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1937 in jazz

Jazz in 1937: 1 album, 17 standards, 68 births and 3 deaths.

Albums released in 1937

I Surrender, Dear / Ain’t Misbehavin’ 1937

Standards written in 1937

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
My Funny Valentine Richard Rodgers E♭ major AABC · 36 Ballad
They Can't Take That Away From Me George Gershwin E♭ major AABA · 36 Medium swing
The Nearness Of You Hoagy Carmichael F major AAB · 30 Ballad
A Foggy Day George Gershwin F major ABB · 26 Medium swing
Easy Living Ralph Rainger F major AABA · 32 Ballad
Autumn In New York Vernon Duke F major ABCD · 32 Ballad
Someday My Prince Will Come Frank Churchill B♭ major ABAC · 32 Jazz waltz
Nice Work If You Can Get It George Gershwin G major AABA · 34 Medium swing
Have You Met Miss Jones? Richard Rodgers F major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Love Walked In George Gershwin E♭ major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
That Old Feeling Brown-Fain C major AB · 32 Medium swing
They All Laughed George Gershwin G major ABCC · 32 Medium swing
All God's Chillun Got Rhythm Kahn-Kaper F major ABAC · 32 Medium-up swing
Let's Call The Whole Thing Off George Gershwin G major AABA · 34 Medium swing
Where Are You? Jimmy McHugh G major AABA · 32 Ballad
I See Your Face Before Me Arthur Schwartz E♭ major ABAC · 32 Ballad
I Was Doing All Right George Gershwin G major AABA · 34 Medium swing

Died in 1937

George Gershwin 1898–1937 · American composer and pianist (1898–1937) Clarence Holiday 1895–1937 · American musician Joe Smith 1902–1937 · American jazz trumpeter

Born in 1937

Connie Francis 1937–2025 · American singer and actress (1937–2025) Nancy Wilson 1937–2018 · American singer (1937–2018) Charlie Haden 1937–2014 · American musician and educator (1937–2014) Archie Shepp 1937 · American jazz musician Ron Carter 1937 · American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer (born 1937) Paolo Conte 1937 · Italian recording artist; musician Joe Henderson 1937–2001 · American jazz saxophonist (1937–2001) Hibari Misora 1937–1989 · Japanese singer and actress (1937-1989) Monica Zetterlund 1937–2005 · Swedish singer and actress (1937-2005) Alice Coltrane 1937–2007 · American jazz musician Baden Powell 1937–2000 · Brazilian musician (1937-2000) Nikolai Kapustin 1937–2020 · Soviet and Russian composer and pianist (1937–2020) Guy Marchand 1937–2023 · French actor, singer and musician (1937–2023) Karin Krog 1937 · Norwegian jazz singer (born 1937) Krzysztof Komeda 1937–1969 · Polish musician (1931–1969) Jack Nitzsche 1937–2000 · American musician, arranger, songwriter, composer and… Svante Thuresson 1937–2021 · Swedish jazz and schlager singer (1937–2021) Claes Andersson 1937–2019 · Finland Swedish psychiatrist, author, musician and… Sunny Murray 1937–2017 · American jazz drummer (1936–2017) Louis Hayes 1937 · American drummer Gunter Hampel 1937–2026 · German jazz musician (1937–2026) Milcho Leviev 1937–2019 · Bulgarian composer (1937–2019) Renzo Arbore 1937 · Italian actor, singer and director Reggie Workman 1937 · American double-bassist Roberto Menescal 1937 · Brazilian musician and composer Carol Sloane 1937–2023 · American singer (1937–2023) Beegie Adair 1937–2022 · American pianist (1937–2022) Barney Wilen 1937–1996 · French saxophonist (1937-1996) James Spaulding 1937 · American jazz saxophonist and flutist Clarence "Frogman" Henry 1937–2024 · American rhythm and blues singer and pianist (1937–2024) Billy Stewart 1937–1970 · American singer (1937–1970) Joe Farrell 1937–1986 · American jazz saxophonist and flutist (1937–1986) Charly Antolini 1937 · Swiss musician Burton Greene 1937–2021 · American musician (1937-2021) Kirk Lightsey 1937 · American musician Fred Van Hove 1937–2022 · Belgian musician (1937–2022) Bernt Rosengren 1937–2023 · Swedish jazz saxophonist and composer (1937–2023) Pierre Favre 1937 · Swiss jazz drummer and percussionist Grachan Moncur III 1937–2022 · American jazz trombonist (1937–2022) Bobby Durham 1937–2008 · American musician (1937–2008) Neil Ardley 1937–2004 · British jazz musician (1937–2004) Eddie Shaw 1937–2018 · African American, Chicago blues tenor saxophonist Hagood Hardy 1937–1997 · Canadian composer (1937-1997) Gene Bertoncini 1937–2026 · American jazz guitarist Don Sebesky 1937–2023 · American jazz musician (1937–2023) Bernie McGann 1937–2013 · Australian saxophonist (1937–2013) Michael Gibbs 1937 · Rhodesian born English jazz composer Alfred Janson 1937–2019 · Norwegian musician (1937-2019) Guido Basso 1937–2023 · Canadian jazz trumpeter (1937–2023) Mike Longo 1937–2020 · American musician (1937–2020) Graham Collier 1937–2011 · English jazz bassist, bandleader and composer (1937–2011) Jewel Brown 1937–2024 · American jazz and blues singer Pery Ribeiro 1937–2012 · Brazilian singer, songwriter (1937–2012) Don Randi 1937 · American pianist Karin Bertling 1937 · actress Eddie Gladden 1937–2003 · American musician (1937–2003) Malcolm Cecil 1937–2021 · English musician and record producer (1937-2021) Leon Thomas 1937–1999 · American singer (1937–1999) Majda Sepe 1937–2006 · Slovenian singer (1937-2006) Bob French 1937–2012 · American jazz drummer (1937–2012) Leroy Williams 1937–2022 · American jazz drummer Mike Melvoin 1937–2012 · American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger (1937-2012) Jonas Gwangwa 1937–2021 · South African musician (1937-2021) Bob Downes 1937 · British jazz musician Mike Carr 1937–2017 · British musician (1937-2017) Jeff Clyne 1937–2009 · British bassist (1937–2009) Bootsie Barnes 1937–2020 · American saxophonist (1937–2020) Ronnie Stephenson 1937–2002 · British musician (1937–2002)