1928 in jazz
In 1928 in jazz the standards "Basin Street Blues", "Sweet Lorraine" and "Mack the Knife" were published.
Musicians born that year included Cannonball Adderley, Etta Jones and Fats Domino.
Events
By 1928, jazz was becoming popular in Germany and was being taught in Frankfurt.
Standards
Deaths
Jimmy O'Bryant, American jazz clarinetist
Stump Evans, American jazz saxophonist
Births
Addison Farmer, bassist
Alan Littlejohn,
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombonist
Aldemaro Romero,
Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros,
Archie Semple,
Art Farmer, jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player
Beverly Kenney, singer
Bill Potts, pianist and arranger
Bob Gordon, saxophonist
Bob Wilber,
Bobby Jones, saxophonist
Bobby Orr, drummer
Cannonball Adderley, alto saxophonist of the hard-bop era
Carl Fontana, trombonist
Carl Perkins, pianist
Chuck Andrus, double-bassist
Clare Fischer,
Conrad Janis, trombonist
Dick Nash, trombonist
Don Lanphere, saxophonist
Eddie Hubble, trombonist
Eric Dolphy, alto saxophonist, flutist and bass clarinetist.
