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1942 in jazz

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1942 in jazz
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1942.

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Events

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  • The American Federation of Musicians president James C. Petrillo initiated a ban on recording, in hopes of coercing record companies into returning part of their profits to the union to be used for special concerts and projects. This forced the record companies to focus on recording singers and singing groups and reissuing previously recorded material.[1]
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Charlie Christian July 29, 1916 – March 2, 1942), a guitarist.
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John McLaughlin Blue Note 2016.
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James Blood Ulmer Black Rock Experience Unterfahrt 2013.
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Han Bennink at Jazzclub Unterfahrt in 2010.
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Tomasz Stańko in 2013.
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Oliver Lake in 2006.
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Philip Catherine in 1984.
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