Born on January 1
17 jazz musicians born on January 1, including Milt Jackson, Ziad Rahbani, Chris Potter and Madeleine Peyroux.
Milt Jackson
1923–1999 · American musician (1923–1999)
Ziad Rahbani
1956–2025 · Lebanese musician and writer
Chris Potter
1971 · American jazz saxophonist, composer, and…
Madeleine Peyroux
1973 · American jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist
Al McKibbon
1919–2005 · American musician (1919–2005)
Bill Tapia
1908–2011 · American musician (1908–2011)
Pino Rucher
1924–1996 · Italian musician
Papa Celestin
1884–1954 · American jazz bandleader, trumpeter, cornetist and…
Issei Noro
1957 · Japanese jazz fusion guitarist (born 1957)
Ack van Rooyen
1930–2021 · Dutch trumpeter (1930–2021)
Levon Malkhasyan
1945 · Armenian jazz pianist
Henry Ragas
1891–1919 · American jazz musician (1891–1919)
Urs Leimgruber
1952 · Swiss saxophonist
Miki Higashino
1968 · Japanese musician
Susannah McCorkle
1946–2001 · American jazz singer (1946–2001)
Bobbie Nelson
1931–2022 · Pianist and singer
Bill Saragih
1933–2008 · Indonesian musician
Died on January 1
Nat Adderley
1931–2000 · American jazz cornet and trumpet player (1931–2000)
Jaroslav Ježek
1906–1942 · Czech conductor, Esperantist, composer and jazz musician…
Charles Fambrough
1950–2011 · American jazz bassist, composer and producer (1950–2011)
Jeff Golub
1955–2015 · American guitarist (1955–2015)
Dave Schildkraut
1925–1998 · American musician (1925–1998)
Hagood Hardy
1937–1997 · Canadian composer (1937-1997)
Jess Stacy
1904–1995 · American musician (1904–1995)
Albums released on January 1
| Date | Album |
|---|---|
| 1 January 1956 | Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color Frank Sinatra |
| 1 January 2001 | Armstrong Alumni Allstars Louis Armstrong |
| 1 January 1964 | Hello, Dolly! Ella Fitzgerald |
| 1 January 1960 | Blues in Orbit Duke Ellington |
| 1 January 2010 | The Birth Of A Band - Complete Edition Quincy Jones |
| 1 January 1967 | High Priestess of Soul Nina Simone |
| 1 January 1982 | Fodder on My Wings Nina Simone |
| 1 January 2015 | Dance Me This Frank Zappa |
| 1 January 1982 | The Personal Touch Oscar Peterson |
| 1 January 2004 | Classic Recordings, Vol. 5 (1938): Braggin' in Brass Duke Ellington |
| 1 January 1995 | Love Me or Leave Me Billie Holiday |
| 1 January 2003 | You Go to My Head / Blue Moon / Tenderly Billie Holiday |
| 1 January 1977 | Satisfação - Raras & Inéditas Gilberto Gil |
| 1 January 1993 | Orchestral Music (American) - Gershwin, G. / Barber, S. / Bernstein, L. / Copland, A. (American Classics, Vol. 2) George Gershwin, Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland; Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra & Sir Neville Marriner |
| 1 January 2002 | Rhapsody for Two George Gershwin; Anagnoson & Kinton |
| 1 January 2007 | Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris / Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand George Gershwin, Maurice Ravel; Pascal Rogé, Bertrand de Billy |
| 1 January 1959 | Fats Domino Swings Fats Domino |
| 1 January 1973 | Piano Giants Chick Corea and Mike Longo |
| 1 January 1974 | And the Feeling’s Good José Feliciano |
| 1 January 2002 | The Tender Land Aaron Copland, Filharmonie Bohuslava Martinů Zlín & Kirk Trevor |
| 1 January 1976 | Meus caros amigos Chico Buarque |
| 1 January 1995 | An Oscar Peterson Christmas Oscar Peterson |
| 1 January 1955 | West Coast Jazz Stan Getz |
| 1 January 1976 | The Best of Two Worlds Stan Getz feat. João Gilberto |
| 1 January 1955 | The Trumpet Artistry of Chet Baker Chet Baker |
| 1 January 1960 | Vous Qui Passez Sans Me Voir Stéphane Grappelli |
| 1 January 2000 | Gil & Milton Gilberto Gil & Milton Nascimento |
| 1 January 2006 | Leavin’ Natalie Cole |
| 1 January 1987 | Compact Jazz - The Seventies Chick Corea |
| 1 January 1996 | Waltz for Bill Evans Chick Corea |