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1940 in jazz

Overview of the events of 1940 in jazz From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1940.

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Events

March
  • The American Society of Composers, Artists and Producers (ASCAP) proposed a new contract, increasing by 100 percent the royalties which they received from broadcast use.[1]

Top hits of the year

On February 8, 1940, “How High the Moon” was introduced during the Broadway revue Two for the Show. The musical would run at the Booth Theatre for 124 performances. Music and Lyrics by Alfred Drake and Frances Comstock.[2]

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Einar Aaron Swan from newspaper article in Worcester Telegram 1927

Album releases

Standards

Deaths

February
April
  • 23Walter Barnes, American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and bandleader (born 1905).
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December
  • 6Charlie Dixon, American jazz banjoist (born 1898).
  • 21Hal Kemp, jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, composer, and arranger (born 1904).
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