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1930 in jazz

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1930 in jazz
The Italian female jazz band "Delores" in 1930
Decade1930s in jazz
Music1930 in music
StandardsList of 1930s jazz standards
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1930.

Musicians born that year included Ornette Coleman, Herbie Mann, Helen Merrill, Sonny Rollins, Ray Charles and Clifford Brown.

Events

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  • The Great Depression had started. Unemployment rates had risen to 25% of the workforce, and up to 60% of African American men were out of work. Cities were crowded with workseekers. Black musicians were not allowed to play in studios or on radio. However, jazz music was resilient. While businesses, including the record industry, were down, the dance halls were packed with people dancing the jitterbug to the music of big bands, which would come to be called swing music.[1]

Standards

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Ray Charles at Grammy Awards rehearsal, 1990

Births

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Will Lee & Herbie Mann at the Eastman Theatre, Rochester, N.Y. 1975
Sonny Rollins in concert, 2007
Ornette Coleman in 1994
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Verity, Michael. "Jazz by Decade: 1930 – 1940". Thoughtco.com. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  2. ^ "William Hughes, trombonist with Count Basie Orchestra, dies at 87". Silive.com. 2018-01-24. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  3. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Joyce Collins". Biography. AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  4. ^ "Abbey Lincoln Biography". 7infi.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  5. ^ Liotus, Ashley (2013-07-24). "Texas man pleads guilty in death of Ga. jazz musician Ben Tucker". WJCL. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
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