This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1944. Events 1944 – The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City hosts a jazz concert for the first time. The performers are Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden. Album releases Coleman Hawkins - Rainbow Mist (1944) Standards Deaths February 16 – Bob Zurke, American jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader (born 1912). April 19 – Jimmie Noone, American clarinetist (born 1895). March 22 – Yank Porter, American pianist and composer (born 1895). July 24 – O'Neill Spencer, American drummer and singer (born 1909). October 22 – Clarence Profit, American pianist and composer (born 1912). December 8 – Rod Cless, American clarinetist and saxophonist (born 1907). 15 – Glenn Miller, American big-band musician, arranger, composer and bandleader (born 1904). 19 – Miklós Vig, Hungarian singer, actor and comedian (born 1898). Unknown date Tommy Stevenson, American trumpet player (born 1914). Births January 5 – Louis Stewart, Irish guitarist (died 2016). 6 – Don Sickler, American trumpeter. 8 – Bobby Battle, American drummer. 9 – Roy Hellvin, Norwegian pianist, composer, and music arranger. 10 Frank Sinatra Jr., American singer an orchestra leader (died 2016). Gianluigi Trovesi, Italian saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. 12 – Cynthia Robinson, American trumpeter and vocalist, Sly and the Family Stone (died 2015). 20 – Chuck Domanico, American bassist (died 2002). 23 – Randy Jones, British-born American drummer (died 2016). 24 – Bob Degen, American pianist. 29 Salena Jones, American singer. Steve Reid, American drummer (died 2010). 30 – Roger Humphries, American drummer. February 1 – Ari Brown, American tenor saxophonist and pianist. 5 – Bill Mays, American pianist. 6 – Kosuke Mine, Japanese saxophonist. 8 – Candy Johnson, American singer and dancer (died 2012). 10 – Rufus Reid, American bassist, educator, and composer. 11 – Martin Drew, English drummer (died 2010). 15 – Henry Threadgill, American composer, saxophonist, and flautist. 17 – Karl Jenkins, Welsh musician and composer. 19 – Ron Mathewson, Scottish upright bassist and bass guitarist. 20 – Lew Soloff, American trumpeter, composer, and actor (died 2015). 22 – Mark Charig, British trumpeter and cornetist. 24 – Oddbjørn Blindheim, Norwegian pianist. March 6 – Kiri Te Kanawa, New Zealand soprano. 10 – David Friedman, American percussionist. 13 – Warren Tartaglia, American musician and poet (died 1965). 15 Jazz Summers, British music manager (lung cancer), Scissor Sisters, The Verve,