1956 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1956.

1956 in jazz
Musicians performing in Tom's Tavern club at Gonzalez and Railroad streets: Pensacola, Florida, 1956
Decade1950s in jazz
Music1956 in music
StandardsList of post-1950 jazz standards
See also1955 in jazz 1957 in jazz
List of years in jazz

Events

July

Unknown date

  • The guitarist Mundell Lowe brings pianist Bill Evans to the attention of Orin Keepnews and Bill Grauer of Riverside records.
  • Dizzy Gillespie meets Argentine pianist Lalo Schifrin and is impressed. Dizzy continues to gravitate to the Latin rhythms.
  • Miles Davis and his quintet record four records (Cookin' , Relaxin' , Workin' and Steamin' ) for Prestige, spending only two days in the studio to complete. Miles also records 'Round about Midnight on the Columbia label.

Album releases

Standards

Deaths

May

June

July

September

  • 8Fred Rich, Polish-born American bandleader and composer (born 1898).

October

November

Unknown date

  • Joe Appleton, British saxophonist and clarinetist from the West Indies (born 1900).

Births

Mary Coughlan performing live

January

February

March

April

  • 2Károly Binder, Hungarian pianist.
  • 3Tessa Souter, English singer, songwriter, and writer.
  • 4Gary Smulyan, American baritone saxophonist.
  • 9Michael Hashim, American jazz alto saxophonist.
  • 16T Lavitz, American keyboardist, composer and producer (died 2010).
  • 19Denardo Coleman, American drummer.
  • 27Anna Lyman, Canadian Jazz, Latin Vocalist composer, and recording artist of Mexican American extraction.

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Unknown date

See also

References

  1. "Newport Jazz Festival 1956 Poster". Rirocks.net. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  2. Bailey, C. Michael (2005-08-10). "Duke Ellington: The Complete Live At Newport 1956". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
  3. "Oskar Aichinger". RateYourMusic.com. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  4. "Gast Waltzing". RateYourMusic.com. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  5. "В Осло умер Михаил Альперин". lenta.ru (in Russian). 2018-05-11. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  6. Carmody, Broede (2019-01-17). "'Magnificent Australian': Chris Wilson dies after cancer diagnosis". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2019-01-18.

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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