1948 in jazz

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1948 in jazz
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Sylvia Syms and Bob Wyatt, New York, N.Y.
Decade 1940s in jazz
Music 1948 in music
Standards List of 1940s jazz standards
See also 1947 in jazz 1949 in jazz

1948 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1948.

Contents

The Nice Jazz Festival held annually since February 25, 1948 in Nice, on the French Riviera. Also in 1948, Louis Armstrong formed the first version of the Jazz All Stars with Jack Teagarden on trombone, Barney Bigard on clarinet, Dick Carey on piano, Sid Catlett on drums and Arvell Shaw on bass. Their music fits in with New Orleans revival. Louis Armstrong performed at the Jazz festival in 1948, where Suzy Delair sang "C'est si bon" by Henri Betti and André Hornez for the first time in public.

Events

February

Album releases

Stan Kenton with bassist Eddie Safranski, 1948 Stan Kenton and Eddie Safranski, 1947 or 1948 (William P. Gottlieb 04871).jpg
Stan Kenton with bassist Eddie Safranski, 1948

Standards

Deaths

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Kaiser Marshall
January
February
September
October
November
December

Births

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Aki Takase
Theo Jorgensmann at "Kulturhalle Julchendorf", Germany 2009. Theo und Ernst Ulrich Deuker 10. 10 grau.jpg
Theo Jörgensmann at "Kulturhalle Jülchendorf", Germany 2009.
Barbara Hendricks at The Hague Jazz Festival 2008. Barbara Henricks (Flickr).jpg
Barbara Hendricks at The Hague Jazz Festival 2008.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Unknown date

See also

References

  1. "The 1948 Jazz Festival in Nice – #2". FrenchRivieraTraveller.com. 2015-09-21. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  2. Axelrod, Alan (1999). The Complete Idiot's Guide to Jazz. Alpha. p. 23. ISBN   978-0-02-862731-1.
  3. Spera, Keith (2010-03-23). "New Orleans blues singer Marva Wright dies at 62". The Times-Picayune . Retrieved 2016-11-07.
  4. Pareles, Jon (2018-07-04). "Henry Butler, Quintessential New Orleans Pianist, Is Dead at 69". The New York Times . Archived from the original on 2018-07-05. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
  5. "Portland jazz musician Thara Memory dies at 68'". Oregonlive.com. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 2017-10-30.

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