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1958 in jazz
1958 in jazz
	Jazz pianist Billy Strayhorn in 1958
Decade	1950s in jazz
Music	1958 in music
Standards	List of post-1950 jazz standards
See also	1957 in jazz – 1959 in jazz

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).^[1]

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 ^[2]^[3]
Cecil Taylor: Looking Ahead!
Clark Terry: In Orbit
Toots Thielemans: Man Bites Harmonica!
Cal Tjader: Latin Concert

Standards

Deaths

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.
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).^[4]
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).^[5]

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.

References

^ "Newport Jazz Festival 1958 Poster". Rirocks.net. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
^ Chicago Musette – John Serry et son Accordéon on bnf.fr(in French)
^ Chicago Musette – John Serry et son accordéon – John Serry Sr. performing his arrangements of: "Rock and Roll Polka", '"Granada", "Secret Love", and "My Heart Cries for You" in the 45 RPM recording "Chicago Musette" on youtube.com
^ Katy, Forrester (2016-10-06). "Prince's sister speaks out after his death claiming she knew it was coming for TWO years". The Mirror. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
^ "Til minne om Olav Dale" (in Norwegian). Vestnorsk.JazzINorge.no. 2014-10-14. Retrieved 2015-05-29.

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 978-1-4234-2452-9.
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.