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1939 in jazz

Jazz in 1939: 2 albums, 10 standards, 66 births and 5 deaths.

Albums released in 1939

The Lonesome Road 1939 · Decca Records
Presenting Lionel Hampton 1939

Standards written in 1939

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
Over The Rainbow (Somewhere) Harold Arlen E♭ major AABA · 32 Ballad
I Didn't Know What Time It Was Richard Rodgers G major AABA · 36 Medium swing
Flying Home Goodman-Hampton E♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
I Thought About You Jimmy Van-Heusen F major ABAC · 32 Ballad
Moonlight Serenade Miller-Parish F major AABA · 44 Ballad
I'll Never Smile Again Ruth Lowe E♭ major ABAC · 32 Ballad
Frenesi Alberto Dominguez A♭ major AABA · 32 Latin
Comes Love Brown-Stept-Tobias G minor AABA · 32 Medium swing
Fine And Mellow Billie Holiday F major A · 12 Slow swing
If I Didn't Care Jack Lawrence B♭ major ABAB · 32 Medium swing

Died in 1939

Chick Webb 1909–1939 · American musician (1905–1939) Tommy Ladnier 1900–1939 · Jazz cornetist/trumpeter (1900-1939) Herschel Evans 1909–1939 · American musician (1909–1939) John Robichaux 1866–1939 · New Orleans jazz musician (1866–1939) Charlie Irvis 1899–1939 · American musician (1899–1939)

Born in 1939

Hugh Masekela 1939–2018 · South African jazz trumpeter Ginger Baker 1939–2019 · British drummer (1939–2019) Bob James 1939 · American jazz keyboardist, arranger, and record producer… A. R. Penck 1939–2017 · German artist (1939–2017) Enrico Rava 1939 · Italian jazz trumpeter Greetje Kauffeld 1939 · Dutch singer Joe Sample 1939–2014 · American jazz musician and composer (1939–2014) Andrew Cyrille 1939 · American avant-garde jazz drummer Hubert Laws 1939 · American flutist and saxophonist Paul Winter 1939 · American saxophonist Sonny Fortune 1939–2018 · American saxophonist (1939–2018) Zbigniew Namysłowski 1939–2022 · Polish jazz musician (1939–2022) Michel Colombier 1939–2004 · French composer, arranger, and conductor (1939–2004) Joe McPhee 1939 · American musician Charles McPherson 1939 · American jazz alto saxophonist (born 1939) James Booker 1939–1983 · American musician and singer (1939–1983) Charles Gayle 1939–2023 · American jazz musician (1939–2023) Eva Pilarová 1939–2020 · Czech singer (1939-2020) Danny Thompson 1939–2025 · English double bassist (1939–2025) Bernard Purdie 1939 · American R&B, soul and funk drummer Carlos Lyra 1939–2023 · Brazilian singer (1933–2023) Jair Rodrigues 1939–2014 · Brazilian musician and singer (1939–2014) Idris Muhammad 1939–2014 · American drummer (1939-2014) Brian Auger 1939 · English keyboardist Heikki Sarmanto 1939 · Finnish jazz pianist and composer Roger Kellaway 1939 · American pianist Bill Watrous 1939–2018 · American trombonist (1939–2018) Aladár Pege 1939–2006 · Hungarian jazz musician (1939–2006) Ian Underwood 1939 · American musician Cleveland Eaton 1939–2020 · American musician Okay Temiz 1939 · Turkish musician (born 1939) Masabumi Kikuchi 1939–2015 · Japanese keyboardist (1939-2015) Mel Brown 1939–2009 · American jazz guitarist (1939–2009) Meco 1939–2023 · American musician (1939–2023) Jeanne Lee 1939–2000 · American singer (1939-2000) Trevor Watts 1939 · English jazz musician Marvin Stamm 1939 · American trumpeter Andy Bey 1939–2025 · American musician Butch Warren 1939–2013 · American musician (1939-2013) Csaba Deseo 1939 · Hungarian musician Don Alias 1939–2006 · American jazz percussionist (1939–2006) Alan Silva 1939 · American musician Rosa King 1939–2000 · American musician Wojciech Karolak 1939–2021 · Polish jazz musician (1939–2021) Richard Teitelbaum 1939–2020 · American composer, jazz musician (1939–2020) Irio De Paula 1939–2017 · Brazilian composer (1939–2017) Peter Opsvik 1939–2024 · furniture designer Henrik Otto Donner 1939–2013 · Finnish musician, composer and producer (1939-2013) Dick Berk 1939–2014 · American drummer (1939–2014) Valentina Ponomaryova 1939 · Russian singer György Szabados 1939–2011 · Hungarian jazz musician, pianist (1939-2011) Wayne Henderson 1939–2014 · American trombonist and record producer (1939–2014) Larry Harlow 1939–2021 · American musician (1939–2021) John Guerin 1939–2004 · American drummer Abu Talib 1939–2009 · American guitarist; born Fred Leroy Robinson (1939–2009) Francis Hime 1939 · Brazilian musician Steve Marcus 1939–2005 · American musician (1939-2005) Othello Molineaux 1939 · musician Albert Dailey 1939–1984 · American musician (1938-1984) Peter Giger 1939–2026 · percussionist and bandleader Eric Weissberg 1939–2020 · American musician (1939–2020) Donna Caroll 1939–2020 · Argentine actress and singer (1938-2020) Gerry Weil 1939–2024 · Venezuelan musician Irene Aebi 1939–2026 · Swiss singer, violinist and cellist Brian Smith 1939 · jazz saxophonist and flautist from New Zealand Bert Wilson 1939–2013 · American saxophonist (1939-2013)