5 important jazz moments

[pepperbear]

Of course, these are ALL arguable, but they are some of the most important milestones to me.

1. Louis Armstrong born, 1901

2. Miles Davis meets Charlie Parker, around 1944

3. Coltrane releases Giant Steps, 1960

4. Brubeck release time out, 1959

5. A Great Day in Harlem photo taken by Art Kane, 1958

[ProfessorGAC]

1. I'll Add One

When Monk got to New York. Don't know the exact date anymore, but music was never the same after that.
The Professor

[ProfessorGAC]

2. I'll Add One

When Monk got to New York. Don't know the exact date anymore, but music was never the same after that.
The Professor

[Ron Green]

3. A couple more:

Louis Armstrong goes to Chicago, 1922

Chick Webb dies, setting Ella Fitzgerald on a more independent course, 1939(?)

[mitchum]

4. Whenever heroin was refined from morphine back in the 19th century...

don't know the exact date, but it was certainly an important jazz moment

[pepperbear]

5. and one more here too......

Billy Holiday records "Strange Fruit", 1939.

[regularguy]

6. Coleman Hawkins releases Body & Soul. 1939.

The father of the Tenor Sax.

[Ron Green]

7. Good one.

More than any other single recording, that one broke out of the melodic restriction and into what "playing over changes" is all about.

[mitchum]

8. Agreed N/T