1950 in jazz

1950 in jazz
The George Lewis Ragtime Jazz Band in New Orleans, 1950
Decade	1950s in jazz
Music	1950 in music
Standards	List of post-1950 jazz standards
See also	1949 in jazz – 1951 in jazz

List of years in jazz
… 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 …
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1950.

Album releases

• Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
• Stan Kenton: Presents
• Ralph Sutton: Ralph Sutton
• Lennie Tristano: Wow
• Stan Getz: Quartets

Standards

See also: List of post-1950 jazz standards

Deaths

• Al Jolson, American singer, comedian and actor
• Al Killian, American jazz trumpet player and occasional bandleader
• Alvin Burroughs, American swing jazz drummer
• Chelsea Quealey, American jazz trumpeter.
• Fats Navarro, American jazz trumpet player.
• Leo Watson, American jazz vocalese singer, drummer, trombonist and tipple player
• Ray Perry, American jazz violinist and saxophonist.

Births

• Anthony Lacen, tubist and band leader
• Art Baron, trombonist
• Bern Nix, guitarist
• Bjørn Kjellemyr, Norwegian bassist
• Bobbi Humphrey, flautist and singer
• Bobby McFerrin, vocalist
• Charles Fambrough, bassist, composer and record producer
• Charlie Kosei,
• Chuck Greenberg,
• Curtis Clark, pianist
• Curtis Fowlkes, trombonist and singer
• Cybill Shepherd, actress and singer
• Cyro Baptista,
• Dag Arnesen, Norwegian pianist
• Dee Bell, singer
• Dee Dee Bridgewater, singer
• Earl Gardner, trumpeter
• Edwin Birdsong, keyboard/organ player
• Fapy Lafertin, guitarist
• Fred Lonzo, trombonist
• Gail Varina Gilmore, singer
• George Garzone, saxophonist and jazz educator
• Gil Goldstein, pianist and synthesizer player
• Glenn Ferris, trombonist
• Guttorm Guttormsen, Norwegian flautist and orchestra leader
• Hal Crook, trombonist
• Henry Butler, pianist
• Idris Ackamoor, multi-instrumentalist
• Jean-Jacques Milteau,
• John D'earth, trumpeter
• John Pål Inderberg, Norwegian saxophonist
• Linda Lewis, vocalist, songwriter and guitarist
• Luther Thomas, alto saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist
• Mark Helias, double bass player and composer
• Marvin Goldstein, pianist
• Mont Campbell,
• Natalie Cole, singer and songwriter
• Pete Jacobsen, pianist
• Pip Pyle, drummer
• Richard Galliano, accordonist
• Robert Bell,
• Robert Popwell, bass guitarist
• Ronnie Foster, organist and record producer
• Ronnie Laws, saxophonist
• Safy Boutella, bass guitar and synthesizer player
• Stephen Nachmanovitch,
• Steve Houben, saxophonist and flutist
• Stjepko Gut,
• Sveinung Hovensjø, Norwegian bassist
• Vincent Chancey, hornist
• Walter Becker, musician, songwriter and record producer
• Willie Colón, salsa musician

See also

• 1950s in jazz
• List of years in jazz
• 1950 in music

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.