1947 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1947.

1947 in jazz
Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Brown, Milt Jackson, and Timme Rosenkrantz, Downbeat, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947
Decade1940s in jazz
Music1947 in music
StandardsList of 1940s jazz standards
See also1946 in jazz 1948 in jazz
List of years in jazz

Events

Jazz musician Jimmy Dorsey from the film The Fabulous Dorseys (1947)

Albums Released

Standards

Deaths

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December
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Births

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  • 10Greg Lake, English guitarist, bassist, singer, songwriter, and music producer (died 2016).[11]
  • 14Buckwheat Zydeco, American accordionist and zydeco musician (lung cancer) (died 2016).[12]
  • 23Melton Mustafa, American trumpeter and flugelhornist, Count Basie Orchestra (died 2017).
December
Unknown date

See also

References

  1. http://www.milesdavis.com/us/biography/
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-01-07. Retrieved 2012-08-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Vail, Ken (2003). Count Basie: Swingin' the Blues, 1936–1950. Scarecrow Press. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-8108-4882-5.
  4. Accordion Capers on archive.org
  5. The Billboard 27 April 1946 P. 124
  6. Leone Jump;Swing Low Sweet Chariot;The Jazz Me Blues;Nursery Rhymes as performed by the Joe Biviano Accordion & Rhythm Sextette with John Serry Sr. (1947) on archive.org
  7. "Ray Phiri: South Africa's Graceland star dies". BBC News. 2017-07-12. Retrieved 2017-10-30.
  8. "Nekrolog: Fred Nøddelund". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 2016-08-23. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  9. Ighanian, Catherine Gonsholt; Ryste, Camilla (2007-11-16). "Grethe Kausland er død" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
  10. Slotnik, Daniel E. (2018-02-10). "Wesla Whitfield, Singer Who Reinvigorated Standards, Dies at 70". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
  11. Hann, Michael (2016-12-08). "Greg Lake, legendary prog rock bassist, dies aged 69". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  12. Fusilier, Herman (2016-09-24). "Dural, leader of Buckwheat Zydeco, dies". The Advertiser. Retrieved 2016-12-05.

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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