1950 in jazz
| 1950 in jazz | |
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 The George Lewis Ragtime Jazz Band in New Orleans, 1950 | |
| Decade | 1950s in jazz |
| Music | 1950 in music |
| Standards | List of post-1950 jazz standards |
| See also | 1949 in jazz – 1951 in jazz |
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|---|---|---|---|
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1950.
Album releases
- Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
- Stan Kenton: Presents
- Ralph Sutton: Ralph Sutton
- Lennie Tristano: Wow
- Stan Getz: Quartets
Standards
See also: List of post-1950 jazz standards
Deaths
- Al Jolson, American singer, comedian and actor
- Al Killian, American jazz trumpet player and occasional bandleader
- Alvin Burroughs, American swing jazz drummer
- Chelsea Quealey, American jazz trumpeter.
- Fats Navarro, American jazz trumpet player.
- Leo Watson, American jazz vocalese singer, drummer, trombonist and tipple player
- Ray Perry, American jazz violinist and saxophonist.
Births
- Anthony Lacen, tubist and band leader
- Art Baron, trombonist
- Bern Nix, guitarist
- Bjørn Kjellemyr, Norwegian bassist
- Bobbi Humphrey, flautist and singer
- Bobby McFerrin, vocalist
- Charles Fambrough, bassist, composer and record producer
- Charlie Kosei,
- Chuck Greenberg,
- Curtis Clark, pianist
- Curtis Fowlkes, trombonist and singer
- Cybill Shepherd, actress and singer
- Cyro Baptista,
- Dag Arnesen, Norwegian pianist
- Dee Bell, singer
- Dee Dee Bridgewater, singer
- Earl Gardner, trumpeter
- Edwin Birdsong, keyboard/organ player
- Fapy Lafertin, guitarist
- Fred Lonzo, trombonist
- Gail Varina Gilmore, singer
- George Garzone, saxophonist and jazz educator
- Gil Goldstein, pianist and synthesizer player
- Glenn Ferris, trombonist
- Guttorm Guttormsen, Norwegian flautist and orchestra leader
- Hal Crook, trombonist
- Henry Butler, pianist
- Idris Ackamoor, multi-instrumentalist
- Jean-Jacques Milteau,
- John D'earth, trumpeter
- John Pål Inderberg, Norwegian saxophonist
- Linda Lewis, vocalist, songwriter and guitarist
- Luther Thomas, alto saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist
- Mark Helias, double bass player and composer
- Marvin Goldstein, pianist
- Mont Campbell,
- Natalie Cole, singer and songwriter
- Pete Jacobsen, pianist
- Pip Pyle, drummer
- Richard Galliano, accordonist
- Robert Bell,
- Robert Popwell, bass guitarist
- Ronnie Foster, organist and record producer
- Ronnie Laws, saxophonist
- Safy Boutella, bass guitar and synthesizer player
- Stephen Nachmanovitch,
- Steve Houben, saxophonist and flutist
- Stjepko Gut,
- Sveinung Hovensjø, Norwegian bassist
- Vincent Chancey, hornist
- Walter Becker, musician, songwriter and record producer
- Willie Colón, salsa musician
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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