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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1931.

Events

Standards

Deaths

June

• 14 – Jimmy Blythe, jazz and boogie woogie pianist (born 1901).

July

• 4 – Buddie Petit, jazz cornetist (born 1897).
• 23 – Jimmy Harrison, American jazz trombonist (born 1900).

August

• 6 – Bix Beiderbecke, American jazz cornetist, jazz pianist, and composer (born 1903).

November

• 4 – Buddy Bolden, cornetist (born 1877).

Births

January

• 1 – Rose Brennan, Irish singer.
• 2 – Frank Marocco, American piano-accordionist (died 2012).
• 3 – John Jenkins, American saxophonist (died 1993).
• 5
  • Alfred Brendel, Austrian pianist, poet and author.
  • Dizzy Reece, Jamaican trumpeter.
• 6 – Keith Christie, English trombonist (died 1980).
• 9 – Carson Smith, American upright bassist (died 1997).
• 12 – Roland Alphonso, Jamaican tenor saxophonist (died 1998).
• 14 – Caterina Valente, Italian singer, guitarist, dancer, and actress.
• 19 – Horace Parlan, American pianist and composer (died 2017).
• 20 – Hachidai Nakamura, Japanese songwriter and pianist (died 1992).
• 22 – Sam Cooke, American singer and songwriter (died 1964).
• 23 – Gianni Coscia, Italian accordionist.
• 30 – Gene Gammage, American drummer.

February

• 6 – John Pisano, American guitarist.
• 11
  • Bobby Lamb, Irish trombonist.
  • Lionel Batiste, American singer and drummer (died 2012).
• 12 – Walt Groller, American accordionist (died 2023).

March

• 4 – Sonya Hedenbratt, Swedish singer and actress (died 2001).
• 11 – Allan Ganley, English drummer (died 2008).
• 15
  • D. J. Fontana, American drummer (died 2018).
  • Theo Bophela, South African band leader, composer, pianist, arranger, and music educator (died 2017).
• 17 – Karel Velebný, Czech vibraphonist, pianist, and saxophonist (died 1989).
• 25 – Paul Motian, American drummer and percussionist (died 2011).

April

• 4 – Jake Hanna, American drummer (died 2010).
• 17 – David Axelrod, American composer and producer (died 2017).
• 18 – Willie Pickens, American pianist (died 2017).
• 22 – Joe Cuba, Puerto Rican-American conga drummer (died 2009).
• 27 – Krzysztof Komeda, Polish film composer and pianist (died 1969).
• 29 – Lonnie Donegan, Scottish guitarist, singer, and songwriter (died 2002).
• 30 – Dick Twardzik, American pianist (died 1955).

May

• 1 – Ira Sullivan, American trumpeter, flugelhornist, flautist, and saxophonist (died 2020).
• 2 – Richard Holmes, American organist (died 1991).
• 4
  • Ed Cassidy, American drummer (died 2012).
  • Richard Williams, American trumpeter (died 1985).
• 7 – Teresa Brewer, American singer (died 2007).
• 9 – Raymond Berthiaume, Canadian singer (died 2009).
• 11 – Freddie Roach, American Hammond B3 organist (died 1980).
• 14 – Alvin Lucier, American composer of experimental music and sound installations (died 2021).
• 16 – Walt Dickerson, American vibraphonist (died 2008).
• 17
  • Dewey Redman, American saxophonist (died 2006).
  • Jackie McLean, American alto saxophonist (died 2006).
• 20 – Louis Smith, American trumpeter (died 2016)
• 27 – Diz Disley, Anglo-Canadian guitarist (died 2010).
• 31 – Dick Garcia, American guitarist.

June

• 2 – Ronnie Bedford, American drummer (died 2014).
• 7 – Mike Pratt, English actor, musician, songwriter, and screenwriter (died 1976).
• 10 – João Gilberto, Brazilian singer, songwriter, and guitarist (died 2019).
• 13 – Georges Arvanitas, French pianist and organist (died 2005).
• 14 – Junior Walker, American saxophonist (died 1995).
• 17 – Dominic Frontiere, American composer, arranger, and accordionist (died 2017).
• 19 – Phil Bates, English upright bassist.
• 30 – Andrew Hill, American pianist and composer (died 2007).

July

• 6 – Della Reese, American singer (died 2017).
• 11 – Tab Hunter, American actor, singer, and author (died 2018).
• 13 – Long John Hunter, American guitarist, singer, and songwriter (died 2016).
• 21
  • Plas Johnson, American tenor saxophonist.
  • Sonny Clark, American pianist (died 1963).
• 26 – Patti Bown, American pianist and singer (died 2008).
• 31 – Kenny Burrell, American guitarist.

August

• 15 – Terry Pollard, American pianist and vibraphonist (died 2009).
• 17 – Derek Smith, British pianist (died 2016).
• 20
  • Alain Goraguer, French pianist (died 2023).
  • Frank Capp, American drummer (died 2017).

September

• 1 – Willie Ruff, American French hornist and upright bassist.
• 2 – Clifford Jordan, American tenor saxophonist (died 1993).
• 5 – Richie Powell, American pianist (died 1956).
• 7 – Makanda Ken McIntyre, American saxophonist (died 2001).
• 8 – Marion Brown, American saxophonist and ethnomusicologist (died 2010).
• 10 – Franco Manzecchi, Italian drummer (died 1979).
• 16 – Jan Johansson, Swedish pianist (died 1968).
• 27 – Thandi Klaasen, South African singer (died 2017).
• 28 – John Gilmore, American saxophonist (died 1995).

October

• 14 – Duško Gojković, Serbian trumpeter and composer (died 2023).
• 15 – Freddy Cole, American singer and pianist (died 2020).
• 27 – Sonny Dallas, American bassist and singer (died 2009).
• 28 – Harold Battiste, American saxophonist, pianist, and composer (died 2015).

November

• 1 – Leon Spencer, American organist (died 2012).
• 2 – Phil Woods, American alto saxophonist and clarinetist (died 2015).
• 5 – Harold McNair, Jamaican saxophonist and flautist (died 1971).
• 17 – Wayne Andre, American trombonist (died 2003).
• 23 – Gloria Lynne, American singer (died 2013).
• 25 – Nat Adderley, American trumpeter (died 2000).
• 30 – Jack Sheldon, American trumpeter, singer, and actor (died 2019).

December

• 1
  • Jimmy Lyons, American saxophonist (died 1986).
  • Johnny Răducanu, Romanian pianist (died 2011).
• 2 – Wynton Kelly, Jamaican-American pianist and composer (died 1971).
• 14 – Phineas Newborn Jr., American pianist (died 1989).
• 21 – David Baker, American symphonic jazz composer (died 2016).
• 24 – Ray Bryant, American pianist and composer (died 2011).
• 27 – Walter Norris, American pianist and composer (died 2011).
• 31 – Gil Mellé, American saxophonist and film composer (died 2004).

References

1. "History of Jazz Time Line: 1931". All About Jazz. Archived from the original on 2011-04-15. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
2. Yanow, Scott. "Buddie Petit". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
3. Vacher, Peter (2010-04-15). "Diz Disley obituary | Music". The Guardian. Retrieved 2017-10-09.

External links

• History Of Jazz Timeline: 1931 at All About Jazz

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