1958 in jazz

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

1958 in jazz
Jazz pianist Billy Strayhorn in 1958
Decade1950s in jazz
Music1958 in music
StandardsList of post-1950 jazz standards
See also1957 in jazz 1959 in jazz
List of years in jazz

Events

July

August

  • 12A 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


Standards

Deaths

Danny Alvin, Webster Hall, New York, N.Y., May 9, 1947
January
March
  • 17Carl Perkins, American pianist (born 1928).
  • 25Tom Brown, New Orleans trombonist (born 1888).
  • 28W. C. Handy, African-American blues composer and musician (born 1873).
May
June
July
September
October
November
December
  • 6Danny Alvin, American drummer and bandleader (born 1902).
  • 25Doc Cook, American bandleader and arranger (born 1891).

Births

January
February
  • 3Bob Holz, American drummer and composer.
  • 7Frans Bak, Danish composer, choral conductor, saxophonist, and pianist.
  • 8Bill Evans, American saxophonist.
  • 10Michael Weiss, American pianist and composer.
  • 18Gar Samuelson, American drummer (died 1999).
  • 20Leroy Jones, American trumpeter.
  • 23Carles Cases, Spanish-Catalonian pianist and cellist.
  • 24Jerry Zigmont, American trombonist
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
  • 1Joe DeRenzo, American drummer, composer, and producer.
  • 8Don Byron, American composer, clarinetist, and multi-instrumentalist.
  • 13Tony Lakatos, Hungarian saxophonist.
December
Unknown date

See also

References

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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