1926 in music
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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1926.
Blind Lemon Jefferson record
Jazz
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Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, Afric
1926 in music
…Don Juan (1926 film) Ernesto Halffter – Carmen (1926 film) Werner Richard Heymann – Faust (1926 film) Richard Strauss – Der Rosenkavalier (1926 film) Jazz Musical theater Blackbirds of 1926 production opened at the Les Ambassadeurs on 28 May 1926 in Paris. Americana Broadway revue opened at the Belmont…
Albert Gleizes, 1915, Composition for "Jazz" from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Billie Davies, an avant-garde jazz drummer
Ethel Waters sang "Stormy Weather" at the Cotton Club.
Al Jolson in 1925