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1945 in jazz

Jazz in 1945: 1 album, 12 standards, 50 births and 2 deaths.

Albums released in 1945

One Night Stand 1945 · Armed Forces Radio Service

Standards written in 1945

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
Anthropology Charlie Parker B♭ major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Ko Ko Charlie Parker B♭ major AAB · 48 Up-tempo swing
We'll Be Together Again Carl Fisher C major AABA · 32 Ballad
Billie's Bounce Charlie Parker F major A · 12 Medium-up swing
Hot House Tadd Dameron C major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Confirmation Charlie Parker F major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Dream Johnny Mercer B♭ major ABAC · 32 Slow swing
I Didn't Know About You Duke Ellington F major AABA · 32 Ballad
If I Loved You Richard Rodgers C major AABC · 36 Ballad
The More I See You Harry Warren E♭ major AB · 32 Up-tempo swing
Shaw 'Nuff Charlie Parker B♭ major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Now's The Time Charlie Parker F major A · 12 Medium swing

Died in 1945

Pha Terrell 1910–1945 · American singer (1910–1945) Clyde Hart 1910–1945 · American musician (1910-1945)

Born in 1945

Eric Clapton 1945 · British musician José Feliciano 1945 · Puerto Rican musician (born 1945) Keith Jarrett 1945 · American jazz/classical pianist and composer (born 1945) Anthony Braxton 1945 · American musician, composer and philosopher (born 1945) Ivan Lins 1945 · Brazilian musician David Sanborn 1945–2024 · American saxophonist (1945-2024) Randy Brecker 1945 · American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-) David Grisman 1945 · American mandolinist, composer, and record label owner Hugh Hopper 1945–2009 · English bass guitarist (1945–2009) Arild Andersen 1945 · Norwegian jazz musician Marianne Mendt 1945 · Austrian musician and actress Tony Williams 1945–1997 · American jazz drummer (1945–1997) Steve Gadd 1945 · American jazz drummer, percussionist and session musician… Sylvia Vrethammar 1945 · Swedish jazz and schlager singer Elton Dean 1945–2006 · British saxophonist (1945–2006) Terry Callier 1945–2012 · American jazz, soul and folk guitarist and… Georg Wadenius 1945–2026 · Swedish musician (1945–2026) Demetrio Stratos 1945–1979 · Greek musician and lyricist (1945–1979) Asha Puthli 1945 · Indian singer Ernie Watts 1945 · American jazz musician Lou Marini 1945 · American saxophonist, arranger and composer Bjørn Alterhaug 1945 · Norwegian jazz musician Joe Beck 1945–2008 · American musician (1945–2008) Colin Hodgkinson 1945 · British musician Collin Walcott 1945–1984 · American musician, ethnomusicologist (1945–1984) Edward Vesala 1945–1999 · Finnish musician (1945-1999) Henri Texier 1945 · French musician Danny Gatton 1945–1994 · American guitarist (1945–1994) Walter Parazaider 1945–2026 · American woodwind musician (1945–2026) Inga Juuso 1945–2014 · Sami actress and musician from Norway James Senese 1945–2025 · Italian saxophonist, composer, and singer-songwriter Eliana Pittman 1945 · Brazilian actress and singer (1945-) Carol Kidd 1945 · British singer Levon Malkhasyan 1945 · Armenian jazz pianist Bernard Lubat 1945 · French jazz musician Frank Cassenti 1945–2023 · French screenwriter and jazz guitarist Mongezi Feza 1945–1975 · South African musician (1945–1975) Leszek Żądło 1945 · Polish jazz musician Patti Wicks 1945–2014 · American musician and pianist Akira Sakata 1945 · Japanese jazz saxophonist, actor, researcher (1945-) Eliot Zigmund 1945 · American jazz drummer Cameron Brown 1945 · American musician Steve Berrios 1945–2013 · American drummer (1945–2013) Pete Christlieb 1945 · American musician Peter Ecklund 1945–2020 · American musician (1945-2020) Mick Goodrick 1945–2022 · American musician (1945–2022) Halvard Kausland 1945–2017 · Norwegian civil servant and musician (1945–2017) Chuck E. Weiss 1945–2021 · American singer (1945–2021) Joyce Cobb 1945 · American jazz and R&B singer Benard Ighner 1945–2017 · American jazz songwriter, singer, and musician