1911 in jazz

• 18 – The Irving Berlin album Alexander's Ragtime Band was released.{{cite web | url=http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/03/this-day-in-history-march-18th-alexanders-ragtime-band | title=This Day In History: March 18, 1911 – Alexander's Ragtime Band | date=18 March 2015 | publisher=TodayIFoundOut.com | accessdate=2017-11-02}}

• The composer and pianist Scott Joplin published his opera Treemonisha.{{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}}

; January

• 25 – Truck Parham, American upright bassist (died 2002).
• 30
• Roy Eldridge, American jazz trumpeter (died 1989).{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/258459-Roy-Eldridge | title=Roy Eldridge | publisher=Discogs.com | accessdate=2017-11-01}}
• Frank Weir, British orchestra leader and saxophonist (died 1981).

; March

• 7 — Louis Cottrell Jr., American clarinetist and tenor saxophonist (died 1978).
• 10 – Pete Clarke, British saxophonist and clarinetist (died 1975).
• 16 – Harper Goff, Afro-Cuban clarinetist, saxophonist, and trumpeter (died 1993).{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/1142857-Harper-Goff | title=Harper Goff | publisher=Discogs.com | accessdate=2017-12-08}}
• 31 – Freddie Green, American guitarist (died 1987).

; April

• 2 — Cag Cagnolatti, American trumpeter (died 1983).
• 12 – Tullio Mobiglia, Italian saxophonist and bandleader (died 1991).
• 16 – Alton Purnell, American pianist (died 1987).
• 21
• John G. Blowers Jr. or Johnny Blowers, American drummer (died 2006).
• Zilas Görling, Swedish saxophonist (died 1960).
• 28
• Mario Bauza, American artist, musician, and actor (died 1993).{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/408342-Mario-Bauz%C3%A1 | title=Mario Bauza | publisher=Discogs.com | accessdate=2017-12-08}}
• Norma Teagarden, American pianist (died 1996).

; May

• 8 — Robert Johnson, American guitarist, singer, and composer (died 1938).
• 13 – Billy Munn, British jazz pianist and arranger (died 2000).
• 13 – Maxine Sullivan, American vocalist and performer (died 1987).
• 18 – Big Joe Turner, American blues shouter (died 1985).

; July

• 7 — Charles Redland, Swedish saxophonist, bandleader, and composer (died 1994).
• 10 – Cootie Williams, American trumpeter (died 1985).{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/258696-Cootie-Williams | title=Cootie Williams | publisher=Discogs.com | accessdate=2017-12-08}}
• 17 – Lionel Ferbos, American trumpeter (died 2014).{{cite news | url=http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/165007/legendary-jazz-trumpeter-lionel-ferbos-dead-at-103 | title=Legendary jazz trumpeter Lionel Ferbos dead at 103 | newspaper=Buenos Aires Herald | date=2014-07-19 | accessdate=2017-11-01}}
• 23 – Lodewijk Parisius "Kid Dynamite", Surinamese-Dutch tenor saxophonist (died 1963).

; August

• 20 – Billy Amstell, British reedist (died 2005).
• 28 – George Clarke, American tenor saxophonist (died 1985).

; September

• 30 – Clare Deniz, British pianist (died 2002).

; October

• 7 — Jo Jones, American drummer (died 1985).
• 8 — Karel Vlach, Czech musician, orchestra conductor, and arranger (died 1986).
• 26 – Mahalia Jackson, American singer (died 1972).

; November

• 11 – Dick Wilson, American jazz tenor saxophonist (died 1941).{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/313076-Dick-Wilson | title=Dick Wilson | publisher=Discogs.com | accessdate=2017-12-08}}
• 12 – Buck Clayton, American trumpeter (died 1991).
• 17 – Max Miller, American pianist and vibraphonist (died 1985).
• 21 – Alvin Burroughs, American drummer (died 1950).{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/747124-Alvin-Burroughs | title=Alvin Burroughs | publisher=Discogs.com | accessdate=2017-12-08}}
• 22 – Ernie Caceres, American saxophonist (died 1971).

; December

• 14 – Spike Jones, American musician and bandleader (died 1965).
• 15 – Stan Kenton, American pianist, composer, arranger, and band leader (died 1979).
• 19 – Lu Watters, American trumpeter and band leader, Yerba Buena Jazz Band (died 1989).

; Unknown date

• Aldo Rossi, Italian reedist and bandleader (died 1980).

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• [https://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/timeline_year.php?pg=17 History Of Jazz Timeline: 1911] at All About Jazz

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