1945 in jazz

1945 in jazz
Finnish drummer Ossi Aalto
Decade	1940s in jazz
Music	1945 in music
Standards	List of 1940s jazz standards
See also	1944 in jazz – 1946 in jazz

1945 in jazz:

Standards

See also: List of 1940s jazz standards

Album releases

• Mary Lou Williams: Zodiac Suite (1945)

Deaths

• Bobby Stark, American jazz trumpeter
• Jack Jenney, jazz trombonist
• Nat Jaffe, American swing jazz pianist
• Pha Terrell, American jazz singer
• Richard M. Jones, jazz pianist, composer, band leader, and record producer
• Teddy Weatherford, jazz pianist, an accomplished stride pianist.

Births

Anthony Braxton

• Akira Sakata, Japanese free jazz saxophonist
• Anthony Braxton, American composer, saxophonist, clarinettist, flautist, pianist, and philosopher
• Arild Andersen, Norwegian bass player
• Bill Stapleton, American jazz trumpeter and arranger
• Bob Maize, American jazz double-bassist.
• Bob Rockwell, jazz saxophonist.
• Bob Stewart,
• Brian Godding, guitarist
• Cameron Brown, American double-bassist
• Carol Kidd,
• Colin Hodgkinson,
• Daniel Carter,
• Danny Gatton, American guitarist
• David Grisman,
• Demetrio Stratos,
• Dominic Duval, American bassist
• Doug Riley,
• Ed Soph, American drummer and educator
• Edward Vesala,
• Eliana Pittman,
• Elis Regina, Brazilian singer
• Elton Dean,
• Ernie Krivda, American saxophponist
• Ernie Watts,
• Henri Texier, French double-bassist
• Hugh Hopper, British bass guitarist
• Jim Mullen, guitarist
• Joe Beck, American guitarist
• John Betsch, American drummer
• John LaBarbera, American trumpet player and arranger
• John Stubblefield, American saxophonist, flautist, and oboist.
• Johnny "Dandy" Rodriguez Jr, percussionist
• Johnny Dyani, South African double-bassist and pianist
• Keith Jarrett, American pianist and composer
• Keith Nichols,
• Kimiko Kasai, Japanese singer
• Lou Marini, American saxophonist, arranger and composer
• Mark Kramer,
• Michael Moore,
• Mick Goodrick, American guitarist
• Murray Wall, Australian double-bassist
• Peter Ecklund, American cornetist
• Randy Brecker, American trumpeter and flugelhorn player
• Steve Berrios, American drummer and percussionist
• Steve Gadd, American drummer
• Sylvia Vrethammar, Swedish singer
• Terje Bjørklund, Norwegian pianist and composer
• Terry Callier, American guitarist and singer-songwriter
• Tom Coppola, American pianist and arranger
• Tony Williams, American drummer
• Vaughn Wiester,
• Victor Assis Brasil, Brazilian saxophonist

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.