine pianist, composer, arranger and conductor.

6 – Dorothy Ashby, American harpist and composer (died 1986).
16 – Shoji Suzuki, Japanese clarinetist (died 1995).
17 – Duke Pearson, American pianist and composer (died 1980).
29
- Ed Bickert, Canadian guitarist (died 2019).
- Jerry Dodgion, American saxophonist and flautist (died 2023).

2
- Emil Richards, American vibraphonist percussionist (died 2019).
- Walter Davis Jr., American pianist (died 1990).
3 – Mickey Roker, American drummer (died 2017).
8 – Bobby Cole, American singer and pianist (died 1996).
11 – Ian Hamer, British trumpeter (died 2006).
13 – Bengt Hallberg, Swedish jazz pianist (died 2013).
19 – Lol Coxhill, English saxophonist (died 2012).

7 – Alvin Batiste, American clarinetist (died 2007).
10 – Paul Bley, American pianist (died 2016).
11 – Al Levitt, American drummer (died 1994).
26 – Kiane Zawadi, American trombone and euphonium player.
28
- Ethel Ennis, American singer and pianist (died 2019).
- Gato Barbieri, Argentine saxophonist (died 2016).

2 – Gene Russell, American keyboardist (died 1981).
3
- Bob Cranshaw, American bassist (died 2016).
- Webster Young, American trumpeter and cornetist (died 2003).
9 – Donald Byrd, American trumpeter (died 2013).
15 – Curtis Fuller, American trombonist (died 2021).^[4]
17 – Sonny Red, American alto saxophonist (died 1981).
22 – Masayuki Takayanagi, Japanese guitarist (died 1991).

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^ "Obituary John Aloysius Reilly". DignityMemorial.com. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
^ "Oscar-winning French composer Michel Legrand dies at 86". France24.com. 2019-01-26. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
^ Russonello, Giovanni (May 14, 2021). "Curtis Fuller, a Powerful Voice on Jazz Trombone, Dies at 88". The New York Times. Retrieved May 14, 2021.