1958 in jazz
Introduction 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).===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'' *Cecil Taylor: ''Looking Ahead! ''*Clark Terry: ''In Orbit''*Toots Thielemans: ''Man Bites Harmonica! ''*Cal Tjader: ''Latin Concert''
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. * '''20''' – Jesse Boyd, American upright bassist. * '''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). * '''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). ; 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 in jazz* List of years in jazz* 1958 in music
References
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External links *  History Of Jazz Timeline: 1958 at All About Jazz