Jazz Timeline 1

By accap

  • Honolulu becomes the capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

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    Scott Joplin

    Piano
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    W.C. Handy

    composer
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    Buddy Bolden

    Cornet

  • King Kalakaua of Hawaii becomes the first monarch to circumnavigate the globe

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    Joe "King" Oliver

    Cornet
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    Ma Rainey

    Singer

  • Joseph Kekuku (Oahu native) invents the steel guitar. He later moves to the US Mainland to share his instrument with the rest of the world.

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    Paul Whiteman

    Violist/Conductor
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    Jelly Roll Morton

    Piano
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    Bessie Smith

    Singer
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    Ragtime (Jazz)

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    Sidney Bechet

    Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone
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    Fletcher Henderson

    Pianist, Bandleader

  • Hawaii is annexed by the United States through the Newlands Resolution.

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    Duke Ellington

    Piano

  • The first hotel (Moana) located on Waikiki beach opens

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    Louis Armstrong

    Trumpet, Cornet, Voice
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    Jimmie Lunceford

    Saxophone, Flute
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    Bix Beiderbecke

    Cornet, a little piano
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    Glenn Miller

    Trombone
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    Fats Waller

    Piano
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    Valid Snow

    Trumpet (but basically all of them)
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    Count Basie

    Piano, Bandleader
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    Coleman Hawkins

    Tenor Sax
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    Dixieland (New Orleans style)

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    Benny Carter

    Saxophone, Trumpet, Clarinet
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    Cab Calloway

    Voice (bandleader)
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    Benny Goodman

    Clarinet
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    Lester Young

    Tenor Sax (sometimes clarinet too)
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    Art Tatum

    Piano
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    Django Reinhardt

    Guitar
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    Mary Lou Williams

    Piano
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    Artie Shaw

    Clarinet
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    Robert Johnson

    Guitar
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    Billie Holiday

    Voice
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    Charlie Christian

    Guitar

  • Queen Liliuokalani, the last sovereign of the Hawaiian Kingdom, passes away.

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    Ella Fitzgerald

    Voice
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    Stride Pianists (jazz)

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    Symphonic (Jazz)

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    Swing (Jazz)

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    Delta Blues (Jazz)

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    Bebop (Jazz)

  • The Pearl Harbor attack during WWII

  • First Dole fruit stand opens

  • Hawaii becomes a state

  • Barack Obama (44th U.S. President) was born in Honolulu, HI.

  • The Pearl Harbor National Memorial opens

  • 1966: Don Ho releases his signature song, "Tiny Bubbles." This style of music becomes synonymous with Hawaiian leisure.

  • The Hawaii State Constitutional Convention makes Hawaiian the state's official language (the only state in the U.S. with a non-English official language).

  • Hawaii becomes the home of NFL Pro Bowl hosted in the Aloha Stadium

  • Dole Plantation's "Pineapple Experience" opened to the public

  • Disney releases animated film Lilo & Stitch. A story about a Hawaiian girl and an alien.

  • The Malama Honua Worldwide Voyage begins

    A four year journey with the goal of spreading Hawaiian culture around the world.

  • The Pro Bowl moves from Hawaii to Florida

  • The Malama Honua Worldwide Voyage is completed.

  • The Kīlauea volcano erupted, destroying over 700 homes.