Born on May 1
9 jazz musicians born on May 1, including Zaz, Charley Patton, Shirley Horn and Marcelo Zarvos.
Zaz
1980 · French singer
Charley Patton
1891–1934 · American Delta blues musician (1891–1934)
Shirley Horn
1934–2005 · American singer (1934–2005)
Marcelo Zarvos
1969 · Brazilian pianist and composer (1969–)
Ira Sullivan
1931–2020 · American jazz musician (1931–2020)
Ambrose Akinmusire
1982 · American jazz composer and trumpeter
James Newton
1953 · American flautist, composer, and conductor
Carlos Ward
1940–2026 · American musician
Hayes Alvis
1907–1972 · musician (1907-1972)
Died on May 1
Albums released on May 1
| Date | Album |
|---|---|
| 1 May 2019 | Organic Minds (live) Live Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 1 May 2019 | Bullet Proof (live) Live Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 1 May 1998 | Centennial Edition Gershwin; Cincinnati Pops Orchestra & Erich Kunzel |
| 1 May 1984 | Children’s Songs Chick Corea |
| 1 May 2012 | Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite / Symphonic Ode / Creston: Symphony no. 3 "Three Mysteries" Aaron Copland, Paul Creston; Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz |
| 1 May 1949 | South Pacific Peggy Lee, Margaret Whiting & Gordon MacRae |
| 1 May 1984 | Chicago 17 Chicago |
| 1 May 1976 | Arbour Zena Keith Jarrett |
| 1 May 1965 | Non Stop Dancing '65 James Last |
| 1 May 1968 | Non Stop Dancing 68 James Last |
| 1 May 1982 | Fandango Herb Alpert |
| 1 May 2012 | Gershwin: An American in Paris - Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite Ferde Grofé; George Gershwin, Gerard Schwarz & Seattle Symphony |
| 1 May 2011 | Audio Blues Max Roach |
| 1 May 2024 | Somewhere in Space Sun Ra |
| 1 May 2012 | Templars: In Sacred Blood John Zorn |
| 1 May 2009 | A Real Diamond in the Rough Buckethead |
| 1 May 2020 | Ghost Host Buckethead |
| 1 May 2020 | Clockunwise Buckethead |
| 1 May 2024 | Veins Of Institution Buckethead and Madeline Cyrille Miller |
| 1 May 1997 | Viajante do Sonho Toquinho |
| 1 May 1971 | Moments Boz Scaggs |
| 1 May 2020 | The Fifties: A Prism Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis |
| 1 May 1991 | Equipoise Roy Haynes |
| 1 May 1991 | Poeta, moça e violão Live Vinicius, Clara Nunes e Toquinho |
| 1 May 1989 | Blues in Thirds Earl Hines |
| 1 May 1992 | All That Jazz: Live at Princeton Live Benny Carter |
| 1 May 1999 | COWBOY BEBOP BLUE 菅野よう子、シートベルツ |
| 1 May 1978 | Somewhere in My Lifetime Phyllis Hyman |
| 1 May 1994 | The African American Epic Suite Yusef Lateef |
| 1 May 2020 | Lush Life Billy Strayhorn |