1910 in jazz

• Violinist, pianist, composer and conductor James Reese Europe founds the Clef Club, an association for Black musicians based in New York.{{cite web | url=http://www.jazzinamerica.org/JazzResources/Timeline/1910/1919 | title=Timeline | publisher=JazzInAmerica.org | accessdate=2017-11-02}}

{{see also|List of pre-1920 jazz standards#1910–1914}}

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; January

• 2 – Minoru Matsuya, Japanese pianist (died 1995).
• 14 – Jimmy Crawford, American drummer (died 1980).
• 17 – Sid Catlett, American drummer (died 1951).
• 23 – Django Reinhardt, Belgian-born, Romani French jazz guitarist and composer (died 1953).{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/253481-Django-Reinhardt?limit=500 | title=Django Reinhardt | publisher=Discogs.com | accessdate=2017-11-01}}
• 27 – Charlie Holmes, American alto jazz saxophonist of the swing era (died 1985).

; February

• 21 – Al Sears, American tenor saxophonist and bandleader (died 1990).

; March

• 6 – Arthur Österwall, Swedish band leader, composer, vocalist, and upright bassist (died 1990).

; April

• 1 — Harry Carney, American saxophonist (died 1974).
• 16 – Boyce Brown, American dixieland alto saxophonist (died 1959).{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/1279986-Boyce-Brown | title=Boyce Brown | publisher=Discogs.com | accessdate=2017-11-02}}
• 28 – Everett Barksdale, American guitarist (died 1986).

; May

• 8 — Mary Lou Williams, American pianist, composer, and singer (died 1981).
• 12 – Jack Jenney, American jazz trombonist (died 1945).
• 23 – Artie Shaw, American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and actor (died 2004).{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/30/arts/music/artie-shaw-big-band-leader-dies-at-94.html | title=Artie Shaw, Big Band Leader, Dies at 94 | last=Wilson | first=John S. | newspaper=The New York Times | date=2004-12-30 | accessdate=2017-11-01}}
• 25 – Pha Terrell, American singer (died 1945).
• 28 – T-Bone Walker, American guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (died 1975).

; June

• 7 — Gene Porter American saxophonist and clarinetist (died 1993).{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/859081-Gene-Porter | title=Gene Porter | publisher=Discogs.com | accessdate=2017-11-05}}
• 13 – Eddie Beal, American pianist (died 1984).
• 15 – Stan Wrightsman, American pianist (died 1975).
• 18 – Ray McKinley, American drummer, singer, and bandleader (died 1995).
• 23 – Milt Hinton, American double bassist, (died 2000).

; July

• 18 – Lou Busch, American pianist, arranger and composer, a.k.a. Joe "Fingers" Carr (died 1979).

; August

• 7 — Freddie Slack, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 1965).
• 8 — Lucky Millinder, African-American bandleader (died 1966).

; September

• 12 – Shep Fields, American bandleader, clarinetist, and tenor saxophonist (died 1981).

; October

• 10 – Milt Larkin, American trumpeter and bandleader (died 1996).
• 24 – Stella Brooks, American singer (died 2002).

; November

• 25 – Willie Smith, American saxophonist, clarinetist, and singer (died 1967).

;December

• 7 — Louis Prima, Italian-American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and trumpeter (died 1978).
• 14 – Budd Johnson, American saxophonist and clarinetist (died 1984).
• 17 — Sy Oliver, American arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader (died 1988).
• 23 – Freddy Gardner, British saxophonist (died 1950).
• 26 – Rupert Nurse, Trinidadian-British pianist, upright bassist, and saxophonist (died 2001).

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• [https://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/timeline_year.php?pg=16 History Of Jazz Timeline: 1910] at All About Jazz

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