Overview of the events of 1955 in jazz
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1955 .
Events [ ]
July [ ]
15 – The 2nd Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 15 – 17).[1]
17
Miles Davis historic performance at the Newport Jazz Festival resulted in George Avakian signing him to Columbia Records . This led to the formation of his so-called “first great quintet,” featuring John Coltrane , Red Garland , Paul Chambers , and Philly Joe Jones (the "’Round About Midnight" sessions).[2]
Album releases [ ]
Harry Edison
Buddy and Sweets (With Buddy Rich )
Pres and Sweets (With Lester Young )
Erroll Garner : Concert by the Sea
Ahmad Jamal : Chamber Music of the New Jazz
Stan Kenton
Contemporary Concepts
Duet (With June Christy )
Thelonious Monk : Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington [3]
Frank Morgan : Frank Morgan
Herbie Nichols : The Prophetic Herbie Nichols, Vol. 1 & 2
Oscar Peterson
George Shearing :
Horace Silver : Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (recorded; released 1956)
Frank Sinatra : In the Wee Small Hours
Lennie Tristano : Lennie Tristano (released 1956)
Deaths [ ]
March
12 – Charlie "Bird" Parker , American saxophonist and composer (born 1920 ).
April
23 – Henry Busse , German-born trumpeter (born 1894).
30 – Dave Peyton , American songwriter, pianist, and arranger (born 1889).
May
17 – Ernst van 't Hoff , Dutch pianist and bandleader (born 1908 ).
25 – Wardell Gray , American tenor saxophonists (born 1921 ).
June
28 – John Spikes , American jazz musician and entrepreneur (born 1881).
August
28 – Bob Gordon , American baritone saxophonist (born 1928 ).
October
21 – Dick Twardzik , American pianist (born 1931 ).
September
Reuben Reeves , American jazz trumpeter and bandleader (born 1905 ).
25 – Shotaro Moriyasu , Japanese pianist (born 1924 ).
November
10 – Junior Raglin , American upright bassist (born 1917 ).
17 – James P. Johnson , American pianist and composer (born 1894).
December
3 – Cow Cow Davenport , American pianist, organist, and singer.
Unknown date
Bessie Brown , American blues, jazz, and cabaret singer (born 1890)
Eddie Pollack , American saxophonist (born 1899).
Porter Grainger , American pianist (born 1891)
Births [ ]
January
10 – Ole Henrik Giørtz , Norwegian pianist.
11 – Ed Schuller , American bassist and composer.
12 – Jane Ira Bloom , American soprano saxophonist and composer.
17 – Vladislav Sendecki , Polish pianist.
18 – Marilyn Mazur , Danish percussionist, drummer, composer, vocalist, pianist, dancer, and bandleader.
22 – Phillip Johnston , American composer and saxophonist.
26 – Gary Crosby , British upright bassist, music arranger, and educator.
27 – Pheeroan akLaff , American drummer.
February
12 – Bill Laswell , American bassist and producer.
13 – Akiko Yano , Japanese singer and composer.
19 – David Murray , American tenor saxophonist and bass clarinetist.
27 – Glenn Horiuchi , American pianist, composer, and shamisen player (died 2000 ).
March
1 – Enzo Avitabile , Italian saxophonist and singer-songwriter.
3 – Bheki Mseleku , South-African pianist, saxophonist, guitarist, and composer (died 2008 ).
4 – Boon Gould or Rowland Charles Gould, British guitarist, bassist, and saxophonist, Level 42 .
23 – Gerry Hemingway , American composer and percussionist.
24 – Mark Hewins , British guitarist.
29 – Marina Sirtis , British actor and voice actor.
April
10 – Lesley Garrett , British singer, musician, presenter and singer-songwriter.
13
Preston Reed , American guitarist.
, Danish saxophonist.
14 – Laurent Cugny , French pianist, bandleader, composer, jazz critic, and musicologist.
15 – Jeff Golub , American guitarist (died 2015 ).
19 – Rune Klakegg , Norwegian pianist.
May
5
Alain Caron , French-Canadian bassist.
Brian Hughes , Canadian guitarist.
10 – Chris Tyle , American cornetist, trumpeter, and drummer.
19 – Geoff Stradling , American pianist, keyboardist, composer, and arranger.
22 – Chalmers Alford , American guitarist (died 2008 ).
23 – Dean Friedman , American singer-songwriter, keyboardist, and guitarist.
27 – , English saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist.
28 – Janet Seidel , Australian singer and pianist (died 2017 ).
29
Mars Williams , American saxophonist.
Mike Porcaro , American bassist, Toto (died 2015 ).
30 – Topper Headon , English drummer, The Clash .
31
Marty Ehrlich , American saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist.
Tommy Emmanuel , Australian guitarist, songwriter, and singer.
June
4 – Johnny Alegre , Filipino guitarist and composer, Johnny Alegre Affinity .
5
Erica Lindsay , American saxophonist and composer.
Hugh Marsh , Canadian violinist.
7 – Jon Balke , Norwegian pianist and composer, Magnetic North Orchestra .
12 – Enver Izmaylov , Ukrainian-Tatar guitarist.
26
Joey Baron , American drummer.
Mick Jones , British guitarist and a vocalist, The Clash .
27 – Santi Debriano , Panamanian upright bassist.
29 – Jean Derome , French-Canadian saxophonist, flautist, and composer.
July
5 – Eric Watson , American pianist and composer.
6 – Rick Braun , American trumpet player and multi-instrumentalist.
7 – John Campbell , American pianist.
9 – Jan Kåre Hystad , Norwegian saxophonist, Bergen Big Band .
10 – Mihály Dresch , Hungarian saxophonist.
15 – Pål Thowsen , Norwegian drummer.
16
Annie Whitehead , English trombonist.
Wolfgang Reisinger , Austrian percussionist.
17 – Mark Feldman , American violinist.
21 – Jukka Linkola , Finnish pianist and composer.
22 – Joshua Breakstone , American guitarist.
28 – Gerald Veasley , American bass guitarist.
31 – Paul Sullivan , American pianist and composer.
August
3 – Hamid Drake , American drummer and percussionist.
7 – Jerry Tachoir , American vibraphone and marimba performer.
13 – Mulgrew Miller , American pianist, composer, and educator (died 2013 ).
17 – Grażyna Auguścik , Polish singer, composer, and arranger.
18 – Shelly Berg , American pianist.
19 – Dean Brown , American guitarist.
22 – Jeff Hirshfield , American drummer.
23 – Avery Sharpe , American upright bassist.
27 – Laura Fygi , Dutch singer.
30 – Helge Schneider , German pianist and multi-instrumentalist.
September
1
Andrzej Łukasik , Polish upright bassist.
Wayne Horvitz , American composer, keyboardist and record producer.
9 – Ivan Smirnov , Russian guitarist (died 2018 ).
11
Hiram Bullock , American guitarist (died 2008 ).
Jaribu Shahid , American bassist.
12 – Adam Rudolph , American composer and percussionist.
13 – Joe Morris , American guitarist, bassist, and composer.
14 – Oliver Weindling , British jazz promoter and founder of the Babel Label .[4]
25 – Steve Byrd , English guitarist, Gillan and Kim Wilde (heart attack) (died 2016 ).[5]
28 – Kenny Kirkland , American pianist/keyboardist (died 1998 ).
29 – Enzo Pietropaoli , Italian bassist.
30 – Scott Fields , American guitarist, composer, and band leader.
October
1
Curtis Lundy , American upright bassist.
Morten Gunnar Larsen , Norwegian pianist.
12 – Jane Siberry , Canadian singer-songwriter.
18 – Vitold Rek , Polish upright bassist, composer and educator.
21 – Fred Hersch , American pianist.
24 – Jay Anderson , American upright bassist
25 – Robin Eubanks , American trombonist.
November
7 – Kitty Margolis , American singer.
8 – Patricia Barber , American singer, pianist, songwriter and bandleader.
15 – Georgina Born , British cellist, academic, and anthropologist, Henry Cow .
19 – Chris Cain , American guitarist.
29 – Adam Nussbaum , American drummer.
December
4 – Cassandra Wilson , American vocalist and songwriter.
7 – Chuck Loeb , American guitarist, Steps Ahead and Fourplay (died 2017 ).
8 – Nathan East , American bassistand vocalist.
10 – Billie Davies , American drummer and composer.
14 – Dan Barrett , American arranger, cornetist and trombonist.
23 – Grace Knight , English-Australian vocalist, saxophonist, and songwriter.
Unknown date
Annemarie Roelofs , Dutch trombone player and violinist, Henry Cow .
Eduardo Niebla , Spanish guitarist.
Kenny Klein , American fiddler and author.
Kyle Jones , American bass guitarist, archivist, and politician.
Nat Reeves , American bassist.
See also [ ]
1950s portal
Jazz portal
References [ ]
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