1944 in jazz

1944 in jazz
Coleman Hawkins/Thelonious Monk - drifting on a reed 1944
Decade	1940s in jazz
Music	1944 in music
Standards	List of 1940s jazz standards
See also	1943 in jazz – 1945 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1944.

1944 – The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City hosts a jazz concert for the first time. The performers are Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden.