This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1901.

• Charles Booth performs "Creole Belles" by J. Bodewalt Lampe. His performance is the first acoustic recording of ragtime to be made commercially available, for the new Victor label.^[1]

February

• 11 – Claude Jones, American trombonist (died 1962).

March

• 27 – Enrique Santos Discépolo, Argentine tango and milonga pianist, bandoneón player, ainger and composer (died 1951).
• 29 – Sidney Arodin, American clarinetist and songwriter (died 1948).

April

• 9 – Arthur Briggs, Granadian-born trumpeter (died 1991)

May

• 11 – Edmond Hall, American clarinetist and bandleader (died 1967).
• 20 – Jimmy Blythe, American pianist and composer (died 1931).
• 30 – Frankie Trumbauer, American saxophonist, composer and bandleader (died 1956).

June

• 8 – Lou Black, American banjo player (died 1965).

July

• 1 – Richard Plunket Greene, English musician and author, member of the bright young things (died 1978).

August

• 4 – Louis Armstrong, American trumpeter, composer, singer and actor (died 1971).
• 25 – Charlie Burse, African-American ukulele player (died 1965).
• 26 – Jimmy Rushing, American blues shouter, balladeer, singer and pianist (died 1972).

September

• 2 – Phil Napoleon, American trumpeter and bandleader (died 1990).^[2]
• 30 – Thelma Terry, American bandleader and upright bassist (died 1966).

October

• 17 – Lee Collins, American trumpeter (died 1960).
• 18 – Annette Hanshaw, American singer (died 1985).
• 20 – Adelaide Hall, American singer and entertainer (died 1993).

November

• 9 – Muggsy Spanier, American cornetist (died 1967).
• 16 – Jesse Stone, American pianist and songwriter (died 1999).
• 22 – Polo Barnes, American clarinetist and saxophonist (died 1981).

December

• 22 – Danny Polo, American clarinetist (died 1949).