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1948 in jazz

Jazz in 1948: 7 albums, 10 standards, 51 births and 6 deaths.

Albums released in 1948

Christmas Songs by Sinatra 1948 · Columbia
A Sentimental Date With Perry 1948
Andre Previn At The Piano 1948
Rendezvous With Peggy Lee 1948
Volume Three 1948
Pianology 1948
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra and Sextet; Vocals by Peggy Lee 1948

Standards written in 1948

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
Lush Life Billy Strayhorn D♭ major AB · 40 Ballad
Black Coffee Burke-Webster C major AABA · 44 Slow swing
Lady Bird Tadd Dameron C major A · 16 Up-tempo swing
Easter Parade Irving Berlin B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Early Autumn Burns-Herman C major BBAA · 32 Ballad
It's Magic Jule Styne B♭ major ABCD · 32 Ballad
The Night Has A Thousand Eyes Jerry-Brainin G major AAB · 48 Latin
Parker's Mood Charlie Parker B♭ major A · 12 Medium swing
Barbados Charlie Parker F major A · 12 Latin
Perhaps Charlie Parker C major AB · 14 Up-tempo swing

Died in 1948

Dave Tough 1907–1948 · American drummer (1907–1948) Chano Pozo 1915–1948 · Cuban musician (1915-1948) Jan Savitt 1907–1948 · Russian-born American bandleader, musical arranger, and… Mutt Carey 1891–1948 · American musician (1891–1948) Lucille Bogan 1897–1948 · American blues singer (1897-1948) Red McKenzie 1899–1948 · American musician (1899–1948)

Born in 1948

José José 1948–2019 · Mexican singer (1948–2019) Paquito D'Rivera 1948 · Cuban musician Barbara Hendricks 1948 · American operatic soprano and concert singer Larry Carlton 1948 · American guitarist (born 1948) Jan Hammer 1948 · Czech-born American musician, composer and record producer Theo Jörgensmann 1948–2025 · German musician Tom Scott 1948 · American jazz musician (born 1948) Avery Brooks 1948 · American actor and director Patrick Moraz 1948 · Swiss musician Donald Fagen 1948 · American recording artist, musician (born 1948) Tania Maria 1948 · Brazilian musician Chester Thompson 1948 · American drummer Christian Vander 1948 · French musician Paulinho da Costa 1948 · Brazilian musician Henry Butler 1948–2018 · American musical artist (1949–2018) Toshinori Kondo 1948–2020 · Japanese trumpeter, music producer (1948-2020) Richie Cole 1948–2020 · American jazz saxophonist, composer, and arranger… Duke Robillard 1948 · American blues musician Joe LaBarbera 1948 · American musician Steve Turre 1948 · American jazz trombonist Toninho Horta 1948 · Brazilian musician Alphonse Mouzon 1948–2016 · American musician (1948-2016) Aki Takase 1948 · Japanese musician Jessica Williams 1948–2022 · American jazz pianist (1948–2022) Dorothée Berryman 1948 · Canadian actress Emil Viklický 1948 · Czech composer, jazz musician and pianist Chi Coltrane 1948 · American singer Bob Moses 1948 · American musician Paul Barrere 1948–2019 · American musician (1948-2019) Don Grolnick 1948–1996 · American musician (1947–1996) Mads Vinding 1948 · Danish jazz musician Dave Samuels 1948–2019 · American musician (1948–2019) John Etheridge 1948 · British rock and jazz fusion guitarist, composer… Adrian Legg 1948 · British musician Bill Summers 1948 · jazz musician Sean Bergin 1948–2012 · South African-Dutch saxophonist and flautist Kazimierz Jonkisz 1948 · Famous Polish Jazz Drummer Marvin Peterson 1948 · American jazz trumpeter and composer Daniel Huck 1948–2026 · French clarinetist Lorraine Feather 1948 · American singer and songwriter Julia Tsenova 1948–2010 · award-winning Bulgarian composer, pianist and musical… Thurman Barker 1948 · American jazz drummer Ryōko Moriyama 1948 · Japanese jazz singer Maggie Nicols 1948 · British musician and dancer Greg Errico 1948 · American musician and producer Tsuyoshi Yamamoto 1948 · Japanese musician Maria Cabase 1948 · singer, musician Osvaldo Fattoruso 1948–2012 · Uruguayan drummer, guitarist, composer, and singer Dennis Rowland 1948 · American singer Sammy Figueroa 1948 · American percussionist Jackie Orszaczky 1948–2008 · Hungarian-Australian musician, record producer (1948-2008)