San Francisco / Nagasaki / Budapest / New Delhi / Paris / Tokyo / Hiroshima / Tripoli / Warsaw / Boston / New York / New Orleans / Berlin / Cologne / Los Angeles / London / Brussels / /
Company
CBS / Broadcast Music Incorporated / /
Continent
Europe / /
Country
Hungary / Netherlands / Myanmar / South Africa / Norway / France / Japan / Pakistan / United Kingdom / China / Israel / Ethiopia / Finland / India / Palestinian Territories / Denmark / Germany / Italy / Tunisia / Libya / Belgium / Russia / Austria / United States / Soviet Union / Vietnam / Argentina / Yugoslavia / Greece / /
EntertainmentAwardEvent
Jazz Festival / The first Festival International / /
Event
Person Travel / Employment Change / Judicial Event / /
Facility
Town Hall / club Birdland / New York's Town Hall / Pearl Harbor / Carnegie Hall / /
Movie
Jazz at the Philharmonic / New Orleans / Jammin' the Blues / /
MusicAlbum
Black / Brown / and Beige / Night in Tunisia / 'Round About Midnight / Birth of the Cool / Now's The Time / Jazz at the Philharmonic / /
House Un-American Activities Committee / army / United Negro College Fund / Coleman Hawkins Quartet / Central Intelligence Agency / United States Army / Air Force / Duke Ellington's Orchestra / American Federation of Musicians / United Nations / American Society / Juilliard School of Music / British army / /
Person
Harry S. Truman / Mary Lou Williams / Sarah Vaughan / Ray Nance / Stephane Grappelli / Billy Strayhorn / Charlie "Bird" Parker / Ben Webster / Dizzy Gillespie / Miles Davis / Billie Holiday / Max Roach / Anton Webern / Adolph Hitler / Earl Hines / Winston Churchill / George Orwell / Sidney Bechet / Benito Mussolini / Oscar Peterson / Thelonious Monk / Slam Stewart / Kenny Clarke / Juan Peron / Dave Brubeck / John Lewis / Gil Evans / Jay McShann / Ella Fitzgerald / Django Reinhardt / Ray Brown / Kenny Clark / Bela Bartok / Norman Granz / Leonard Bernstein / Art Tatum / Lionel Hampton / Jackie Robinson / Lester Young / Charlie Parker / Mao Tse-Tung / Stan Kenton / Duke Ellington / Glenn Miller / Tiny Grimes / Lennie Tristano / Billy Eckstine / Eddie Condon / Franklin Roosevelt / Trumpeter Roy Eldridge / Gene Krupa / Louis Armstrong / /
Position
jazz pianist / Prime Minister / Composer / President / violinist / drummer / pianist / Producer / guitarist / military policeman / saxophonist / Chairman / singer / bassist / Writer / judge / Clarinetist / leader / /
Date Developments in Jazz 1940 Composer and bandleader Duke Ellington hires saxophonist Ben Webster and records Ko-Ko,