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1940 in jazz

Jazz in 1940: 5 albums, 14 standards, 64 births and 5 deaths.

Albums released in 1940

Ballad for Americans 1940 · Decca Records Star Dust 1940 · Decca Records The Duke 1940 · Columbia Decca Presents Art Tatum in an Album of Piano Solos 1940 · Decca Records
I Want to Be Happy / Johnson Rag 1940 · His Master’s Voice

Standards written in 1940

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
Don't Get Around Much Anymore Duke Ellington C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Imagination Jimmy Van-Heusen E♭ major AABA · 36 Ballad
Darn That Dream Jimmy Van-Heusen G major AABA · 32 Ballad
In A Mellow Tone (In A Mellotone) Duke Ellington A♭ major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
It Never Entered My Mind Richard Rodgers F major AABA · 34 Ballad
Nuages Django Reinhardt G major AB · 32 Slow swing
Broadway William-Henri-Woode B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
Yardbird Suite Charlie Parker C major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
Cotton Tail Duke Ellington B♭ major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
When You Wish Upon A Star Leigh Harline C major AABA · 32 Ballad
Blueberry Hill Lewis-Stock-Rose E♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
All Too Soon Duke Ellington C major AABA · 32 Ballad
Let There Be Love Rand-Grant E♭ major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
Easy Street Alan Jones E♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing

Died in 1940

Hal Kemp 1904–1940 · American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader… Charley Straight 1891–1940 · American musician Johnny Dodds 1892–1940 · American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist (1892–1940) Einar Aaron Swan 1903–1940 · American musician, arranger and composer Arthur Parker Whetsol 1905–1940 · American jazz trumpeter (1905–1940)

Born in 1940

Frank Zappa 1940–1993 · American musician (1940–1993) Herbie Hancock 1940 · American jazz pianist and composer (born 1940) Al Jarreau 1940–2017 · American jazz and pop singer (1940–2017) Mina 1940 · Italian singer (born 1940) Astrud Gilberto 1940–2023 · Brazilian-American singer and songwriter (1940–2023) Alan Kay 1940 · American computer scientist (born 1940) Pharoah Sanders 1940–2022 · American jazz saxophonist (1940–2022) Roy Ayers 1940–2025 · American funk, soul, and jazz composer, vibraphone player… Chuck Mangione 1940–2025 · American jazz musician (1940–2025) Ralph Towner 1940–2026 · American musician (1940–2026) Eberhard Weber 1940 · German musician Eugen Cicero 1940–1997 · Romanian-German jazz pianist Roscoe Mitchell 1940 · American jazz musician (born 1940) Vagif Mustafazadeh 1940–1979 · Azerbaijani musician (1940-1979) Manfred Mann 1940 · South African-born musician (born 1940) Billy Hart 1940 · American jazz drummer Gary Bartz 1940 · American jazz saxophonist (born 1940) Steve Swallow 1940 · American jazz bassist and composer Arthur Blythe 1940–2017 · American musician (1940–2017) Keith Rowe 1940 · British artist George Adams 1940–1992 · American jazz musician (1940-1992) Monica Dominique 1940 · Swedish actor and musician Dave Burrell 1940 · American musician Larry Young 1940–1978 · American jazz musician (1940-1978) Adam Makowicz 1940 · Polish-Canadian musician Hamiet Bluiett 1940–2018 · American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer… Kenny Rankin 1940–2009 · American singer-songwriter (1940-2009) Eddie Henderson 1940 · American musician Ronald Shannon Jackson 1940–2013 · American jazz drummer (1940–2013) Lonnie Liston Smith 1940 · American pianist Phil Minton 1940 · British jazz/free-improvising vocalist and trumpeter (born… Oscar Castro-Neves 1940–2013 · Brazilian guitarist, composer, arranger (1940–2013) Bennie Maupin 1940 · American musician Mike Nock 1940 · New Zealand born musician residing in Australia Herbert Joos 1940–2019 · German trumpeter (1940–2019) Johnnie Keyes 1940–2018 · American boxer and pornographic actor (1940-2018) Chuck Rainey 1940 · American bass guitar session musician Dick Morrissey 1940–2000 · British jazz musician (1940–2000) Paul Rutherford 1940–2007 · English free improvising trombonist Wilton Felder 1940–2015 · American musician (1940–2015) Laila Dalseth 1940 · Norwegian jazz singer Sonny Sharrock 1940–1994 · American guitarist (1940-1995) Frode Thingnæs 1940–2012 · Norwegian jazz musician (1940-2012) Peter King 1940–2020 · British musician (1940–2020) Hans Dulfer 1940 · Dutch tenor saxophone player Lew Tabackin 1940 · American musician Alex Riel 1940–2024 · Danish musician (1940–2024) Louis Moholo 1940–2025 · South African jazz musician Roy Babbington 1940 · British bassist Seva Novgorodsev 1940 · British radio presenter Buddy Bregman 1940–2017 · American musical arranger, record producer and composer… Tony Levin 1940–2011 · English jazz drummer (1940–2011) Don Thompson 1940–2004 · Canadian musician Jan Lööf 1940 · artist Gene Perla 1940 · American musician Tom McGrath 1940–2009 · Scottish playwright and jazz pianist (1940-2009) Carlos Ward 1940–2026 · American musician Karel Růžička 1940–2016 · Czech music educator, composer, jazz musician and pianist… Brynjar Hoff 1940 · Norwegian musician Dave MacRae 1940 · New Zealand musician Reggie Johnson 1940–2020 · American musician (1940-2020) Ray Draper 1940–1982 · American musician (1940-1982) Nancy King 1940–2025 · American singer Gustavo Bergalli 1940 · Argentine musician