1958 in jazz

1958 in jazz
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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1958.

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
• Monica Zetterlund: Swedish Sensation ^[4]

Standards

See also: List of post-1950 jazz 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.
• 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). ^[5]
• 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). ^[6]

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.

See also

• 1950s portal
• Jazz portal

• 1950s in jazz
• List of years in jazz
• 1958 in music

References

1. "Newport Jazz Festival 1958 Poster". Rirocks.net. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
2. Chicago Musette – John Serry et son Accordéon on bnf.fr (in French)
3. 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
4. Jazz Discography. Cassell. 1960. p. 269.
5. 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.
6. "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   978-1-4234-2452-9.
• 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.

External links

• History Of Jazz Timeline: 1958 at All About Jazz