This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1928.
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Musicians born that year included Cannonball Adderley, Etta Jones and Fats Domino.
- By 1928, jazz was becoming popular in Germany and was being taught in Frankfurt.[1]
Sheila Jordan in Jerusalem, 2007
Fats Domino in concert at Deauville (Normandy, France) in 1992.
Jimmy Smith at Festival Jazz Sori – Italy, July 1994
- January
- 3 – Al Belletto, American saxophonist and clarinetist (died 2014).
- 4 – Alan Littlejohn, British trumpeter (died 1996).
- 11 – Cal Massey, American trumpeter (died 1972).
- 12 – Ruth Brown, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 2006).[3]
- 14 – Joe Muranyi, Hungarian-American clarinetist (died 2012).
- 15 – Werner Dies, German tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, guitarist, composer, and arranger (died 2003).
- 23 – Dave Black, American drummer (died 2006).
- 24 – Mick Mulligan, English trumpeter and bandleader (died 2006).
- 26 – Dick Nash, American trombonist.
- 29 – Beverly Kenney, American singer (died 1960).
- 31 – Keshav Sathe, Indian tabla player (died 2012).
- February
- March
- April
- 3 – Bill Potts, American pianist (died 2005).
- 4 – Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros, Cuban trumpeter (died 2016).
- 6 – Eddie Hubble, American trombonist (died 2016).
- 8 – Derek Hogg, English drummer.
- 9 – Monty Sunshine, English clarinettist (died 2010).
- 10
- 13 – Teddy Charles, American vibraphonist, pianist, and drummer (died 2012).
- 14
- 18 – Ken Colyer, English trumpeter and cornetist (died 1988).
- 22 – Tommy Turrentine, American trumpeter (died 1997).
- 23 – Mike Daniels, British trumpeter and bandleader (died 2016).
- 24 – Johnny Griffin, American jazz saxophonist (heart attack) (died 2008).[4]
- 25 – Rick Henderson, American saxophonist (died 2004).
- 26 – Herman Foster, American pianist (died 1999).
- 29 – Errol Buddle, Australian bassoonist and saxophonist (died 2018).[5]
- May
- June
- 1 – Frank Parr, English trombonist and cricketer (died 2012).
- 4 – Teddy Kotick, American bassist (died 1986).
- 11 – Bob Gordon, American saxophonist (died 1955).
- 12 – Vic Damone, American singer, songwriter, and actor (died 2018).[6]
- 20 – Eric Dolphy, American alto saxophonist, flutist, and bass clarinetist (died 1964).
- 23 – Bob Badgley, American upright bassist (died 2012).
- 26 – Don Lanphere, American saxophonist (died 2003).
- July
- 2 – Richard Wyands, American pianist, composer, and arranger (died 2019).
- 4 – Ted Joans, American trumpeter and jazz poet (died 2003).
- 13 – Leroy Vinnegar, American upright bassist (died 1999).
- 15 – Joe Harriott, Jamaican saxophonist and composer (died 1973).
- 17
- 18 – Carl Fontana, American trombonist (died 2003).
- 20 – Peter Ind, British upright bassist and record producer (died 2021).
- 22 – Keter Betts, American upright bassist (died 2005).
- 29 – Konstantin Orbelyan, Armenian pianist, composer, and head of the State Estrada Orchestra of Armenia (died 2014).
- 30 – Vernel Fournier, American drummer (died 2000).
- August
- September
- 1 – Ed Summerlin, American composer, arranger, saxophonist, and music educator (died 2006).[8]
- 2 – Horace Silver, American pianist and composer (died 2014).
- 5
- 11 – Lorraine Geller, American pianist (died 1958).
- 14 – Jay Cameron, American saxophonist (died 2001).
- 15 – Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist (died 1975).
- 20 – Vi Redd, American alto saxophonist and singer (died 2022).
- 21 – William Russo, American trombonist, composer, and arranger (died 2003).
- 23
- 28 – Koko Taylor, American singer (died 2009).[9]
- 30 – Jon Eardley, American trumpeter (died 1991).
- October
- November
- December