title: 1901 in jazz
text: # 1901 in jazz
  
  This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1901.
  
  ## Events
  
  * Charles Booth performs "Creole Belles" by J. Bodewalt Lampe. His performance is the first acoustic recording of ragtime to be made commercially available, for the new Victor label.
  
  ## Births
  
  ### February
  
  * 11 – Claude Jones, American trombonist (died 1962).
  
  ### March
  
  * 27 – Enrique Santos Discépolo, Argentine tango and milonga pianist, bandoneón player, ainger and composer (died 1951).
  * 29 – Sidney Arodin, American clarinetist and songwriter (died 1948).
  
  ### April
  
  * 9 – Arthur Briggs, Granadian-born trumpeter (died 1991)
  
  ### May
  
  * 11 – Edmond Hall, American clarinetist and bandleader (died 1967).
  * 20 – Jimmy Blythe, American pianist and composer (died 1931).
  * 30 – Frankie Trumbauer, American saxophonist, composer and bandleader (died 1956).
  
  ### June
  
  * 8 – Lou Black, American banjo player (died 1965).
  
  ### July
  
  * 1 – Richard Plunket Greene, English musician and author, member of the bright young things (died 1978).
  
  ### August
  
  * 4 – Louis Armstrong, American trumpeter, composer, singer and actor (died 1971).
  * 25 – Charlie Burse, African-American ukulele player (died 1965).
  * 26 – Jimmy Rushing, American blues shouter, balladeer, singer and pianist (died 1972).
  
  ### September
  
  * 2 – Phil Napoleon, American trumpeter and bandleader (died 1990).
  * 30 – Thelma Terry, American bandleader and upright bassist (died 1966).
  
  ### October
  
  * 17 – Lee Collins, American trumpeter (died 1960).
  * 18 – Annette Hanshaw, American singer (died 1985).
  * 20 – Adelaide Hall, American singer and entertainer (died 1993).
  
  ### November
  
  * 9 – Muggsy Spanier, American cornetist (died 1967).
  * 16 – Jesse Stone, American pianist and songwriter (died 1999).
  * 22 – Polo Barnes, American clarinetist and saxophonist (died 1981).
  
  ### December
  
  * 22 – Danny Polo, American clarinetist (died 1949).
  