Paris / New York City / New York / Kingston / New Orleans / London / /
Company
BBC / The Quarrymen Skiffle Group / /
Continent
America / Europe / /
Country
South Africa / France / United Kingdom / United States / Jamaica / /
EntertainmentAwardEvent
the Newport Jazz Festival / first Jazz Festival / /
Event
Person Travel / Natural Disaster / /
Facility
Fisk University / Leeds College of Music / London’s Café / Club Eleven / Ovary Lodge / London Hippodrome / Carnegie Hall / /
Movie
Red / In The Mood / The Glenn Miller Story / /
MusicAlbum
Jazz at the Philharmonic / /
MusicGroup
Soft Machine / Cream / The Blue Notes / Ark / Rolling Stones / Spontaneous Music Ensemble / Yerba Buena / Original Dixieland Jazz Band / the Beatles / /
NaturalFeature
Indies / English Channel / /
Organization
Rhythm Club / Ministry of Labour / Brotherhood of Breath / Southern Syncopated Orchestra / All-American Orchestra / Indian Dance Orchestra / Fisk University / White Defence League / Leeds College of Music / Spontaneous Music Ensemble / Royal Academy / American Army / Jig’s Club / Ted Heath’s Orchestra / Feldman’s Club / Jazz Club / Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club / National Youth Jazz Orchestra / /
Person
Harry Beckett / Derek Bailey / Dill Pickles / Lonnie Donegan / Stan Getz / Denis Rose / Eric Clapton / Sarah Vaughan / George Webb / Zoot Sims / Graham Collier / Dixie Jass Band One Step / Ted Heath / Harold McNair / Evan Parker / Chris McGregor / John Coltrane / John Stevens / Thom Jurek / George Lewis / Coleman Hawkins / Dave Holland / Coleridge Goode / Robert Wyatt / Lew Stone / Jon Hiseman / Jimmy Dorsey / Ken Colyer / Stéphane Grappelli / Dizzy Gillespie / Kenny Baker / Miles Davis / Roy Fox / Betty Smith / Tubby Hayes / Garland Wilson / Charles Johnson / Michael Garrick / Freddy Gardner / Gracie Cole / Steve Rubie / Benny Carter / Edward / Ronnie Scott / Guy Barker / Joe Harriott / Harry James / John McLaughlin / Rosetta Sharpe / Billy Cotton / Sidney Bechet / Joe Venuti / Henry "Red" Allen / Thelonius Monk / Kathleen Stobart / Amy Winehouse / Bertie King / Ella Fitzgerald / Chris MacGregor / Elaine Delmar / George Shearing / Fred Elizalde / Sinclair Traill / John Dankworth / Stan Tracey / Van Morrison / Woody Herman / Kenny Ball / Wynton Marsalis / Cleo Laine / Spike / Humphrey Lyttelton / Adelaide Hall / Bill Ashton / Norman Granz / Keith Tippett / Scott Joplin / Ornette Coleman / Freddy Randall / Bill Le Sage / Art Tatum / Lionel Hampton / Harry Parry / Don Rendell / Mike Taylor / Patrick Cairns / Benny Goodman / Charlie Parker / Chris Barber / Charlie Christian / George Chisholm / Stan Kenton / Duke Ellington / George Botsford / Glenn Miller / Nigel Hitchcock / Artie Shaw / Mike Westbrook / Thomas / Irving Berlin / Don Cherry / Tommy Dorsey / Montague / Louis Armstrong / Ian Carr / Bert Ambrose / /
Position
violinist / drummer / pianist / player / ambassador / guitarist / King / journalist and prolific recording artist / married jazz singer / musician / composer / alto-saxophonist / Queen / double-bassist / manager / critic / saxophonist / featuring soprano-saxophonist / singer / Musical Director / director / bassist / composer / author / chair / pianist/musical adviser / premier / leader / /
1 Pre 1900 Jazz is Conceived The music to become known as ‘jazz’ is generally thought to have been conceived in America during the second half of the