1913 in jazz

• The word "jazz" first appears in print.{{cite web | url=http://www.jazzinamerica.org/JazzResources/Timeline/1910/1919 | title=Timeline | publisher=JazzInAmerica.org | accessdate=2017-11-02}}
• James Reese Europe records ragtime arrangements in New York with the first black ensemble to be recorded.{{cite web | url=http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/talent/detail/56137/Europe_James_Reese_conductor | title=James Reese Europe (conductor) | publisher=Library.ucsb.edu | accessdate=2017-11-02}}

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

; January

• 17 – Vido Musso, Italian-American tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader (died 1982).
• 27 – Milton Adolphus, American pianist and composer (died 1998).

; February

• 5 – Rozelle Claxton, American pianist (died 1995).
• 22 – Buddy Tate, American saxophonist and clarinetist (died 2001).

; March

• 1 – Ralph Ellison, American novelist and literary critic (died 1994).
• 31 – Etta Baker, American guitarist and singer (died 2006).

; April

• 4
• Gene Ramey, American upright bassist (died 1984).
• Muddy Waters, American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter (died 1983).
• 25 – Earl Bostic, American alto saxophonist (died 1965).
• 29 – Jack Bentley, English trombonist, journalist, and scriptwriter (died 1994).

; May

• 16 – Woody Herman, American clarinetist, saxophonist, singer, and big band leader (died 1987).{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/239399-Woody-Herman | title=Woody Herman | publisher=Discogs.com | accessdate=2017-12-08}}

; June

• 14 – Stanley Black, English bandleader, composer, conductor, arranger and pianist (died 2002).
• 20 – Alfred Gallodoro, American musician (died 2008).{{cite news | url=http://www.jazzreview.com/jazz-news/musician-obituaries/alfred-j.-gallodoro-dies-at-age-95.html | title=Alfred J. Gallodoro Dies at Age 95 | first=Peter | last=Westbrook | newspaper=Jazz Review | date=2011-01-29 | accessdate=2016-02-27 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• 23 – Helen Humes, American singer (died 1981).
• 25 – Adele Girard, American harpist (died 1993).{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/2074344-Adele-Girard | title=Adele Girard | publisher=Discogs.com | accessdate=2017-12-08}}

; July

• 5 – Smiley Lewis, American singer and guitarist (died 1966).
• 18 – Nat Temple, British big band leader (died 2008).{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2076382/Nat-Temple.html | title=Nat Temple | newspaper=The Daily Telegraph | date=2008-06-04 | accessdate=2016-02-27}}

; August

• 7 – George Van Eps, American guitarist (died 1998).
• 13 – Anna Mae Winburn, African-American vocalist and bandleader (died 1999).
• 23 – Bob Crosby, American singer and bandleader (died 1993).{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/527956-Bob-Crosby | title=Bob Crosby | publisher=Discogs.com | accessdate=2017-12-08}}

; September

• 10 – Cliff Leeman, American drummer (died 1986).
• 19 – Helen Ward, American singer (died 1998).
• 20 – John Collins, American guitarist (died 2001).
• 24 – Herb Jeffries, African-American actor and singer-songwriter (died 2014).
• 26 – Dorothy Sloop, American pianist (died 1998).

; October

• 1 – Harry Lookofsky, American violinist (died 1998).
• 2 – Wally Rose, American pianist (died 1997).
• 15 – Thore Jederby, Swedish upright bassist, record producer, and radio broadcaster (died 1984).
• 19 – Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian singer, poet, lyricist, essayist, and playwright (died 1980).
• 21
• Cosimo Di Ceglie, Italian guitarist (died 1980).
• Gus Clark, Belgian pianist (died 1979).
• 26 – Charlie Barnet, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (died 1991).{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/06/arts/charlie-barnet-77-saxophonist-and-a-band-leader-of-swing-era.html | title=Charlie Barnet, 77, Saxophonist And a Band Leader of Swing Era | newspaper=The New York Times | date=1991-09-06 | accessdate=2017-11-01}}
• 27 – Boyd Raeburn, American bandleader and bass saxophonist (heart attack) (died 1966).

; November

• 13
• Singleton Palmer, American bassist, cornetist, tubist, and bandleader (died 1993).{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/401554-Singleton-Palmer | title=Singleton Palmer | publisher=Discogs.com | accessdate=2017-12-08}}
• Blue Lu Barker, American singer (died 1998).
• 15 – Gus Johnson, American drummer (died 2000).
• 19 – Blue Barron, American orchestra leader (died 2005).

; December

• 7 – Blind John Davis, African-American, blues, jazz and boogie-woogie pianist and singer (died 1985).
• 10
• Pannonica de Koenigswarter, British-born jazz patron and writer (died 1988).
• Ray Nance, American trumpeter, violinist and singer (died 1976).
• 12 – Don Stovall, American alto saxophonist (died 1970).{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/843811-Don-Stovall | title=Don Stovall | publisher=Discogs.com | accessdate=2017-12-08}}
• 14 – Ted Buckner, American saxophonist (died 1976).
• 25 – Candy Candido, American bassist and vocalist (died 1999).

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• [https://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/timeline_year.php?pg=19 History Of Jazz Timeline: 1913] at All About Jazz

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