1957 in jazz

1957 in jazz
The Jazz Monitors 1957 - from left, Roger Dawson, drums, Herbie Lewis, bass, Bobby Hutcherson, vibraphone, Nat Brown, piano
Decade	1950s in jazz
Music	1957 in music
Standards	List of post-1950 jazz standards
See also	1956 in jazz – 1958 in jazz

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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1957.

Events

June

• 25 – Ella Fitzgerald started recording the album The Irving Berlin Songbook (June 25 - October 17).^[1]
  • She won at the 1st Grammy Awards in the category Best Jazz Performance, Individual for this album.^[2]

July

• 4 – The 5th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 4 – 7).^[3]

Unknown dates

• Carla Bley (b. Borg in 1936) was married to Paul Bley.^[4]

Album releases

• Charles Mingus: Tijuana Moods
• Art Blakey: Orgy In Rhythm
• Yusef Lateef: Jazz Mood
• John Coltrane: Blue Train
• John Lewis: The John Lewis Piano
• Milt Jackson: Soul Brothers
• Miles Davis: Miles Ahead
• Kenny Burrell: All Day Long
• Ben Webster: Soulville
• Sonny Rollins: Way Out West
• Ben Webster: Tenor Giants
• Art Pepper: Meets the Rhythm Section
• Art Taylor: Taylor's Wailers
• Max Roach: Jazz in ¾ Time
• Jay Jay Johnson: Blue Trombone
• Hank Mobley: Hank Mobley Quintet
• Herbie Mann: Flute Soufflé
• Tito Puente: Top Percussion
• Johnny Griffin: A Blowin' Session
• Sonny Rollins: The Sound of Sonny

Standards

Deaths

• Abe Lyman, American bandleader
• Carroll Dickerson, American dixieland jazz violinist and bandleader
• Curtis Mosby, American jazz drummer, bandleader, and businessman
• Dean Benedetti, American saxophone player
• Erik Tuxen, Danish big-band leader, composer and arranger
• Ernie Henry, saxophonist
• Fud Livingston, clarinetist, saxophonist, arranger and composer
• George Girard, New Orleans trumpeter
• He Dasha,
• Jack Gardner, pianist
• Jimmy Dorsey, clarinetist, saxophonist, trumpeter, composer, big-band leader
• Joe Shulman, bassist
• Louis Mitchell, drummer and bandleader
• Richard McPartland,
• Serge Chaloff, baritone saxophonist
• Sonny Parker, American blues and jazz singer, dancer and drummer
• Walter Page, multi-instrumentalist and bandleader
• Wooden Joe Nicholas, trumpeter and cornetist

Births

• Anca Parghel, Romanian singer
• Andy Sheppard, British saxophonist and composer
• Anouar Brahem, Tunisian oud player and composer
• Arthur Rhames, guitarist, tenor saxophonist and pianist
• Bert Joris, Belgian trumpeter, composer and arranger
• Bobby Sanabria, drummer/percussionist, composer and producer,
• Bogdan Holownia, Polish pianist
• Carleen Anderson, singer
• Chris Poland, guitarist
• Clarence Seay, bassist and composer
• Clifton Anderson, trombone player
• Danilo Rea, pianist
• Dave Stryker, guitarist
• Eddie Allen, trumpeter and flugel horn player
• Eerik Siikasaari, Finnish bassist
• Emily Remler, guitarist
• Éric Le Lann, French trumpeter
• Ernst-Wiggo Sandbakk, Norwegian drummer
• Faith Nolan, singer-songwriter and guitarist
• Fred Ho,
• Fredrik Carl Størmer, Norwegian drummer
• Future Man,
• George Landress,
• George Letellier, pianist and composer
• Gerald Albright, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist
• Geri Allen, pianist and composer
• Hanna Banaszak, singer and poet
• Harri Stojka, Viennese guitarist
• Herlin Riley, drummer
• Ian Villafana, guitarist and songwriter
• James McBride (writer),
• Jason Kao Hwang, Chinese-American violinist and composer
• Jerry Weldon, tenor saxophonist
• Jimmy Earl,
• Jose Valdes, pianist and bandleader
• Kevin Eubanks, guitarist and composer
• Lynn Seaton, bassist
• Lynne Arriale, pianist
• Mamdouh Bahri, guitarist
• Manfred Hausleitner, Austrian drummer
• Manu Katché, drummer and songwriter
• Martin Litton, pianist
• Matt Kendrick, double-bassist and composer
• Mike Smith, saxophonist
• Mino Cinelu, French drummer
• Morten Halle, Norwegian saxophonist
• Myra Melford, pianist and composer
• Nestor Torres, flautist
• Paul Hardcastle,
• Phillip Barham,
• Rick Lazaroff, Canadian bassist
• Roger Ingram, trumpet player, educator and author
• Runar Tafjord, Norwegian French horn player
• Tatsu Aoki, Japanese double-bass player and record producer
• Thomas Chapin,
• Tom McClung, pianist and composer
• Tom McDermott, pianist and composer
• Tom Rainey, drummer
• Tom Varner, horn player and composer
• Vanessa Rubin, vocalist and composer
• William Edward Childs, composer and pianist
• Wolter Wierbos, Dutch trombonist
• Yngve Moe, Norwegian bassist

See also

• 1950s in jazz
• List of years in jazz
• 1957 in music

References

1. Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book at AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
2. "About Ella Fitzgerald". Ellafitzgerald.com. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
3. "Newport Jazz Festival 1959 Poster". Rirocks.net. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
4. "Bley, Carla (Lovella May Borg)". Jazz.com. Retrieved 2016-03-27.

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.

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