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1946 in jazz

Jazz in 1946: 14 albums, 12 standards, 51 births and 2 deaths.

Albums released in 1946

The Voice of Frank Sinatra 1946 · Columbia Blue Skies 1946 · Decca Records St. Patrick’s Day 1946 · Decca Records Black Brown and Beige: A Duke Ellington Tone Parallel to the American Negro 1946 · Victor Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music 1946 · RCA Victor In Songs He Made Famous 1946 · Decca Records The Andrews Sisters 1946 · Decca Records Piano 1946 · Mercury Records Piano Solos 1946 · Mercury Records Fats Waller Favorites 1946 · Decca Records Champion Jack Dupree and His Piano 1946 · Davis Records Bird & Pres at JAPT 1946 · Live · Verve Reissues
Ole Buttermilk Sky / Ginger And Spice 1946 · ARA
Nick’s presents his Dixieland Jazz Band featuring Muggsy Spanier 1946

Standards written in 1946

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
A Night In Tunisia Dizzy Gillespie D minor AABA · 48 Latin
After You've Gone Henry Creamer B♭ major ABAC · 40 Up-tempo swing
Angel Eyes Matt Dennis C minor AABA · 32 Ballad
Time After Time Jule Styne C major AB · 32 Medium swing
Blue Skies Irving Berlin C major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
Groovin' High Dizzy Gillespie E♭ major AA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Don't Explain Billie Holiday D minor AABA · 32 Ballad
They Say It's Wonderful Irving Berlin F major AABC · 32 Medium swing
Ornithology Charlie Parker G major ABAC · 32 Up-tempo swing
You Make Me Feel So Young Josef Myrow B♭ major AABC · 40 Medium swing
Moose The Mooche Charlie Parker B♭ major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Red Top Lionel Hampton F major A · 12 Medium swing

Died in 1946

Mamie Smith 1891–1946 · American vaudeville singer (1891–1946) Tricky Sam Nanton 1904–1946 · American musician (1904–1946)

Born in 1946

Al Green 1946 · American singer Robert Fripp 1946 · English guitarist, composer and record producer Toquinho 1946 · Brazilian musician Allan Holdsworth 1946–2017 · British musician (1946–2017) Tony Levin 1946 · American rock bass player (born 1946) George Duke 1946–2013 · American musician (1946–2013) Tom Harrell 1946 · American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and… Jan Akkerman 1946 · Dutch guitarist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen 1946–2005 · Danish jazz upright bassist (1946–2005) Dave Liebman 1946 · American jazz composer, saxophonist and flautist Dave Holland 1946 · British jazz musician Richard Carpenter 1946 · American pop musician Humphrey Carpenter 1946–2005 · British writer and broadcaster (1946–2005) Gordon Haskell 1946–2020 · British singer (1946-2020) Bob Welch 1946–2012 · American musician (1945–2012) J. Geils 1946–2017 · American musician (1946–2017) Jun Fukamachi 1946–2010 · Japanese keyboardist, composer, arranger, producer… Claudio Roditi 1946–2020 · Brazilian musician (1946–2020) Aston Barrett 1946–2024 · Jamaican musician (1946–2024) Don Moye 1946 · American percussionist Ray Lema 1946 · Congolese musician Bennie Wallace 1946 · American saxophonist Mike Clark 1946 · American jazz musician Vinny Golia 1946 · American musician Zbigniew Seifert 1946–1979 · Polish musician (1946-1979) Tullio De Piscopo 1946 · Italian drummer, percussionist and singer. André Ceccarelli 1946 · French musician Jerry Jemmott 1946 · American bassist Jack Walrath 1946 · American jazz trumpeter, composer, bandleader Pierre Dørge 1946 · Danish avant-garde jazz guitarist, bandleader and composer Martin Kratochvíl 1946 · Czech keyboardist Susannah McCorkle 1946–2001 · American jazz singer (1946–2001) Palle Danielsson 1946–2024 · Swedish jazz musician; double bassist and composer… Jimmy Ponder 1946–2013 · American guitarist (1946–2013) Michel Graillier 1946–2003 · French jazz pianist (1946–2003) Pierre van der Linden 1946 · Dutch musician Melvin Sparks 1946–2011 · American soul jazz, hard bop and jazz blues guitarist… Brenda Holloway 1946 · American soul singer Patty Waters 1946–2024 · American jazz musician (1946–2024) B. J. Cole 1946 · British musician Ray Drummond 1946–2025 · American jazz musician Bo Stief 1946 · Danish musician Nippy Noya 1946 · Indonesian musician Knut Kristiansen 1946 · jazz musician John Tropea 1946 · American musician Atilla Engin 1946–2019 · Turkish-American musician (1946–2019) René McLean 1946 · American jazz musician Brian Priestley 1946 · British musician Rudolf Tomsits 1946–2003 · Hungarian jazz musician Keith Copeland 1946–2015 · American musician (1946–2015) Ted Greene 1946–2005 · American musician (1946–2005)