1958 in jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1958.
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 Jazz pianist Billy Strayhorn in 1958 | |
| Decade | 1950s in jazz |
| Music | 1958 in music |
| Standards | List of post-1950 jazz standards |
| See also | 1957 in jazz – 1959 in jazz |
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Events
July
- 3 – The 5th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 3 – 6).[1]
August
- 12 – A Great Day in Harlem, a black and white group photograph of 57 notable jazz musicians, is taken in front of a brownstone building in Harlem, New York City.
Album releases
- Cannonball Adderley: Somethin' Else
- Chet Baker: Everything Happens to Me
- Art Blakey: Moanin' (recorded, released 1959)
- Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio: Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio"
- Jimmy Giuffre
- Western Suite (recorded, released 1960)
- The Four Brothers Sound
- Chico Hamilton: "South Pacific in Hi-Fi"
- Stan Kenton: Back to Balboa
- Blue Mitchell: Big 6
- Hank Mobley: Peckin' Time
- Thelonious Monk: Misterioso
- Max Roach: Deeds, Not Words
- Sonny Rollins: Freedom Suite
- Mongo Santamaria: Yambu
- John Serry Sr.: Chicago Musette – John Serry and His Accordion [2][3]
- Cecil Taylor: Looking Ahead!
- Clark Terry: In Orbit
- Toots Thielemans: Man Bites Harmonica!
- Cal Tjader: Latin Concert
Standards
Deaths
Danny Alvin, Webster Hall, New York, N.Y., May 9, 1947
- January
- 1 – Fulton McGrath, American pianist and songwriter (born 1907).
- March
- 17 – Carl Perkins, American pianist (born 1928).
- 25 – Tom Brown, New Orleans trombonist (born 1888).
- 28 – W. C. Handy, African-American blues composer and musician (born 1873).
- May
- 8 – Ted Donnelly, American trombonist (born 1912).
- June
- Sterling Bose, American trumpeter and cornetist (born 1906).
- July
- 2 – Martha Boswell, American singer and pianist (born 1905).
- September
- 13 – Lorraine Geller, American pianist (born 1928).
- 17 – Herbie Fields, American saxophonist and clarinetist, bandleader (born 1919).
- October
- 2 – George E. Lee, American bandleader (born 1896).
- November
- 7 – Joe Morris, American trumpeter and bandleader (born 1922).
- 11 – Olivia Plunket Greene, English musician, Bright Young Things (born 1907).
- 26 – Tiny Bradshaw, American bandleader, singer, composer, pianist, and drummer (born 1907).
- 30 – Shifty Henry, American bassist and songwriter (born 1921).
- December
- 6 – Danny Alvin, American drummer and bandleader (born 1902).
- 25 – Doc Cook, American bandleader and arranger (born 1891).
Births
- January
- 26 – Anita Baker, American singer-songwriter
- 30 – Bjørn Klakegg, Norwegian guitarist.
- 31 – Tom Schuman, American keyboardist.
- February
- 3 – Bob Holz, American drummer and composer.
- 7 – Frans Bak, Danish composer, choral conductor, saxophonist, and pianist.
- 8 – Bill Evans, American saxophonist.
- 10 – Michael Weiss, American pianist and composer.
- 18 – Gar Samuelson, American drummer (died 1999).
- 20 – Leroy Jones, American trumpeter.
- 23 – Carles Cases, Spanish-Catalonian pianist and cellist.
- 24 – Jerry Zigmont, American trombonist
- March
- 5 – Ronan Guilfoyle, Irish acoustic bass guitarist.
- 10 – Jeanie Bryson, American singer.
- 12 – Leon Lee Dorsey, American bassist.
- 15 – Gerald L. Cannon, American upright bassist and visual artist.
- 19 – Anne-Marie Giørtz, Norwegian singer.
- 31 – Bajone, Serbian singer.
- April
- 16 – Ulf Wakenius, Swedish guitarist.
- 17 – Chieli Minucci, American guitarist, composer, and producer.
- 30 – Ronaldo Folegatti, Brazilian composer, guitarist, and record producer (died 2007).
- May
- 7 – Michael Formanek, American upright bassist.
- 10 – Claude Deppa, South African trumpeter.
- 17 – Carlos del Junco, Cuban-Canadian harmonica player.
- 20 – Jesse Boyd, American upright bassist.
- 29
- Jim Snidero, American saxophonist.
- Kenny Washington, American drummer.
- June
- 6 – Wolfgang Mitterer, Austrian composer, organist, and keyboardist.
- 7
- Jonas Hellborg, Swedish bass guitarist.
- Prince Rogers Nelson, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer (died 2016).[4]
- 8 – Jakko Jakszyk, English guitarist and singer-songwriter.
- 14 – Kenny Drew, Jr., American pianist (died 2014).
- July
- 8 – Jim Campilongo, American guitarist and composer.
- 10 – Béla Fleck, American banjo player.
- 11 – Kirk Whalum, American saxophonist and songwriter.
- 18 – Gabriel Fliflet, Norwegian accordionist and singer.
- 26 – Deirdre Cartwright, British guitarist and composer.
- 30 – Kevin Mahogany, American vocalist (died 2017).
- August
- 26
- Andrew Lamb, American saxophonist and flautist.
- David Finck, American bassist.
- 29 – Jesse McGuire, American trumpeter.
- September
- 3 – Lakki Patey, Norwegian guitarist and inventor.
- 5 – Lars Danielsson, Swedish upright bassist, composer, and record producer.
- 7 – Bruce Barth, American pianist.
- 8 – Stevie Vallance, Canadian singer.
- 16 – Rodney Franklin, American pianist and composer.
- 25 – Greg Boyer, American trombonist.
- 27
- Paul Grabowsky, American pianist and composer.
- October
- 1 – Ana Caram, Brazilian singer, guitarist, and flutist.
- 6 – Roberto Gatto, Italian drummer.
- 9 – Satoko Fujii, Japanese pianist, accordionist and composer.
- 13 – Jair-Rôhm Parker Wells, American bassist.
- 14 – Tomas Franck, Swedish tenor saxophonist.
- 17 – Howard Alden, American guitarist.
- 22 – Jan Gunnar Hoff, Norwegian pianist and composer.
- 27 – David Hazeltine, American pianist.
- 30 – Olav Dale, Norwegian saxophonist, composer and orchestra leader (died 2014).[5]
- November
- 1 – Joe DeRenzo, American drummer, composer, and producer.
- 8 – Don Byron, American composer, clarinetist, and multi-instrumentalist.
- 13 – Tony Lakatos, Hungarian saxophonist.
- December
- 9 – George Koller, Canadian bassist and multi-instrumentalist.
- 10 – John Goldsby, American upright bassist, bandleader, and composer.
- 15 – Don Laka, South African pianist, songwriter, and producer.
- 16 – Erna Yuzbashyan, Armenian singer.
- 28 – David Berkman, American pianist, composer, and arranger.
- 29 – George Schuller, American drummer.
- 30
- Ellen Sandweiss, American singer and actress.
- Lewis Nash, American drummer.
- Unknown date
- Carol Chaikin, American saxophonist, flautist, and composer.
- David Newton, Scottish pianist and composer.
- Nancy Zeltsman, American marimba soloist.
References
- "Newport Jazz Festival 1958 Poster". Rirocks.net. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
- Chicago Musette – John Serry et son Accordéon on bnf.fr(in French)
- Chicago Musette – John Serry et son accordéon – John Serry Sr. performing his arrangements of: "Rock and Roll Polka", '"Granada", "Secret Love", and "My Heart Cries for You" in the 45 RPM recording "Chicago Musette" on youtube.com
- Katy, Forrester (2016-10-06). "Prince's sister speaks out after his death claiming she knew it was coming for TWO years". The Mirror. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
- "Til minne om Olav Dale" (in Norwegian). Vestnorsk.JazzINorge.no. 2014-10-14. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
Bibliography
- The New Real Book, Volume I. Sher Music. 1988. ISBN 0-9614701-4-3.
- The New Real Book, Volume II. Sher Music. 1991. ISBN 0-9614701-7-8.
- The New Real Book, Volume III. Sher Music. 1995. ISBN 1-883217-30-X.
- The Real Book, Volume I (6th ed.). Hal Leonard. 2004. ISBN 0-634-06038-4.
- The Real Book, Volume II (2nd ed.). Hal Leonard. 2007. ISBN 1-4234-2452-2.
- The Real Book, Volume III (2nd ed.). Hal Leonard. 2006. ISBN 0-634-06136-4.
- The Real Jazz Book. Warner Bros. ISBN 978-91-85041-36-7.
- The Real Vocal Book, Volume I. Hal Leonard. 2006. ISBN 0-634-06080-5.
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