1959 in jazz

1959 in jazz
File:1959-02-22-L'Europeo-anno-XV-n-8-c.jpg The "Milan College Jazz Society"
Decade	1950s in jazz
Music	1959 in music
Standards	List of post-1950 jazz standards
See also	1958 in jazz – 1960 in jazz

1959 in jazz:

Events

• August 25: Between sets at Birdland in New York City, Miles Davis is beaten by police and jailed.

Album releases

• Dave Brubeck - Time Out (Columbia)
• Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come (Atlantic)
• Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (Columbia)
• Jimmy Smith - The Sermon! (Blue Note)
• Johnny Hodges and Duke Ellington - Back to Back: Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Play the Blues (Verve)
• Milt Jackson and John Coltrane - Bags & Trane (Atlantic)
• Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um (Columbia)
• John Coltrane - Giant Steps (Atlantic)
• Art Pepper - Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics (Contemporary/OJC)
• Horace Silver - Blowin' the Blues Away, Finger Poppin' (Blue Note)
• Cannonball Adderley & John Coltrane - Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago (Mercury)
• Sun Ra and His Arkestra - Jazz in Silhouette (Saturn)
• Bill Evans Trio - Portrait in Jazz (Riverside)

Standards

See also: List of post-1950 jazz standards

Deaths

File:GeorgeLewisBandKubrick.jpg

The George Lewis Ragtime Jazz Band in New Orleans, 1950. Left to right: Jim Robinson, trombone; Alcide Pavageau, string bass; Elmer Talbert, trumpet; George Lewis, clarinet; Lawrence Marrero, banjo

• Alphonse Trent, American jazz pianist and territory band leader
• Avery Parrish,
• Baby Dodds,
• Billie Holiday,
• Boyce Brown,
• Boris Vian, French polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer.
• Charlie Johnson,
• Ed Cuffee,
• Hal McIntyre, American saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader
• Ivie Anderson, American jazz singer
• Lawrence Marrero, American jazz banjoist
• Lester Young,
• Minor Hall,
• Omer Simeon,
• Shadow Wilson,
• Sidney Bechet,
• Sidney Desvigne,

Births

• Akira Jimbo, Japanese drummer
• Alan Barnes,
• Anjani, singer-songwriter and pianist
• Antoine Hervé, composer and pianist
• Antonio Ciacca,
• Bill Ware, vibraphonist
• Billy Drummond, drummer
• Brian Setzer, guitarist, singer and songwriter
• Burhan Öçal,
• Cindy Blackman, drummer
• Cleveland Watkiss,
• Conrad Herwig, trombonist
• Corinne Drewery, singer
• Dale Barlow,
• Del Rey,
• Dennis Chambers, drummer
• Dominique Di Piazza, electric bass player
• Drew Gress, double-bassist and composer
• Ellery Eskelin, tenor saxophonist
• Ernesto Rodrigues,
• Frank Lacy, trombonist
• François Bourassa, pianist
• Frode Fjellheim,
• Graham Clark (violinist),
• Gregg Bissonette, drummer
• Jeff Harnar, singer
• Joe Locke,
• John Patitucci, bass player
• Ken Peplowski, clarinetist and tenor saxophonist
• Kevyn Lettau, Brazilian vocalist
• Kris Defoort, pianist and composer
• Marcus Miller,
• Michael Philip Mossman, trumpeter
• Nguyên Lê,
• Omar Hakim, drummer
• Otomo Yoshihide,
• Ottmar Liebert,
• Paul Goldberg, drummer
• Phil Roy,
• Rebecca Jenkins, Canadian actress and singer
• Rene Van Verseveld,
• Ronnie Burrage, drummer
• Russ Gershon, saxophonist and composer
• Russel Walder, oboist
• Sade Adu, singer-songwriter
• Scott Robinson,
• Sheldon Reynolds (guitarist),
• Stanley Jordan, guitarist and pianist
• Sue Terry, saxophonist and composer
• Sweet Baby J'ai,
• Ted Rosenthal, pianist
• Tony Reedus, drummer
• Vicki Genfan,
• Zim Ngqawana, South African flautist and saxophonist

Awards

• Grammy Awards of 1959
  • Best Jazz Performance Solo or Small Group
  • Best Jazz Performance Large Group
  • Best Jazz Composition of More Than Five Minutes Duration