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1932 in jazz

Jazz in 1932: 12 standards, 63 births and 2 deaths.

Standards written in 1932

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
Sophisticated Lady Duke Ellington A♭ major AABA · 32 Ballad
Lover Richard Rodgers E♭ major AAB · 48 Up-tempo swing
Alone Together Arthur Schwartz D minor AABA · 44 Medium swing
It Don't Mean A Thing Duke Ellington B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
I'll Never Be The Same Khan-Malneck-Signorelli F major AB · 32 Medium swing
Don't Blame Me Jimmy McHugh C major AABA · 32 Ballad
It's Only a Paper Moon Harold Arlen G major AABA · 32 Medium swing
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You George Bassman F major AABA · 36 Medium swing
The Song Is You Jerome Kern C major AABA · 64 Up-tempo swing
Isn't It Romantic? Richard Rodgers E♭ major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
Mimi Richard Rogers G major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Fascination Fernando-Dante Marchetti C major ABAC · 32 Jazz waltz

Died in 1932

Bubber Miley 1903–1932 · American jazz trumpet and cornet player, composer… Frank Teschemacher 1906–1932 · American musician (1906–1932)

Born in 1932

Miriam Makeba 1932–2008 · South African singer and civil rights activist (1932–2008) Michel Legrand 1932–2019 · French film score composer (1932–2019) Lalo Schifrin 1932–2025 · Argentine-American composer (1932–2025) Joe Zawinul 1932–2007 · Austrian jazz keyboardist and composer (1932–2007) Donald Byrd 1932–2013 · American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues… Gato Barbieri 1932–2016 · Argentine jazz musician (1932–2016) Paul Bley 1932–2016 · Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist… Mark Murphy 1932–2015 · American singer (1932-2015) Jackie McLean 1932–2006 · American jazz saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and… Oliver Nelson 1932–1975 · American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger… Roland Hanna 1932–2002 · American pianist (1932–2002) Ernest Ranglin 1932 · Jamaican guitarist and composer Slide Hampton 1932–2021 · American trombonist (1932–2021) George Gruntz 1932–2013 · Swiss pianist (1932-2013) François Deguelt 1932–2014 · French singer (1932-2014) Lol Coxhill 1932–2012 · English free improvising saxophonist (1932–2012) Walter Wanderley 1932–1986 · Brazilian pianist, organist and arranger (1932-1986) of… Don Francks 1932–2016 · Canadian actor and jazz musician (1932–2016) Grady Tate 1932–2017 · American jazz musician (1932–2017) Leroy Jenkins 1932–2007 · American composer and violinist (1932–2007) Duke Pearson 1932–1980 · American jazz pianist (1932–1980) Dorothy Ashby 1932–1986 · American jazz harpist (1932-1986) Don Preston 1932 · American musician (born 1932) Earl King 1932–2003 · American songwriter and guitarist (1934–2003) Bengt Hallberg 1932–2013 · Swedish musician (1932–2013) Tina Brooks 1932–1974 · American musician (1932–1974) Mickey Roker 1932–2017 · American jazz drummer (1932–2017) Walter Davis 1932–1990 · American jazz pianist (1932–1990) Ed Bickert 1932–2019 · Canadian musician (1932–2019) Frank D'Rone 1932–2013 · American jazz singer and guitarist Piet Noordijk 1932–2011 · Dutch saxophonist (1932-2011) Sonny Red 1932–1981 · American jazz saxophonist and composer (1932–1981) Eddie Higgins 1932–2009 · American jazz pianist, composer, and orchestrator… Joe Viera 1932–2024 · German saxophonist and music educator (1932–2024) Ethel Ennis 1932–2019 · American musician (1932–2019) Ottilie Patterson 1932–2011 · Irish singer (1932–2011) Hadley Caliman 1932–2010 · American saxophonist (1932-2010) Pete Jolly 1932–2001 · American musician (1932–2004) Bob Cranshaw 1932–2016 · American musician (1932–2016) Heinz Sauer 1932 · German jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader Irene Kral 1932–1978 · American singer (1932-1978) Walter Perkins 1932–2004 · American drummer (1932–2004) Bill Hardman 1932–1990 · American jazz musician (1933–1990) Atle Hammer 1932–2017 · Norwegian musician (1932–2017) Bob Florence 1932–2008 · American jazz arranger and pianist (1932–2008) Germaine Bazzle 1932 · New Orleans jazz musician Åke Persson 1932–1975 · Swedish musician Harold Rubin 1932–2020 · South African-born Israeli artist (1932-2020) Willis Jackson 1932–1987 · American jazz tenor saxophonist (1932–1987) Emil Richards 1932–2019 · American musician (1932–2019) Nancy Holloway 1932–2019 · American jazz musician (1932–2019) Beverly Kenney 1932–1960 · American jazz vocalist (1932-1960) Andy Simpkins 1932–1999 · American bassist (1932-1999) Alvin Batiste 1932–2007 · American clarinetist (1932-2007) Al Aarons 1932–2015 · American jazz trumpeter (1932-2015) Jamil Nasser 1932–2010 · American bassist (1932–2010) Jodie Christian 1932–2012 · Jazz pianist (1932-2012) John Chilton 1932–2016 · British musician (1932-2016) Teddy Smith 1932–1979 · American bassist Harry Robertson 1932–1996 · musician, bandleader, music director and composer… Ed Lincoln 1932–2012 · Brazilian musician (1932-2012) Don Wilkerson 1932–1986 · American musician Jerry Dodgion 1932–2023 · American musician