This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1953. Events The musical Porgy and Bess was revived, playing in many European cities. Album releases Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie: Jazz at Massey Hall Duke Ellington: Piano Reflections Ben Webster: King of the Tenors Modern Jazz Quartet: Django Shorty Rogers: Cool and Crazy Jay Jay Johnson: Four Trombones Stan Kenton: Sketches on Standards Miles Davis: Blue Period Miles Davis: Young Man with a Horn (also known as Miles Davis, Vol. 1) Thelonious Monk: Thelonious Oscar Pettiford: The New Oscar Pettiford Sextet'' Standards Deaths April 23 – Peter DeRose, American Hall of Fame composer of jazz and pop music during the Tin Pan Alley era (born 1900). May 16 – Django Reinhardt, French virtuoso guitarist and composer (born 1910). June 3 – Mike Mosiello, Italian-born American trumpeter (born 1896). 26 – Julius Foss, Danish composer, organist, and guitarist (born 1879). August 19 – Tiny Kahn, American drummer, arranger, and composer (born 1923). November 21 – Larry Shields, American clarinetist (born 1893). Unknown date Jimmy "Jammin'" Smith, American trumpet player (born 1926). Births January 1 – Greg Carmichael, American guitarist, Acoustic Alchemy. 5 – Paul Wertico, American drummer. 6 – Jon Eberson, Norwegian guitarist and composer. 10 – Mike Stern, American guitarist. 17 – Jeff Berlin, American bassist. 20 – Andrew Bisset, Australian author, music educator, and singer (died 2005). 27 – Bob Mintzer, American saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader. 31 – Big Time Sarah, American singer (died 2015). February 2 – Louis Sclavis, French clarinetist, bass clarinetist, and soprano saxophonist. 7 – T. K. Blue, American saxophonist. 18 – Erling Aksdal, Norwegian pianist. 24 – Rob Burns, English-New Zealand bass guitarist, author, and academic. 25 – Reggie Lucas, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2018). March 1 – Gary Braith, French guitarist and composer. 4 – John Esposito, American pianist. 11 – Andy Dickens, English jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader. 16 – Kei Akagi, Japanese-American pianist. 19 – Michele Rosewoman, American pianist. 21 – Taborah Johnson, Canadian singer and actor. 22 – John Shifflett, American bassist (died 2017). 23 – Chaka Khan, American singer-songwriter. 27 – Masayoshi Takanaka, Japanese guitarist. 29 – Jørgen Emborg, Danish pianist. April 1 – Randy Crouch, American fiddle player and multi-instrumentalist. 2 Dick Oatts, American saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator. 13 Charles Foster Johnson, American blogger, software developer, and guitarist. Grant Geissman, American guitarist and