documenting events of Jazz in the year 1943. The American Federation of Musicians recording ban, called by James Petrillo, continued through 1943. Django Reinhardt...
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Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its...
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1943 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1943. 1943 (MCMXLIII)...
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notable events in music that took place in the year 1943. 1943 in British music 1943 in Norwegian music 1943 in country music 1943 in jazz January 1 – Frank...
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In the early 1940s in jazz, bebop emerged, led by Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk and others. It helped to shift jazz from danceable popular...
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George Benson (category African-American jazz guitarists)
March 22, 1943) is an American jazz fusion guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He began his professional career at the age of 19 as a jazz guitarist....
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The Surrey with the Fringe on Top (category 1940s jazz standards)
on Top" is a show tune from the 1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!. The piece was recorded in 1952 by jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal, which influenced...
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Fats Waller (category African-American jazz composers)
1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, and singer. His innovations in the Harlem stride style laid much of the basis for modern jazz...
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evolution of Ethio-jazz music. Multi-instrumentalist Mulatu Astatke has been considered the father of Ethio-jazz. He was born in 1943 in Jimma and developed...
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Latin jazz is a genre of jazz with Latin American rhythms. The two main categories are Afro-Cuban jazz, rhythmically based on Cuban popular dance music...
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Romantic poet, playwright, and journalist Aloysius Foster (born 1943), American jazz drummer Aloysius Gonzaga (1568–1591), Italian aristocrat and saint...
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Grover Washington Jr. (category African-American jazz composers)
Grover Washington Jr. (December 12, 1943 – December 17, 1999) was an American jazz-funk and soul-jazz saxophonist and Grammy Award winner. Along with...
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songs and compositions which may have entered a jazz musician's or jazz singer's repertoire or be featured in the Real Books, but may not be performed as...
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Jacqui McShee (category 1943 births)
25 December 1943) is an English singer. Since 1966, she has performed with Pentangle, a jazz-influenced folk rock band. McShee was born in Catford, South...
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Urszula Augustyn (born 1964), Polish politician Urszula Dudziak (born 1943), Polish jazz vocalist Urszula Gacek (born 1963), British-born Polish member of...
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Bernie is the surname of: Ben Bernie (1891–1943), American jazz violinist, bandleader and radio personality Dave Bernie (born 1948), Irish retired hurler...
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Royal Air Force pilot and Rhodesian politician Billy Harper (born 1943), American jazz saxophonist William Claude Harper (born 1944), American jewelry artist...
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In the 2000s in jazz, there was a gradual decline in popularity for the smooth jazz subgenre which had flourished in the previous decade In the 2000s...
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Bill Mitchell (redirect from Billy Mitchell (jazz musician))
Wildworks Billy Mitchell (pianist) (born 1943), American jazz pianist Billy Mitchell (saxophonist) (1926–2001), American jazz tenor saxophonist Billy Mitchell...
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The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American part-talkie musical drama film directed by Alan Crosland and produced by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is the first feature-length...
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Larry Coryell (category Jazz musicians from Texas)
Albert Van DeLinder III; April 2, 1943 – February 19, 2017) was an American jazz guitarist. Larry Coryell was born in Galveston, Texas, United States....
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ambassador to Belgium (1845–1846) Fats Waller (Thomas Waller, 1904–1943), American jazz pianist, organist, composer and comedic entertainer Tom Waller (born...
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A jazz band (jazz ensemble or jazz combo) is a musical ensemble that plays jazz music. Jazz bands vary in the quantity of its members and the style of...
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Star Eyes (song) (redirect from Star Eyes (1943 song))
"Star Eyes" is a song from the 1943 film I Dood It, written by Gene de Paul and Don Raye. It was performed in the film by Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly...
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Armand J. Piron (category Jazz musicians from New Orleans)
Armand John "A.J." Piron (August 16, 1888 – February 17, 1943) was an American jazz violinist who led dance bands during the 1910s thru the 1930s. A.J...
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of jazz bassists includes performers of the double bass and since the 1950s, and particularly in the jazz subgenre of jazz fusion which developed in the...
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Billie Holiday (category American women jazz singers)
American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday made a significant contribution to jazz music...
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notable jazz fusion performers or bands. For performers of smooth jazz, a more radio-friendly, pop-infused variant of fusion, see List of smooth jazz performers...
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Volker Kriegel (category German jazz guitarists)
Kriegel (24 December 1943 – 14 June 2003) was a German jazz guitarist and composer who was a founding member of the United Jazz + Rock Ensemble. He was...
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