This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1915.

1915 in jazz
Jelly Roll Morton published "Jelly Roll Blues" in 1915, the first jazz work in print.
DecadePre-1920 in jazz
Music1915 in music
StandardsList of pre-1920 jazz standards
See also1914 in jazz1916 in jazz
List of years in jazz
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Events

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  • The exact year in which the musical style called jazz began is subject to debate, as are the origins of the word and what exactly qualifies as jazz. Certainly, the term had come to be used by 1915 for a form of music based on New Orleans Ragtime music. Some of the earliest standards first appeared in 1915, and some musicians who went on to become famous in the golden age of jazz were born in that year.[1]
  • Tom Brown's band from New Orleans goes to Chicago, Illinois and start advertising themselves as a "Jas Band"[2]

Standards

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  • Some credit the first jazz recordings to Afro-Creole pianist Jelly Roll Morton. His "Jelly Roll Blues", which he composed around 1905, was published in 1915 as the first jazz arrangement in print, introducing more musicians to the New Orleans style.[3]

Births

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Taft Jordan, Aquarium, New York, ca. November 1946
 
Billie Holiday.
Photo by William Gottlieb, 1947.
 
Les Paul 2004.
 
Al Casey and Eddie Barefield, Cafe Society, New York City, c. 1947.
Photo by William P. Gottlieb
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References

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  1. ^ Cooke 1999, pp. 1
  2. ^ "Tom "Red" Brown (1888-1958)". RedHotJazz.com. Archived from the original on June 25, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  3. ^ Cooke 1999, pp. 38, 56
  4. ^ Reed, Christopher (2006-07-27). "Bill Miller". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
  5. ^ Martin, Douglas (2006-12-13). "Martha Tilton, 91, 'Sweetheart of Swing,' Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
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