1917 – First Jazz recording by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band. (Dixieland Jazz)
1921 – First Jazz recordings of African American by Kid Ory. (Creole Jazz)
1924 – Luis Armstrong appeared the Jazz scene in New York. (Chicago Style)
1927 – Duke Ellington Orchestra great succeed in the Cotton Club. (Swing Jazz)
1935 – Ella Fitzgerald debuted.
1938 – Benny Goodman first appearance to the Carnegie Hall. (Swing Jazz)
1940 – Jazz sessions at Minton House began in earnest. (Be-Bop)
1942 – Charlie Parker debuted earnestly in the New York Jazz scene. (Be-Bop)
1946 – Famous big bands such as Woody Herman’s and Benny Goodman’s disbanded. (end of Swing Jazz)
Billie Holiday ‘Billie Holiday’ (Vocal Jazz, Jazz Blues)
1947 – Charlie Parker ‘On Dial’ (Be Bop)
1948 – Miles Davis Nonet performed at the Royal Roost. (Cool Jazz)
1949 – Lennie Tristano and Lee Konitz recording debuted by Prestige Records. (West Coast Jazz)
Charlie Parker ‘Charlie Parker with Strings’
Miles Davis ‘Birth of the Cool’ (released in 1957) (Cool Jazz)
1952 – Contemporary Records and Pacific Jazz Records were founded. (West Coast Jazz)
1953 – Gerry Mulligan ‘Original Quartet with Chet Baker’ (West Coast Jazz)
1954 – The Art Blakey Quintet played at the Birdland. (Hard Bop, Funky Jazz)
Chet Baker ‘Chet Baker Sings’ (West Coast Jazz, Vocal Jazz)
1955 – Charlie Parker died.
1956 – Miles Davis’ s ‘Marathon Session’ (Hard Bop)
Modern Jazz Quartet ‘Django’ (Post Bop, Third Stream)
Sonny Rollins ‘Saxophone Colossus’ (Hard Bop)
Charles Mingus ‘Pithecanthropus Erectus’ (Post Bop)
1957 – Miles Davis ‘Bags’ Groove’ (Hard Bop)
1958 – Miles Davis adopted Modal Jazz, and released ‘Milestones’.
Ornette Coleman debuted by the album ‘the Shape of Jazz to Come’ (Free Jazz)
1959 – Miles Davis released ‘Kind of Blue’. It’s the proclamation and completion of Modal Jazz.
Dave Brubeck ‘Time Out’ adopted unusual time signatures, and hit a song of the album ‘Take Five’. (Cool Jazz)
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers ‘Moanin’’ (Funky Jazz, Hard Bop)
1960 – John Coltrane was independent from Miles Davis and organized his own quartet.
John Coltrane ‘Giant Steps’ (Hard Bop, Modal Jazz)
Miles Davis (with Gil Evans) ’Sketches of Spain’
Wes Montgomery ‘Incredible Jazz Guitar’ (Hard Bop, Jazz Guitar)
Bill Evans ‘Portrait in Jazz’ The greatest piano trio album, adopted modal approach and high-leveled interplay, by the greatest piano trio consists of Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian. (Modal Jazz)
1961 – Bill Evans ‘Waltz for Debby’ (Modal Jazz)
1963 – Stan Getz ‘Getz/Gilberto’ (Bossa Nova)
Antonio Carlos Jobim ‘The Composer of Desafinado Plays’ (Bossa Nova)
Lee Morgan ‘The Sidewinder’ (Jazz Rock)
1964 – Miles Davis formed the ‘second great quintet’, the members of which are Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter and Tony Williams. (New Mainstream)
‘The October Revolution of Jazz’ held and gathered together Free Jazz musicians. Organized by Bill Dixon, Performed by Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Gill Evans, Archie Shepp, Don Cherry, Pharoah Sanders and Paul Bley. (Free Jazz)
Jimmy Smith ‘The Cat’ (Funky Jazz, Organ Jazz)
1965 – Herbie Hancock ‘Maiden Voyage’ (New Mainstream)
John Coltrane ‘A Love Supreme’ (Modal Jazz, Free Jazz, Avant-garde Jazz)
1966 – John Coltrane ‘Ascension’ (Free Jazz, Avant-garde Jazz)
Wayne Shorter ‘Speak No Evil’ (New Mainstream)
1967 – John Coltrane died.
Miles Davis ‘Miles Smiles’ (New Mainstream)
1968 – Miles Davis adopted electronic sounds and rhythm of Rock music on his album ‘Miles in the Sky’. (Jazz Rock, Fusion)
Wes Montgomery ‘Road Song’ (Fusion, Pop Jazz, Easy Listening)
1970 – Miles Davis ‘Bitches Brew’ (Fusion, Jazz Rock)
1971 – Weather Report debuted. (Fusion)
1972 – Return to Forever was organized by Chick Corea. (Fusion)
Miles Davis ‘On the Corner’ (Jazz Funk)
1973 – Herbie Hancock’s the Headhunters started the activity and released the first album ‘Head Hunters’. (Jazz Funk, Fusion)
Donald Byrd ‘Black Byrd’. The biggest hit of Blue Note Records. (Jazz Funk)
Keith Jarrett ‘Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne’ (Piano Solo)
1974 – Keith Jarrett ‘Death and the Flower’ (Fusion, Avant-garde)
1976 – Herbie Hancock organized the V.S.O.P. quintet, which featured the members of 60’s Miles Davis quintet. (New Mainstream)
Stuff ‘Stuff’ (Fusion, Jazz Funk)
Jaco Pastorius ‘Jaco Pastorius’ (Fusion)
George Benson ‘Breezin’’ (Smooth Jazz)
1977 – Lee Ritenour ‘Captain Fingers’ (Fusion, Smooth Jazz, Jazz Guitar)
Steely Dan ‘Aja’ (Jazz Rock)
1978 – Larry Carlton ‘Larry Carlton’ (Fusion, Smooth Jazz, Jazz Guitar)
1980 – Wynton Marsalis joined Art Blakey’s the Jazz Messengers and debuted. His flawless performance caused the sensation. (Resurgence of Traditionalism)
1980 – George Winston ‘Autumn’ (Neoclassical New-Age)
1981 – Wynton Marsalis ‘Wynton Marsalis’ (Resurgence of Traditionalism)
Miles Davis collaborated with Marcus Miller and Bill Evans (saxophonist), and released a live album ‘We Want Miles’.
Jaco Pastorius ‘Word of Mouth’ (Fusion)
1982 – George Winston ‘Winter to Spring’, ‘December’ (Neoclassical New-Age)
1983 – Keith Jarrett formed the Standard Trio with Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette. (Resurgence of Traditionalism)
Herbie Hancock’s ‘Future Shock’ adopted Hip Hop sound and scratching, made a big hit. (Electro Funk, Instrumental Hip Hop)
1985 – Resumption of Blue Note Records. (Resurgence of Traditionalism)
Stanley Jordan ‘Magic Touch’ (Fusion, Smooth Jazz)
Jazz musicians Branford Marsalis, Omar Hakim and so on, participated a British rock artist Sting’s album ‘The Dream of the Blue Turtles’. (Pops, Rock)
1986 – Miles Davis ‘Tutu’ produced by Marcus Miller (Fusion, Electronic Jazz, Pop Jazz)
1987 – Jaco Pastorius died.
1990 – Art Blakey died.
1991 – Miles Davis died.
1992 – Jazz-Rap group US3 debuted by ‘Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)’ from Blue Note Records. (Jazz Rap, Acid Jazz)
Miles Davis ‘Doo-Bop’ (Jazz Rap, Hip Hop)
1993 – Marcus Miller ‘The Sun Don’t Lie’ (Fusion)
Joshua Redman ‘Joshua Redman’ (Resurgence of Traditionalism)
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