1905 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1905.

• Sidney Bechet becomes the protege of clarinetist George Baquet and sits in with the band of trumpeter Freddie Keppard at the age of eight .^[1]

January

• 13 – Percy Humphrey, American trumpeter and bandleader (died 1995).^[2]

February

• 6 – Jan Werich, Czech singer, actor, playwright, and writer (died 1980).
• 10 – Chick Webb, American jazz and swing music drummer as well as a band leader (died 1939).
• 11 – Lebert Lombardo, Canadian trumpeter and singer (died 1993).
• 22 – Arthur Whetsel, American trumpeter (died 1940).

March

• 3 – Fernand Coppieters, Belgian pianist and organist (died 1981).
• 12 – Chelsea Quealey, American trumpeter (died 1950).

April

• 15 – Bernard Addison, American guitarist (died 1990).
• 19 – Tommy Benford, American drummer (died 1994).

May

• 7 – Georgie Stoll, American musical director, conductor, composer, and violinist (died 1985).
• 18 – Richard McPartland, American guitarist (died 1957).

June

• 13 – Doc Cheatham, American trumpeter, singer, and bandleader (died 1997).
• 17 – Don Kirkpatrick, American jazz pianist and arranger (died 1956).

July

• 8 – Walter Barnes, American clarinetist, saxophonist and bandleader (died 1940).
• 9 – Martha Boswell, American singer, Boswell Sisters (died 1958).
• 10 – Ivie Anderson, American singer (died 1949).

August

• 20 – Jack Teagarden, American trombonist and singer (died 1964).^[3]
• 24 – Alphonse Trent, American jazz pianist and territory band leader (died 1959).^[4]

October

• 25 – Reuben Reeves, American trumpeter and bandleader (died 1955).

November

• 16 – Eddie Condon, American banjoist, guitarist, and bandleader (died 1973).^[5]
• 19 – Tommy Dorsey, American trombonist, composer, conductor and bandleader (died 1956).^[6]
• 22 – Cecil Scott, American clarinetist, tenor saxophonist, and bandleader (died 1964).
• 24 – Harry Barris, American singer, pianist, and songwriter (died 1962).^[7]

December

• 25 – Ann Ronell, American composer and lyricist (died 1993).^[8]
• 29 – Snub Mosley, American trombonist (died 1981).

Unknown date

• Herb Morand, American jazz trumpeter (died 1952).^[9]
• Tamara Drasin, American singer (died 1943).

• History Of Jazz Timeline: 1905 at All About Jazz