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1953 in jazz

Jazz in 1953: 59 albums, 5 standards, 57 births and 4 deaths.

Albums released in 1953

The Astaire Story 1953 · Clef Records Swedish American All Stars 1953 · Prestige The Compositions of Al Cohn 1953 · Prestige Miles Davis, Vol. 2 1953 · Blue Note Blue Period 1953 · Prestige Joséphine Baker 1953 · Columbia Piano Reflections 1953 · Capitol Jazz An Evening With Billie Holiday 1953 · Clef Records Sings for Two in Love 1953 · Capitol Records Copland: Sextet for String Quartet, Clarinet and Piano / Kohs: Chamber Concerto 1953 · Columbia Masterworks Bird - Diz - Bud - Max 1953 · Savoy Records Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin 1953 · Clef Records Oscar Peterson Plays Cole Porter 1953 · Clef Records Oscar Peterson Plays Irving Berlin 1953 · Mercury Records Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington 1953 · Mercury Records Dizzy Gillespie Plays in Paris 1953 · Vogue Productions Dizzy Over Paris 1953 · Royal Roost Horn of Plenty 1953 · Blue Note Dizzy in Paris 1953 · Contemporary
Thelonious Monk Trio 1953
Around the Christmas Tree 1953
The Great Artistry of Django Reinhardt 1953
Black Coffee With Peggy Lee 1953
Jazz at Storyville 1953 · Live
Chet Baker Quartet featuring Russ Freeman 1953
Strings and Keys 1953
Inca Taqui 1953
Cosmopolite 1953
Stringin’ Along with Chet 1953
Chet Atkins’ Gallopin’ Guitar 1953
Louis Prima Plays for the People 1953
Plays in London 1953
Originalee Konitz 1953
Lee Konitz Plays With the Gerry Mulligan Quartet 1953
Jay Jay Johnson with Clifford Brown, Jimmy Heath, John Lewis, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke 1953
Overture to Dawn, Volume 3 1953
Overture to Dawn, Volume 4 1953
Overture to Dawn, Volume 5 1953
Erroll Garner Plays for Dancing 1953
Anita O’Day Collates 1953
Portraits on Standards 1953
Stan Kenton Conducts Robert Graettinger’s City of Glass and This Modern World 1953
King of the Tenors 1953
New Faces - New Sounds 1953
Get Happy 1953
Moondog and His Friends 1953
Big Jazz 1953
Presenting The Bob Crosby Show 1953
The Kay Starr Style 1953
Holiday in Piano 1953
Kurt Weill - A Piano Portrait by Dick Hyman 1953
Howard McGhee Volume 2 1953
Earl Bostic and his Alto Sax 1953
Slim Gaillard Cavorts 1953
Memorable Sessions in Jazz 1953
Cool and Crazy 1953
Charlie Ventura 1953
The Glory of Love 1953
Alix combelle et son orchestre avec Buck Clayton, Vol. 1 1953

Standards written in 1953

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
Satin Doll Strayhorn-Ellington C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Round Midnight Thelonious Monk E♭ minor AAB · 33 Ballad
Secret Love Sammy Fain E♭ major AABA · 24 Ballad
Blues In The Closet Oscar Pettiford A♭ major A · 12 Medium-up swing
Teach Me Tonight Gene DePaul E♭ major AABA · 32 Slow swing

Died in 1953

Tiny Kahn 1924–1953 · American drummer (1924–1953) Django Reinhardt 1910–1953 · Romani-Belgian /French jazz musician (1910–1953) Peter DeRose 1900–1953 · American composer of jazz and pop music (1900–1953) Larry Shields 1893–1953 · American jazz musician (1893-1953)

Born in 1953

Chaka Khan 1953 · American singer (born 1953) John Zorn 1953 · American composer, saxophonist and bandleader Robert Davi 1953 · American actor, singer, filmmaker (born 1951) Andreas Vollenweider 1953 · Swiss musician Mike Stern 1953 · American jazz guitarist David Benoit 1953 · American jazz pianist, composer and producer (born 1953) Kazumi Watanabe 1953 · Japanese jazz guitarist, composer, producer and University… Masayoshi Takanaka 1953 · Japanese guitarist, composer, arranger, producer (1953-) Diane Schuur 1953 · American jazz musician Ikue Mori 1953 · drummer, electronic musician and composer Bob Mintzer 1953 · American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big… Louis Sclavis 1953 · French jazz musician Lyle Mays 1953–2020 · American jazz musician (1953–2020) Bobby Watson 1953 · American saxophonist and composer Oleta Adams 1953 · American singer Jeff Berlin 1953 · American musician Edyta Geppert 1953 · Polish singer Reggie Lucas 1953–2018 · American musician, songwriter, record producer (1953–2018) Neal D. Barnard 1953 · American physician, author, and clinical researcher Jon Faddis 1953 · American jazz trumpet player Rod Morgenstein 1953 · American drummer Jeff Hamilton 1953 · American musician Marc Johnson 1953 · American jazz bass player, composer and band leader David Torn 1953 · American guitarist James Chance 1953–2024 · American saxophonist, composer, singer and pianist… Ronnie Earl 1953 · American blues guitarist Robert Irving III 1953 · American pianist and composer Danny Gottlieb 1953 · American drummer Joseph Bowie 1953 · American jazz musician Tom Cora 1953–1998 · American cellist and composer (1953–1998) Paul Plimley 1953–2022 · Canadian musician (1953–2022) Paul Wertico 1953 · American drummer Sakari Kukko 1953 · Finnish musician Azar Lawrence 1953 · American musician Grant Geissman 1953 · American jazz guitarist and Emmy-nominated composer Stephan Micus 1953 · German composer Laurence Cottle 1953 · British composer and musician Attila László 1953 · Hungarian musician Jarek Śmietana 1953–2013 · Polish musician (1951–2013) Craig S. Harris 1953 · American musician Stein Erik Tafjord 1953 · Norwegian musician Renée Geyer 1953–2023 · Australian singer (1953–2023) Darol Anger 1953 · American violinist Özay Fecht 1953 · Turkish-German actor and singer (born 1953) Jimmy Santos 1953 · Uruguayan singer Hilario Durán 1953 · Cuban musician James Newton 1953 · American flautist, composer, and conductor Mildred Anderson 1953 · American jazz singer Carmine Rojas 1953 · musician Eugenio Colombo 1953 · Italian musician Jimmy Bruno 1953 · American musician Dominique Gaumont 1953–1983 · French guitarist Kei Akagi 1953 · Japanese jazz pianist (1953-) Michael Gregory Jackson 1953 · American jazz, blues and rock musician (born 1953) Mark Soskin 1953 · Jazz pianist Yoshiaki Miyanoue 1953 · Japanese jazz guitarist (1953-) Phil Howard 1953 · Australian musician