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1944 in jazz

Jazz in 1944: 1 album, 11 standards, 63 births and 8 deaths.

Albums released in 1944

Piano solos 1944

Standards written in 1944

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
Laura David Raksin C major ABAC · 32 Ballad
I Love You Cole Porter F major AB · 32 Medium-up swing
Sentimental Journey Brown-Green-Homer C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Good Bait Tadd Dameron B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
I Fall In Love Too Easily Jule Styne E♭ major AB · 16 Ballad
There's No You Hal Hopper F major AABA · 32 Ballad
The Boy Next Door Martin-Blane C major AB · 32 Jazz waltz
Candy David-Whitney-Kramer B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
How Little We Know Hoagy Carmichael F major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
That Ole Devil Called Love Doris Fisher A♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
52nd Street Theme Thelonious Monk C major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing

Died in 1944

Johnny Marvin 1897–1944 · American ukulele musician (1897-1944) Efim Schachmeister 1894–1944 · German musician Fritz Weiss 1919–1944 · Czech musician Ben Berlin 1896–1944 · Estonian jazz musician (1896–1944) Vincent Rose 1880–1944 · Italian-born American violinist, pianist, composer, and… Marion Harris 1896–1944 · American singer (1896-1944) Jimmie Noone 1895–1944 · American musician (1895–1944) Glenn Miller 1904–1944 · American band leader, arranger, and composer (1904–1944)

Born in 1944

Jeff Beck 1944–2023 · English guitarist (1944–2023) Chico Buarque 1944 · Brazilian singer-songwriter Karl Jenkins 1944 · Welsh musician and composer (b. 1944) Billy Cobham 1944 · Panamanian jazz drummer and composer (born 1944) John Abercrombie 1944–2017 · American jazz guitarist (1944–2017) Monty Alexander 1944 · Jamaican pianist (born 1944) Pat Martino 1944–2021 · American jazz guitarist and composer (1944–2021) Woody Shaw 1944–1989 · American musician (1944-1989) Boz Scaggs 1944 · American musician (born 1944) John Surman 1944 · British saxophonist and clarinetist Naná Vasconcelos 1944–2016 · Brazilian percussionist (1944–2016) Evan Parker 1944 · English saxophonist Egberto Gismonti 1944 · Brazilian musician and composer Barbara Thompson 1944–2022 · English jazz saxophonist, flutist and composer (1944–2022) Michael Franks 1944 · American recording artist; singer and songwriter Eddie Gomez 1944 · Puerto Rican bassist Chris Spedding 1944 · English rock and roll and jazz guitarist Phil Wachsmann 1944 · Ugandan musician George Cables 1944 · American jazz pianist Gianluigi Trovesi 1944 · Italian jazz musician Henry Threadgill 1944 · American jazz musician (born 1944) Lew Soloff 1944–2015 · American musician (1944-2015) George Mraz 1944–2021 · Czech jazz bassist (1944–2021) Bobo Stenson 1944 · Swedish jazz pianist Jon Hiseman 1944–2018 · English drummer and sound engineer (1944-2018) Alex Acuña 1944 · Peruvian musician Andrzej Przybielski 1944–2011 · Polish jazz musician (1944–2011) Willem Breuker 1944–2010 · Dutch musician (1944–2010) David Goloschekin 1944 · Soviet and Russian musician and composer Joachim Kühn 1944 · German jazz pianist Mark Charig 1944 · British musician Per Aage Brandt 1944–2021 · Danish writer and linguist Ralph MacDonald 1944–2011 · Trinbagonian-American percussionist, songwriter, musical… Jai Johanny Johanson 1944 · American drummer and percussionist Vyacheslav Ganelin 1944 · Soviet-Lithuanian and Israeli improviser, pianist, composer Kenneth Ascher 1944 · American musician Mo Foster 1944–2023 · British session musician, playing primarily jazz… Didier Levallet 1944 · French musician Harvey Brooks 1944 · American bass guitarist Wanda Sá 1944 · Brazilian singer Arthur Doyle 1944–2014 · American musician (1944-2014) Peter Kowald 1944–2002 · German free jazz double bassist and tubist (1944–2002) Steve Reid 1944–2010 · American musician (1944-2010) Bebu Silvetti 1944–2003 · Mexican composer (1944–2003) Milton Cardona 1944–2014 · a percussionist, vocalist and conga player from Mayagüez… Pat LaBarbera 1944 · American-born Canadian jazz musician Rufus Reid 1944 · American bassist, educator, and composer Jan Erik Kongshaug 1944–2019 · Norwegian recording engineer (1944–2019) John Clark 1944 · American jazz horn player and composer Terry Plumeri 1944–2016 · American conductor (1945–2016) Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne 1944 · American blues, boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, singer and… Louis Stewart 1944–2016 · Irish jazz guitarist (1944-2016) Babik Reinhardt 1944–2001 · French musician (1944–2001) Ron Mathewson 1944–2020 · British jazz musician, bass player (1944-2020) Butch Miles 1944–2023 · American jazz drummer (1944–2023) Oscar Brashear 1944–2023 · American trumpeter (1944–2023) Roger Humphries 1944 · American musician Remi Kabaka 1944 · Nigerian musician Chuck Domanico 1944–2002 · American musician (1944–2002) Saheb Sarbib 1944 · American musician Marty Morell 1944 · American musician Steve Tyrell 1944 · American singer and record producer Bobby Lyle 1944 · American musician