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1952 in jazz

Jazz in 1952: 61 albums, 5 standards, 54 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 Easy Does It! 1952 · Capitol Records Genius of Modern Music, Volume 2 1952 · Blue Note Hollywood's Best 1952 · Columbia Legend of the Sun Virgin 1952 · Capitol Records New Sounds 1952 · Blue Note Blazing Ballads 1952 · Mercury Records Hot Vs. Cool (A Battle of Jazz) 1952 · MGM Records Ambiance Bechet 1952 · Disques Vogue On Parade 1952 · Disques Vogue Sidney Bechet 1952 · Savoy Records Gene Norman Presents an Art Tatum Concert 1952 · Live · Columbia Collates 1952 · Mercury Records Sing! Sing! Sing! 1952 · Decca Records Solo Flight 1952 · Columbia Passport to Fame: Erroll Garner’s First Recordings 1952 · Atlantic Overture to Dawn (The Apartment Sessions, Volume 1) 1952 · Blue Note Piano Stylist 1952 · King Records Overture to Dawn, Volume 2 1952 · Blue Note Piano Solos, Vol. II 1952 · Atlantic Piano 1952 · Mercury Records City of Glass 1952 · Capitol Records Moods 1952 · Savoy Records Wizard of the Vibes 1952 · Blue Note Pleyel Jazz Concert - Vol. 2 1952 · Live · Disques Vogue Jazz Festival Concert, Paris 1952, Volume 2 1952 · Live · Blue Note New Faces - New Sounds 1952 · Blue Note April In Paris And Other Great Favorites 1952 · Mercury Records Modern Jazz Quartet 1952 · Savoy Records But Me, I Love You 1952 · Universal Digital Enterprises Favorites, Volume 1 1952 · Prestige Favorites, Volume 2 1952 · Prestige James Moody and His Modernists 1952 · Blue Note James Moody With Strings 1952 · Blue Note Favorites Volume Two 1952 · Prestige Deep People 1952 · Savoy Records A Band Is Born 1952 · Capitol Records Big Band Bash! 1952 · Capitol Records Festival Marjane 1952 · Decca Records Vibe Solos 1952 · Prestige “Jazz Concert” 1952 · Vogue Productions The Dave Brubeck Quartet 1952 · Fantasy
Road To Bali (Selections From The Paramount Picture) 1952
Dizzy Gillespie / Charley Christian 1941 (Minton's Playhouse & Monroe's Uptown, New York City) 1952 · Live
Howard McGhee All Stars 1952
Classics in Jazz 1952
Blues in the Night - The Melodies of Harold Arlen 1952

Standards written in 1952

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
Lullaby Of Birdland George Shearing A♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Invitation Bronislau Kaper C minor AB · 38 Even eighths
That's All Haymes-Brandt B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Bemsha Swing Thelonious Monk C major Medium swing
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 William Parker 1952 · American 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 Gary Lucas 1952 · American musician Jeff Lorber 1952 · American keyboardist, composer, and record producer 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) Magdalena Thora 1952 · German guitarist and singer Lauren Newton 1952 · American singer Mark Dresser 1952 · American musician Pekka Pohjola 1952–2008 · Finnish musician (1952–2008) Harry Tavitian 1952 · Romanian musician Will Lee 1952 · American bass guitarist Janis Siegel 1952 · American singer Jukka Tolonen 1952 · Finnish musician Ichiko Hashimoto 1952 · Japanese pianist, vocalist, composer, arranger (1952-) Allen Vizzutti 1952 · American musician Leon Chancler 1952–2018 · American musician (1952–2018) Pierre Van Dormael 1952–2008 · Belgian musician (1952-2008) John Clayton 1952 · American jazz and classical double bassist, arranger and… Peter Wolf 1952 · Austrian producer and songwriter Jeri Brown 1952 · American jazz singer, songwriter, and professor Chuck Burgi 1952 · American musician Roy Campbell, Jr. 1952–2014 · American trumpeter (1952-2014) Per Jørgensen 1952 · Norwegian jazz musician Urs Leimgruber 1952 · Swiss saxophonist Michael Wolff 1952 · American jazz pianist and composer (born 1952) Russell Ferrante 1952 · American musician Manolo Badrena 1952 · Puerto Rican musician Ric Sanders 1952 · British violinist Yıldız İbrahimova 1952 · Turkish-Bulgarian singer (born 1952) Donal Fox 1952 · American musician Chucho Merchán 1952 · Colombian bassist and guitarist Sam Clayton 1952 · American musician Bob Mover 1952 · American jazz saxophonist and vocalist Vince Giordano 1952 · American musician and arranger Michael Marcus 1952 · American musician