History of Jazz

Buddy Bolden's Birth

Sep 6, 1877

Cornet

Joe "King" Oliver's Birth

Dec 19, 1881

Cornet/ Trumpet

Jelly Roll Morton's Birth

Oct 20, 1890

Piano

James P Johnsons Birth

Feb 1, 1894

Stride Pianist

Ragtime

Period: Oct 5, 1895 to Oct 6, 1918

Sidney Bechet's Birth

May 12, 1897

Clarinet and Soprano Sax

Boxer Rebellion

Nov 2, 1900

Louis Armstrong' Birth

Aug 4, 1901

Cornet/ Trumpet

First Transatlantic Radio Signal

Dec 12, 1901

Bix Beiderbeckes Birth

Mar 10, 1903

Trumpet

Henry Ford creates 1st moving assembly line

Dec 1, 1913

Panama Canal open

Jun 5, 1914

World War 1

Period: Jul 28, 1915 to Nov 11, 1918

Delta Blues

Period: Oct 5, 1920 to Oct 6, 1930

Urban Blues

Period: Oct 5, 1920 to Oct 6, 1930

Prohibition

Period: Oct 5, 1920 to Oct 6, 1933

First Olympic Games

Aug 5, 1924

The Great Depression

Period: Oct 5, 1929 to Oct 6, 1934

Pluto Discovered

Feb 18, 1930

Swing

Period: Oct 5, 1930 to Oct 6, 1940

Bix Beiderbeckes Death

Aug 6, 1931

Trumpet

Buddy Bolden's Death

Nov 4, 1931

Cornet

First Nazi concentration camp

Mar 5, 1933

World War II

Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945

Dixieland

Period: Oct 5, 1940 to Oct 6, 1950

Jelly Roll Mortons Death

Jul 10, 1941

Piano

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

DDAY

Jun 6, 1944

U.S Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima

Aug 6, 1945

United Nations Founded

Oct 24, 1945

Segregation Illegal in U.S

May 17, 1954

James P Johnsons Death

Nov 17, 1955

Stride Pianist

Sidney Bechet's Death

May 14, 1959

Clarinet Soprano Sax

Berlin Wall built

Aug 13, 1961

JFK Assassination

Nov 22, 1963

MLK Assassination

Apr 4, 1968

First Man on the Moon

Jul 20, 1969

Louis Armstrongs Death

Jul 6, 1971

Cornet/Trumpet