This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1942. Events August 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. October Sarah Vaughan was discovered at the Apollo Theater in Harlem after having won first prize at Amateur Night. 18 – Louis Armstrong was married to a Cotton Club dancer named Lucille Wilson. They remained married until his death. Standards Deaths January 1 – Jaroslav Ježek, Czechoslovakian composer, pianist and conductor (born 1906). 12 – Willie Cornish, American trombonist (born 1875). March 1 – Leo Adde, American drummer (born 1904). 2 – Charlie Christian, American guitarist (born 1916). June 2 – Bunny Berigan, American trumpeter (born 1908). July 30 – Jimmy Blanton, American upright bassist (born 1918). Births January 4 – John McLaughlin, English guitarist. 7 – Jocelyne Jocya, American singer and songwriter (died 2003). 8 Bill Goodwin, American drummer. Jon Lucien, American vocalist (died 2007). 19 – Nara Leão, Brazilian singer (died 1989). 25 Art Murphy, American pianist and composer (died 2006). Graeme Lyall, Australian saxophonist, composer and arranger. 27 – Maki Asakawa, Japanese singer, lyricist, and composer (died 2010). February 5 – Keith Ingham, English pianist. 8 – James Blood Ulmer, American guitarist and singer. 12 – Lionel Grigson, British pianist and trumpeter (died 1994). 26 – Yōsuke Yamashita, Japanese pianist, composer and writer. March 3 Lyman Woodard, American organist (died 2009). Teruo Nakamura, Japanese bassist. 4 – Dave Matthews, American keyboardist. 5 – Dave Green, English upright bassist. 6 Charles Tolliver, American trumpeter and composer. Flora Purim, Brazilian singer. Robin Kenyatta, American alto saxophonist (died 2004). 21 – Amina Claudine Myers, American pianist, organist, vocalist, and composer. 25 – Aretha Franklin, American singer and songwriter (died 2018). April 2 – Leon Russell, American musician and songwriter (died 2016). 13 – Rusty Jones, American drummer (died 2015). 17 Buster Williams, American bassist. Han Bennink, Dutch drummer and multi-instrumentalist. 21 – Alan Skidmore, English tenor saxophonist. 29 – Sammy Rimington, English reedist. May 6 – David Friesen, American bassist. 13 – Jim Douglas, Scottish guitarist. 20 – Dan Jacobs, American trumpeter and flugelhornist. 23 – Randolph Colville, Scottish clarinettist and