1956 in jazz
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1956 in jazz
| 1956 in jazz | |
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 Musicians performing in Tom's Tavern club at Gonzalez and Railroad streets: Pensacola, Florida, 1956 |
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| Decade | 1950s in jazz |
| Music | 1956 in music |
| Standards | List of post-1950 jazz standards |
| See also | 1955 in jazz - 1957 in jazz |
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Album releases
- Charles Mingus: Pithecanthropus Erectus
- Modern Jazz Quartet: Fontessa
- Thelonious Monk: Brilliant Corners
- Sonny Rollins: Saxophone Colossus
- George Russell: Jazz Workshop
- Lennie Tristano: Manhattan Studio/ New York Improvisations
- Max Roach: Plus Four
- John Lewis: Grand Encounter
- Horace Silver: Six Pieces of Silver
- Kenny Burrell: All Night Long
- Lucky Thompson: Tricotism
- Phineas Newborn: Piano Artistry
- Miles Davis: Round About Midnight
- Zoot Sims: Tonite's Music Today
- Mel Torme: Touch
- Quincy Jones: This Is How I Feel About Jazz
- Stan Kenton: Cuban Fire
- Jimmy Giuffre: The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet
- Jimmy Smith: A New Star A New Sound
- Cecil Taylor: Jazz Advance
Standards
See also: List of post-1950 jazz standards
Deaths
- Achille Baquet, American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
- Adrian Rollini, played the bass saxophone, piano, xylophone, and many other instruments.
- Alex Hyde, American jazz bandleader and violinist
- Art Tatum, American jazz pianist and virtuoso
- Clifford Brown, American jazz trumpeter
- Don Kirkpatrick, American jazz pianist and arranger
- Frankie Trumbauer, American jazz saxophonists
- Fred Rich, Polish-born American bandleader and composer
- Harry Parry, Welsh jazz clarinetist and bandleader
- Joe Appleton, jazz saxophonist and clarinetist from the West Indies.
- Richie Powell, American bebop jazz pianist.
- Tommy Dorsey, American jazz trombonist, trumpeter, composer, and bandleader
- Una Mae Carlisle, American jazz singer, pianist, and songwriter
- Valaida Snow, African American jazz musician and entertainer
Births
- Aaron Scott, American composer and jazz drummer
- Alex Cline, American jazz drummer
- Anna Lyman, Canadian Jazz, Latin Vocalist composer, and recording artist of Mexican American extraction
- Bill Cunliffe, American jazz pianist and composer
- Bob Belden, American saxophonist, arranger, composer, bandleader and producer
- Brian Lynch (musician),
- Bruce Forman,
- Curtis Lundy,
- Denardo Coleman,
- Denise Jannah,
- Dianne Reeves,
- Doug Raney,
- Frank Kimbrough,
- Franklin Kiermyer,
- Gary Smulyan,
- Hein van de Geyn,
- Jamaaladeen Tacuma,
- Jane Bunnett,
- John Jorgenson,
- Karl Denson,
- Kermit Driscoll,
- Kevin Norton,
- Lee Pui Ming,
- Liz Story,
- Lorraine Desmarais, French-Canadian jazz pianist and composer
- Lucien Barbarin, American trombone player
- Maria João, Portuguese jazz singer
- Mary Coughlan, Irish jazz and folk singer and actress
- Mathias Claus, German jazz pianist and composer
- Michael Hashim, American jazz alto saxophonist
- Mike LeDonne,
- Mikhail Alperin,
- Mitchel Forman,
- Ned Rothenberg,
- Nels Cline,
- Nicola Stilo,
- Nils Landgren (musician),
- Quanti Bomani,
- Randy Johnston,
- Raoul Björkenheim,
- Steve Coleman,
- Steve Dobrogosz,
- Steve Williams (jazz drummer),
- T Lavitz,
- Tim Landers,
- Uri Caine,
- Wayne Krantz,
- Zeena Parkins,
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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