1958 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1958.

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)
 * 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

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.
 * 20 – Jesse Boyd, American upright bassist.
 * 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.