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Overview of the events of 1917 in jazz

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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1917.

Musicians born in this year included Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald and Thelonious Monk.

Events

February

Standards

See also: List of pre-1920 jazz standards § 1915–1917

Deaths

April

• 1 – Scott Joplin, American composer and pianist (born 1868).

Births

January

• 9 – Jimmy Maxwell, American trumpeter (died 2002).
• 10 – Jerry Wexler, American music journalist and music producer (died 2008).
• 14 – Billy Butterfield, American band leader, trumpeter, flugelhornist and cornetist (died 1988).
• 16 – Sandy Block, American bassist (died 1985).
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• 21 – Billy Maxted, American pianist (died 2001).
• 22 – Pud Brown, American reedist (died 1996).
• 23 – Fred Beckett, Amer