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YEAR 1900

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USA

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New Orleans

KEY PERFORMER Buddy Bolden ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Jazz Music Popular The Bolden Band

AUTHOR ADVISORS COUNTRY VENUE NOTES LG look for pic USA

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YEAR 1910s

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KEY PERFORMER Freddie Keppard ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Original Creole Orchestra Bill Johnson Jazz Music Popular

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ASSIGNED AUTHOR SW
USA

YEAR 1912

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New Orleans

KEY PERFORMER F.S. Wolcott ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Rabbit Foot Minstrels Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith Blues Music Popular

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ASSIGNED AUTHOR SW drop, BC

USA

YEAR 1912

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Carnegie Hall, NY

KEY PERFORMER James Reese Europe ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Concert of Negro Music Clef Club Orchestra Jazz Music Popular

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ASSIGNED AUTHOR SW
UK

YEAR 1920 (c.)

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Buckingham Palace, London LG look for pics to confirm date

KEY PERFORMER The Orginal Dixieland Jazz Band ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Jazz Music Popular Europe tour

AUTHOR ADVISORS COUNTRY VENUE NOTES http://www.youtube. com/watch?v=Rn076CUZCc8

ASSIGNED AUTHOR DH
USA

YEAR 1920s

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KEY PERFORMER Bessie Smith ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Blues Music Popular Bessie Smith performs with her band

AUTHOR ADVISORS COUNTRY VENUE NOTES USA

ASSIGNED AUTHOR

YEAR 1923

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Chicago, Illinois

KEY PERFORMER Joe 'King' Oliver ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Joe 'King' Oliver's Creole Jazz Band Louis Armstrong Jazz Music Popular

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ASSIGNED AUTHOR

YEAR 1923

GENRE CATEGORY

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81 Theater, Atlanta

KEY PERFORMER Bessie Smith ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Blues Music Popular Opens at the 81 Theater

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ASSIGNED AUTHOR SW, BC

USA

YEAR 1924

GENRE CATEGORY

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Aeolian Hall, NY http://www.nytimes. com/1987/02/15/arts/recording s-the-whiteman-concert-of -1924-lives-on.html

KEY PERFORMER Paul Whiteman ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Jazz Music Popular Experiment in Modern Music

AUTHOR ADVISORS COUNTRY VENUE NOTES

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SW
USA

YEAR 1924

GENRE CATEGORY

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NYC see alternative images also

KEY PERFORMER Louis Armstrong ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Fletcher Hendersons Orchestra Fletcher Henderson Jazz Music Popular

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ASSIGNED AUTHOR SW
USA

YEAR 1927

GENRE CATEGORY

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Cotton Club, NY

KEY PERFORMER Duke Ellington ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Jazz Debut at the Cotton Club

AUTHOR ADVISORS

ASSIGNED AUTHOR SW

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YEAR 1928

GENRE CATEGORY

Music Popular

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USA

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KEY PERFORMER W.C. Handy ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Jazz Music Popular First jazz concert at Carnegie Hall

AUTHOR ADVISORS COUNTRY VENUE NOTES

ASSIGNED AUTHOR SW
USA

YEAR 1931

GENRE CATEGORY

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Cotton Club, Harlem, NY

KEY PERFORMER Cab Calloway ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Jazz Music Popular Brown Sugar Revue

AUTHOR ADVISORS COUNTRY VENUE NOTES JA check where + further research Is this at the Yacht Club? AUTHOR Blues Music Popular ADVISORS COUNTRY VENUE NOTES France USA

ASSIGNED AUTHOR

YEAR 1932

GENRE CATEGORY

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KEY PERFORMER Art Tatum, Fats Waller ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Club session

ASSIGNED AUTHOR

YEAR 1934

GENRE CATEGORY

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Hot Club de France, Paris

KEY PERFORMER Django Reinhardt ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Jazz Music Popular Quintette du Hot Club de France

AUTHOR ADVISORS COUNTRY VENUE NOTES USA

ASSIGNED AUTHOR

YEAR 1935

GENRE CATEGORY

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Palomar Ballroom, Los

KEY PERFORMER Benny Goodman ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Jazz Music Popular Palomar Ballroom

AUTHOR ADVISORS COUNTRY VENUE NOTES

ASSIGNED AUTHOR SW
USA

YEAR 1937

GENRE CATEGORY

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Sewanee Inn, LA

KEY PERFORMER Nat King Cole ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Jazz Music Popular Sewanee Inn

AUTHOR ADVISORS COUNTRY VENUE NOTES USA

ASSIGNED AUTHOR

YEAR 1937

GENRE CATEGORY

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Cafe Society Greenwich NY

KEY PERFORMER Billie Holiday ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Strange Fruit Abel Meeropol Blues Music Popular

AUTHOR ADVISORS COUNTRY VENUE NOTES

Dick Weissman

ASSIGNED AUTHOR

YEAR 1938

GENRE CATEGORY

USA

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Carnegie Hall, NY

KEY PERFORMER Benny Goodman ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Jazz Music Popular Carnegie Hall

AUTHOR ADVISORS COUNTRY VENUE NOTES

ASSIGNED AUTHOR JO, SW drop

USA

YEAR 1938

GENRE CATEGORY

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Carnegie Hall, NY

KEY PERFORMER John Hammond ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Spirituals to Swing Big Joe Turner and Pete Johnson, the Jazz Music Popular

AUTHOR ADVISORS COUNTRY VENUE NOTES

David Hepworth

ASSIGNED AUTHOR

SW, BC
USA

YEAR 1940

GENRE CATEGORY

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KEY PERFORMER Lead Belly ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Fundraiser for the Committee of Arts Woody Guthrie Blues Music Popular

AUTHOR ADVISORS COUNTRY VENUE NOTES

David Hepworth

ASSIGNED AUTHOR

BC, DH
USA

YEAR 1942

GENRE CATEGORY

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Minton's Playhouse, NY

KEY PERFORMER Thelonious Monk ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Drop-in jam sessions at Minton's Howard McGhee, Roy Eldridge, Teddy Jazz

AUTHOR ADVISORS

ASSIGNED AUTHOR

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YEAR 1943

GENRE CATEGORY

Music Popular

COUNTRY VENUE NOTES

USA

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Carnegie Hall, NY

KEY PERFORMER Duke Ellington ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Jazz Music Popular Black, Brown & Beige Symphony

AUTHOR ADVISORS COUNTRY VENUE NOTES

ASSIGNED AUTHOR AR
USA

YEAR 1944

GENRE CATEGORY

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St Louis residency

KEY PERFORMER Billy Eckstine ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker Jazz Music Popular

AUTHOR ADVISORS COUNTRY VENUE NOTES

ASSIGNED AUTHOR AB
USA

YEAR 1944

GENRE CATEGORY

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Philharmonic Auditorium,

KEY PERFORMER Nat King Cole ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Jazz at the Philharmonic Illinois Jacquet, Les Paul and Nat King Jazz Music Popular

AUTHOR ADVISORS COUNTRY VENUE NOTES LG find performance / image

ASSIGNED AUTHOR SW
USA

YEAR 1950s

GENRE CATEGORY

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KEY PERFORMER Big Jay McNeely ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Blues Music Popular Honking performance

AUTHOR ADVISORS COUNTRY VENUE NOTES USA

ASSIGNED AUTHOR

YEAR 1951

GENRE CATEGORY

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Griffith Stadium, Washington DC

KEY PERFORMER Sister Rosetta Tharpe ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Blues Music Popular

AUTHOR ADVISORS COUNTRY VENUE NOTES

ASSIGNED AUTHOR GC drop

USA

YEAR 1952

GENRE CATEGORY

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Cleveland, OH http://www.bbc.co. uk/news/magazine-17440514

KEY PERFORMER Alan Freed ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Moondog Coronation Ball Paul Williams, Tiny Grimes, The Jazz Music Popular

AUTHOR ADVISORS COUNTRY VENUE NOTES

ASSIGNED AUTHOR SW, DH, BC

Canada

YEAR 1953

GENRE CATEGORY

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Massey Hall, Toronto

KEY PERFORMER Charlie Parker ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Massey Hall Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charlie Jazz Music Popular

AUTHOR ADVISORS COUNTRY VENUE NOTES

ASSIGNED AUTHOR BC
USA

YEAR 1955

GENRE CATEGORY

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Newport Jazz Festival, RI

KEY PERFORMER Miles Davis ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Jazz Music Popular Round Midnight

AUTHOR ADVISORS COUNTRY VENUE NOTES USA

ASSIGNED AUTHOR

YEAR 1956

GENRE CATEGORY

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Newport jazz festival

KEY PERFORMER Duke Ellington, Paul Gonsalves ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Jazz Music Popular Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue

AUTHOR ADVISORS COUNTRY VENUE NOTES

ASSIGNED AUTHOR BC
USA

YEAR 1957

GENRE CATEGORY

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Five Spot, NY LG further research

KEY PERFORMER John Coltrane ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Five Spot Thelonious Monk Jazz Music Popular

AUTHOR ADVISORS COUNTRY VENUE NOTES USA

ASSIGNED AUTHOR

YEAR 1959

GENRE CATEGORY

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Five Spot, New York

KEY PERFORMER Ornette Coleman ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Jazz

AUTHOR ADVISORS

ASSIGNED AUTHOR AB

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YEAR 1964

GENRE CATEGORY

Music Popular

COUNTRY VENUE NOTES

UK

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Wilbraham Road, Manchester

KEY PERFORMER Sister Rosetta Tharpe ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Blues and Gospel Caravan Muddy Waters and Otis Spann, Ranson Blues Music Popular

AUTHOR ADVISORS COUNTRY VENUE NOTES

ASSIGNED AUTHOR RC
USA

YEAR 1964

GENRE CATEGORY

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McKee's Disc Jockey Lounge, Chicago Not sure how influential this gig was - cant find much reference to it..

KEY PERFORMER John Coltrane ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Jazz Music Popular McKee's Disc Jockey Lounge

AUTHOR ADVISORS COUNTRY VENUE NOTES

ASSIGNED AUTHOR AB
USA

YEAR 1964

GENRE CATEGORY

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Regal Theater, Chicago

KEY PERFORMER B. B. King ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Blues Music Popular Live at the Regal Theatre

AUTHOR ADVISORS COUNTRY VENUE NOTES

ASSIGNED AUTHOR BC
USA

YEAR 1965

GENRE CATEGORY

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Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, NY

KEY PERFORMER Duke Ellington ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Sacred Concert Lena Horne Jazz Music Popular

AUTHOR ADVISORS COUNTRY VENUE NOTES USA

ASSIGNED AUTHOR

YEAR 1966

GENRE CATEGORY

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Sands, Las Vegas

KEY PERFORMER Frank Sinatra ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Residency at the Sands in Las Vegas Count Basie Jazz Music Popular

AUTHOR ADVISORS COUNTRY VENUE NOTES

ASSIGNED AUTHOR DH
USA

YEAR 1968

GENRE CATEGORY

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Newport Jazz Festival LG further research

KEY PERFORMER Nina Simone ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Jazz Music Popular Newport Jazz Festival

AUTHOR ADVISORS COUNTRY

ASSIGNED AUTHOR

YEAR 1969

GENRE CATEGORY

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VENUE NOTES

KEY PERFORMER Miles Davis ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY Jazz Music Popular Goes electric

AUTHOR ADVISORS COUNTRY VENUE NOTES

ASSIGNED AUTHOR PA
USA

YEAR 1969

GENRE CATEGORY

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Newport Jazz Festival

KEY PERFORMER Son House ENTRY TITLE OTHER NAMES SUB-CATEGORY At Newport Muddy Waters Blues

AUTHOR ADVISORS

ASSIGNED AUTHOR SW, BC