1959 in jazz

1959 in jazz
The "Milan College Jazz Society"
Decade	1950s in jazz
Music	1959 in music
Standards	List of post-1950 jazz standards
See also	1958 in jazz - 1960 in jazz

1959 in jazz:

Events[edit]

• August 25: Between sets at Birdland in New York City, Miles Davis is beaten by police and jailed.^[1]

Album releases[edit]

• Dave Brubeck - Time Out (Columbia)
• Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come (Atlantic)
• John Coltrane - Giant Steps (Atlantic)
• Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (Columbia)
• Johnny Hodges and Duke Ellington - Back to Back: Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Play the Blues (Verve)
• Milt Jackson and John Coltrane - Bags & Trane (Atlantic)
• Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um (Columbia)
• Art Pepper - Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics (Contemporary/OJC)
• Horace Silver - Blowin' the Blues Away, Finger Poppin' (Blue Note)
• Cannonball Adderley & John Coltrane - Quintet in Chicago (Polygram)

Standards[edit]

Deaths[edit]

The George Lewis Ragtime Jazz Band in New Orleans, 1950. Left to right: Jim Robinson, trombone; Alcide Pavageau, string bass; Elmer Talbert, trumpet; George Lewis, clarinet; Lawrence Marrero, banjo

Births[edit]

Awards[edit]

• Grammy Awards of 1959
  • Best Jazz Performance Solo or Small Group
  • Best Jazz Performance Large Group
  • Best Jazz Composition of More Than Five Minutes Duration

References[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

• 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. 

External links[edit]

• The Best Jazz Albums of the 1950s