1958 in jazz

Events

July

• 3 – The 5th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 3 – 6).

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)
• Red Garland: "Manteca (album)"
• 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
• Cecil Taylor: Looking Ahead!
• Clark Terry: In Orbit
• Toots Thielemans: Man Bites Harmonica!
• Cal Tjader: Latin Concert
• Monica Zetterlund: Swedish Sensation

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).
• 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).

; 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

Bibliography

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