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1952 in jazz

Jazz in 1952: 58 albums, 5 standards, 53 births and 3 deaths.

Albums released in 1952

Bing and Connee 1952 · Decca Records Young Man With a Horn 1952 · Blue Note Billie Holiday Sings 1952 · Clef Records Solitude 1952 · Clef Records Because of You 1952 · Columbia Unforgettable 1952 · Capitol Records Bird and Diz 1952 · Mercury Records South of the Border 1952 · Mercury Records This Is Oscar Peterson at the Piano 1952 · RCA Victor Plays Pretty 1952 · Mercury Records Lena Sings Your Requests 1952 · MGM Records Dizzy Gillespie 1952 · Dee Gee Dizzy, Volume I 1952 · Atlantic Dizzy, Volume 2 1952 · Atlantic Dizzy Gillespie, Vol. 2 1952 · Dee Gee
Road To Bali (Selections From The Paramount Picture) 1952
Easy Does It! 1952
Genius of Modern Music, Volume 2 1952
Hollywood's Best 1952
Legend of the Sun Virgin 1952
New Sounds 1952
Blazing Ballads 1952
Hot Vs. Cool (A Battle of Jazz) 1952
Ambiance Bechet 1952
On Parade 1952
Sidney Bechet 1952
Gene Norman Presents an Art Tatum Concert 1952 · Live
Collates 1952
Sing! Sing! Sing! 1952
Solo Flight 1952
Passport to Fame: Erroll Garner’s First Recordings 1952
Overture to Dawn (The Apartment Sessions, Volume 1) 1952
Piano Stylist 1952
Overture to Dawn, Volume 2 1952
Piano Solos, Vol. II 1952
Piano 1952
City of Glass 1952
Moods 1952
Wizard of the Vibes 1952
Pleyel Jazz Concert - Vol. 2 1952 · Live
Jazz Festival Concert, Paris 1952, Volume 2 1952 · Live
New Faces - New Sounds 1952
April In Paris And Other Great Favorites 1952
Modern Jazz Quartet 1952
But Me, I Love You 1952
Favorites, Volume 1 1952
Favorites, Volume 2 1952
James Moody and His Modernists 1952
James Moody With Strings 1952
Favorites Volume Two 1952
Deep People 1952
A Band Is Born 1952
Big Band Bash! 1952
Festival Marjane 1952
Vibe Solos 1952
“Jazz Concert” 1952
Dizzy Gillespie / Charley Christian 1941 (Minton's Playhouse & Monroe's Uptown, New York City) 1952 · Live
Howard McGhee All Stars 1952

Standards written in 1952

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
Lullaby Of Birdland George Shearing A♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
That's All Haymes-Brandt B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Bemsha Swing Thelonious Monk C major Medium swing
Invitation Bronislau Kaper C minor AB · 38 Even eighths
Twisted Wardell Gray B♭ minor A · 12 Medium-up swing

Died in 1952

Fletcher Henderson 1897–1952 · American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer… John Kirby 1908–1952 · American jazz bassist (1908–1952) Midge Williams 1915–1952 · African American swing and jazz singer (1915–1952)

Born in 1952

Ketil Bjørnstad 1952 · Norwegian pianist, composer and author Lee Ritenour 1952 · American male guitarist, musician, and composer Randy Crawford 1952 · American jazz and R&B singer Neil Peart 1952–2020 · Canadian-American drummer and lyricist (1952–2020) Joe Lovano 1952 · American jazz flautist, saxophonist, clarinettist Henry Kaiser 1952 · American guitarist, film director, and scientific diver John Lurie 1952 · American musician, painter and actor (born 1952) Sidsel Endresen 1952 · Norwegian musician Gino Vannelli 1952 · Canadian singer, songwriter and jazz musician Radka Toneff 1952–1982 · Norwegian singer (1952–1982) George Lewis 1952 · American composer, performer, and music scholar Ray Anderson 1952 · American jazz trombonist Daryl Stuermer 1952 · American guitarist Mari Natsuki 1952 · Japanese actor and singer Şehrazat 1952 · Turkish singer-songwriter (born 1952) Anthony Jackson 1952–2025 · American electric bass guitar player, session musician… Dave Valentin 1952–2017 · American musician (1952-2017) Walter Murphy 1952 · American composer Hilton Ruiz 1952–2006 · American musician of Puerto Rican descent (1952–2006) Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern 1952 · Prince of Hohenzollern Pierre Moerlen 1952–2005 · French musician (1952-2005) Will Lee 1952 · American bass guitarist Jeff Lorber 1952 · American keyboardist, composer, and record producer Leon Chancler 1952–2018 · American musician (1952–2018) Gary Lucas 1952 · American musician John Clayton 1952 · American jazz and classical double bassist, arranger and… Janis Siegel 1952 · American singer William Parker 1952 · American jazz musician Chuck Burgi 1952 · American musician Lauren Newton 1952 · American singer Peter Wolf 1952 · Austrian producer and songwriter Magdalena Thora 1952 · German guitarist and singer Pierre Van Dormael 1952–2008 · Belgian musician (1952-2008) Allen Vizzutti 1952 · American musician Per Jørgensen 1952 · Norwegian jazz musician Pekka Pohjola 1952–2008 · Finnish musician (1952–2008) Harry Tavitian 1952 · Romanian musician Russell Ferrante 1952 · American musician Mark Dresser 1952 · American musician Roy Campbell, Jr. 1952–2014 · American trumpeter (1952-2014) Manolo Badrena 1952 · Puerto Rican musician Jeri Brown 1952 · American jazz singer, songwriter, and professor Ric Sanders 1952 · British violinist Michael Wolff 1952 · American jazz pianist and composer (born 1952) Urs Leimgruber 1952 · Swiss saxophonist Jukka Tolonen 1952 · Finnish musician Chucho Merchán 1952 · Colombian bassist and guitarist Sam Clayton 1952 · American musician Bob Mover 1952 · American jazz saxophonist and vocalist Donal Fox 1952 · American musician Yıldız İbrahimova 1952 · Turkish-Bulgarian singer (born 1952) Ichiko Hashimoto 1952 · Japanese pianist, vocalist, composer, arranger (1952-) Michael Marcus 1952 · American musician