1946 in jazz
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1946.
Events
Standards
Deaths
- Fred Beckett, American jazz trombonist
- James Tim Brymn, conductor, arranger, composer, and pianist
- Joseph Petit, American jazz trombonist
- Manuel Perez, New Orleans jazz cornetist and bandleader
- Putney Dandridge, American bandleader, jazz pianist and vocalist
- Tricky Sam Nanton, trombonist with the Duke Ellington Orchestra
Births
- Ahmed Abdullah, jazz trumpeter
- Al Green, American singer
- Al Lowe,
- Allan Holdsworth, jazz fusion guitarist
- Atilla Engin, Turkish American fusion jazz musician
- B. J. Cole, English pedal steel guitarist
- Benjamín Brea, Venezuelan woodwind player, music teacher and arranger
- Bennie Wallace, tenor saxophonist
- Billy Hancock, singer and guitarist
- Bjørn Kruse, Norwegian saxophonist and composer
- Bo Stief, Danish bassist, composer and arranger
- Bob McHugh, American pianist,composer and educator
- Bruce Ditmas, American drummer and percussionist
- Bruno Tommaso, Italian double-bass player and composer
- Carter Jefferson,
- Claudio Roditi, Brazilian trumpeter
- Clint Houston, American double-bassist
- Cooper-Moore, American pianist, composer and instrument builder/designer
- Daryl Hall, American singer, keyboardist, guitarist, songwriter and producer
- Daryl Runswick, English composer, arranger, musician, producer and educationalist
- Dave Holland, English double bassist, composer and bandleader
- Dave Liebman, American saxophonist and flautist
- Digby Fairweather, British cornettist and broadcaster
- Don Moye, American percussionist and drummer
- Douglas Ewart, Jamaican multi-instrumentalist and instrument builder
- Frank Gibson, Jr., New Zealand drummer and drum tutor
- George Duke, American keyboard pioneer, composer, singer and producer
- Guilherme Franco, Brazilian percussionist
- Helen Shapiro, English singer
- Humphrey Carpenter, English biographer, writer and radio broadcaster
- Ivar Antonsen, Norwegian pianist
- Jac Berrocal, French trumpeter, singer and composer
- Jack Schaeffer, American musician, recording artist, producer and arranger
- Jack Walrath, American trumpeter and arranger
- Jerome Cooper, drummer
- Jerry Jemmott, bass guitarist
- Jimmy Ponder, guitarist
- Joel Forrester, composer and pianist
- Joel Futterman, American pianist and curved soprano saxophonist
- John Klemmer, American saxophonist, composer, songwriter and arranger
- John Sheridan, jazz pianist
- Ken Hyder, jazz fusion drummer
- Khan Jamal, vibraphone and marimba player
- Kimiko Itoh, Japanese singer
- Knut Kristiansen, Norwegian pianist and orchestra leader
- Martin Kratochvíl, jazz rock musician
- Melvin Sparks, American guitarist
- Michael S. Smith, American drummer and percussionist
- Mike Clark, American drummer
- Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish double-bassist
- Palle Danielsson, Swedish double bassist
- Patty Waters, vocalist
- Per Henrik Wallin, Swedish pianist and composer
- Peter Langston,
- Phil Treloar, Australian drummer, percussionist and composer
- Pierre Dørge, Danish guitarist, bandleader and composer
- Ray Drummond, American bassist and teacher
- Raymond Harry Brown, American composer, arranger, trumpeter and jazz educator
- René McLean, American saxophonist and flutist
- Roger Turner, English percussionist
- Roland Prince, Antiguan guitarist
- Stafford James, American bassist
- Su Cruickshank, Australian singer
- Susannah McCorkle, singer
- Ted Greene, guitarist
- Terry Bradds, American guitarist
- Tom Grant, American pianist and vocalist
- Tom Harrell, trumpet and flugelhorn player
- Toquinho, Brazilian singer and guitarist
- Trent Kynaston, saxophonist, music educator and composer
- Vinny Golia, American composer and multi-instrumentalist
- William Hooker, drummer and composer
- Zbigniew Seifert, jazz violinist
See also
References
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.