1906 in jazz

• Duke Ellington starts playing the piano at the age of seven.{{cite web | url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/timeline_year.php?pg=12 | title=History Of Jazz Timeline: 1906 | publisher=All About Jazz | accessdate=2018-01-03}}

{{see also|List of pre-1920 jazz standards#1900–1909}}

; January

• 4 – Frankie Newton, American trumpeter (died 1954).
• 6 – Bobby Stark, American trumpeter (died 1945).{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/307451-Bobby-Stark | title=Bobby Stark | publisher=Discogs.com | accessdate=2018-01-03}}

; March

• 3 – Barney Bigard, American clarinetist (died 1980).
• 13 – Frank Teschemacher, American clarinetist and alt saxophonist (died 1932).
• 27 – Pee Wee Russell, American clarinet and saxophones (died 1969).

; April

• 3
• Billy Taylor, American upright bassist (died 1986).
• Fats Pichon, American pianist, singer, bandleader, and songwriter (died 1967).
• 10
• Fud Livingston, American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, arranger, and composer (died 1957).
• Kai Ewans, Danish reedist (died 1988).
• 18 – Little Brother Montgomery, American pianist and singer (died 1985).
• 22 – Alex Hill, American pianist (died 1937).{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/638174-Alexander-Hill | title=Alexander Hill | publisher=Discogs.com | accessdate=2018-01-03}}
• 29 – Ward Pinkett, American trumpeter (died 1937).{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/782399-Ward-Pinkett | title=Ward Pinkett | publisher=Discogs.com | accessdate=2018-01-03}}
• 30 – Hayes Pillars, American tenor saxophonist and bandleader (died 1992).

; May

• 7 – Edward Inge, American arranger and reedist (died 1988).

; June

• 7 – Glen Gray, American saxophonist and band leader, Casa Loma Orchestra (died 1963).
• 13 – Edwin Swayze, American trumpeter and composer (died 1935).
• 18 – Ray Bauduc, American drummer (died 1988).

;July

• 9 – Joe Darensbourg, American clarinetist and saxophonist (died 1985).
• 25 – Johnny Hodges, American alto saxophonist (died 1970).

; August

• 10 – Robert De Kers, Belgian trumpeter and bandleader (died 1987).
• 19 – Eddie Durham, American guitarist, trombonist, composer, and arranger (died 1987).

; September

• 23 – Sterling Bose, American trumpeter and cornetist (died 1958).{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/307292-Sterling-Bose | title=Sterling Bose | publisher=Discogs.com | accessdate=2018-01-03}}
• 25 – Jaroslav Ježek, Czechoslovakian composer, pianist, and conductor (died 1942).

; October

• 10 – Leo Mathisen, Danish pianist, composer, arranger, singer, and bandleader (died 1969).{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/1003836-Leo-Mathisen | title=Leo Mathisen | publisher=Discogs.com | accessdate=2018-01-03}}
• 15 – Victoria Spivey, American singer and songwriter (died 1976).

; November

• 9 – Pete Brown, American alto saxophonist and bandleader (died 1963).{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/310288-Joe-Turner | title=Joe Turner | publisher=Discogs.com | accessdate=2018-01-03}}
• 22 – Guy Kelly, American trumpeter (died 1940).{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/843786-Guy-Kelly | title=Guy Kelly | publisher=Discogs.com | accessdate=2018-01-03}}

; December

• 6 – Fulton McGrath, American pianist and songwriter (died 1958).{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/307147-Fulton-McGrath | title=Fulton McGrath | publisher=Discogs.com | accessdate=2018-01-03}}
• 28 – René Compère, Belgian trumpeter (died 1969).{{cite web | url=http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J098300 | title=René Compère | website=OxfordIndex.oup.com | date=2003 | doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J098300 | accessdate=2018-04-01 | last1=Pernet | first1=Robert }}

; Unknown date

• Cuba Austin, American drummer (died 1961).
• Leon "Pee Wee" Whittaker, American Trombonist (died 1993).

{{Reflist}}

• [https://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/timeline_year.php?pg=12 History Of Jazz Timeline: 1906] at All About Jazz

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