Jazz Final Timeline

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  • First Movie Theater in U.S. Opens

  • Wright Bro's First Successful Flight

  • Coleman Hawkins Born

    Sax

  • Einstein Presents Theory of Relativity

  • The Titanic Sinks

  • Sun Ra Born

  • World War 1 Begins

  • Thelonious Monk Born

    Piano

  • Dizzy Gillespie Born

    Trumpet

  • World War 1 Ends

  • Art Blakey Born

    Drums

  • Charlie Parker Born

    Sax

  • Hitler Elected Leader of Nazi Party

  • Bud Powell Born

    Piano

  • Stalin becomes dictator of Russia

  • The Great Gatsby is published

  • Miles Davis Born

    Trumpet

  • John Coltrane Born

    Sax

  • Lee Konitz Born

    Sax

  • Horace Silver Born

    Piano

  • Cecil Taylor Born

    Piano

  • U.S. Stock Market Crashes

  • Ornette Coleman Born

    Sax

  • Pluto is discovered

  • Empire State Building Opens

  • Joe Zawinul Born

    Keyboard

  • Radio City Music Hall Opens

  • Wayne Shorter Born

    Sax

  • Mahatma Ghandi is imprisoned

  • Period: to

    Bebop Era

  • Herbie Hancock Born

    Keyboard

  • Chick Corea Born

    Keyboard

  • Japan bombs Pearl Harbor

  • United Nations is founded

  • The CIA is created

  • Period: to

    Cool Jazz Era

  • Period: to

    Hard Bop Era

  • NATO is formed

  • Charlie Parker Dies

  • Boeing 707 revolutionizes air travel

  • Period: to

    Free Jazz Era

  • Cassette Tapes are introduced in the US

  • JFK is elected

  • Wynton Marsalis Born

    Trumpet

  • Bud Powell Dies

  • John Coltrane Dies

  • MLK Jr. is assasinated

  • Period: to

    Jazz Fusion Era

  • Coleman Hawkins Dies

  • Voting age is lowered to 18

  • Watergate Scandal

  • Thelonious Monk Dies

  • Esperanza Spalding Born

    Bass/Singer

  • Exxon Valdez oil spill

  • Art Blakey Dies

  • Miles Davis Dies

  • Dizzy Gillespie Dies

  • Sun Ra Dies

  • Bill Clinton becomes president

  • Joe Zawinul Dies

  • Horace Silver Dies

  • Ornette Coleman Dies