1906 in jazz
# 1906 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 1906.

## Events

* Duke Ellington starts playing the piano at the age of seven.

## Births

### January

* 4 – Frankie Newton, American trumpeter (died 1954).
* 6 – Bobby Stark, American trumpeter (died 1945).

### March

* 3 – Barney Bigard, American clarinetist (died 1980).
* 13 – Frank Teschemacher, American clarinetist and alt saxophonist (died 1932).
* 27 – Pee Wee Russell, American clarinet and saxophones (died 1969).

### April

* 3
   * Billy Taylor, American upright bassist (died 1986).
   * Fats Pichon, American pianist, singer, bandleader, and songwriter (died 1967).
* 10
   * Fud Livingston, American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, arranger, and composer (died 1957).
   * Kai Ewans, Danish reedist (died 1988).
* 18 – Little Brother Montgomery, American pianist and singer (died 1985).
* 22 – Alex Hill, American pianist (died 1937).
* 29 – Ward Pinkett, American trumpeter (died 1937).
* 30 – Hayes Pillars, American tenor saxophonist and bandleader (died 1992).

### May

* 7 – Edward Inge, American arranger and reedist (died 1988).

### June

* 7 – Glen Gray, American saxophonist and band leader, Casa Loma Orchestra (died 1963).
* 13 – Edwin Swayze, American trumpeter and composer (died 1935).
* 18 – Ray Bauduc, American drummer (died 1988).

### July

* 9 – Joe Darensbourg, American clarinetist and saxophonist (died 1985).
* 25 – Johnny Hodges, American alto saxophonist (died 1970).

### August

* 10 – Robert De Kers, Belgian trumpeter and bandleader (died 1987).
* 19 – Eddie Durham, American guitarist, trombonist, composer, and arranger (died 1987).

### September

* 23 – Sterling Bose, American trumpeter and cornetist (died 1958).
* 25 – Jaroslav Ježek, Czechoslovakian composer, pianist, and conductor (died 1942).

### October

* 10 – Leo Mathisen, Danish pianist, composer, arranger, singer, and bandleader (died 1969).
* 15 – Victoria Spivey, American singer and songwriter (died 1976).

### November

* 9 – Pete Brown, American alto saxophonist and bandleader (died 1963).
* 22 – Guy Kelly, American trumpeter (died 1940).

### December

* 6 – Fulton McGrath, American pianist and songwriter (died 1958).
* 28 – René Compère, Belgian trumpeter (died 1969).

### Unknown date

* Cuba Austin, American drummer (died 1961).
* Leon "Pee Wee" Whittaker, American Trombonist (died 1993).
