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1953 in jazz

Jazz in 1953: 69 albums, 5 standards, 56 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 · Prestige Around the Christmas Tree 1953 · RCA Victor The Great Artistry of Django Reinhardt 1953 · Clef Records Black Coffee With Peggy Lee 1953 · Decca Records Jazz at Storyville 1953 · Live · Fantasy Chet Baker Quartet featuring Russ Freeman 1953 · Pacific Jazz Strings and Keys 1953 · Debut Inca Taqui 1953 · Capitol Records Cosmopolite 1953 · Clef Records Stringin’ Along with Chet 1953 · RCA Victor Chet Atkins’ Gallopin’ Guitar 1953 · RCA Victor Louis Prima Plays for the People 1953 · Mercury Records Plays in London 1953 · Vogue Productions Originalee Konitz 1953 · Royal Roost Lee Konitz Plays With the Gerry Mulligan Quartet 1953 · Pacific Jazz Jay Jay Johnson with Clifford Brown, Jimmy Heath, John Lewis, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke 1953 · Blue Note Overture to Dawn, Volume 3 1953 · Blue Note Overture to Dawn, Volume 4 1953 · Blue Note Overture to Dawn, Volume 5 1953 · Blue Note Erroll Garner Plays for Dancing 1953 · Columbia Anita O’Day Collates 1953 · Clef Records Portraits on Standards 1953 · Capitol Records Stan Kenton Conducts Robert Graettinger’s City of Glass and This Modern World 1953 · Capitol Records King of the Tenors 1953 · Verve New Faces - New Sounds 1953 · Blue Note Get Happy 1953 Moondog and His Friends 1953 · Epic Big Jazz 1953 · Atlantic Presenting The Bob Crosby Show 1953 · Capitol Records The Kay Starr Style 1953 · Capitol Records Holiday in Piano 1953 · Mercury Records Kurt Weill - A Piano Portrait by Dick Hyman 1953 · Classic Editions Howard McGhee Volume 2 1953 · Blue Note Earl Bostic and his Alto Sax 1953 · King Records Cool and Crazy 1953 · RCA Victor Charlie Ventura 1953 · Imperial The Glory of Love 1953 · Universal Digital Enterprises Humphrey Lyttelton Jazz Concert 1953 · Parlophone Jazz Funeral in New Orleans 1953
Slim Gaillard Cavorts 1953
Memorable Sessions in Jazz 1953
The Music of Irving Berlin 1953
Jazz at Oberlin 1953 · Live
Alix combelle et son orchestre avec Buck Clayton, Vol. 1 1953
Classics in Jazz 1953
Autumn Leaves 1953
Spring Fever 1953
Haitian Folk Songs 1953
Songs, Volume 1 1953
Songs By Mabel Mercer (Volume Two) 1953

Standards written in 1953

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
Round Midnight Thelonious Monk E♭ minor AAB · 33 Ballad
Satin Doll Strayhorn-Ellington C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Secret Love Sammy Fain E♭ major AABA · 24 Ballad
Teach Me Tonight Gene DePaul E♭ major AABA · 32 Slow swing
Blues In The Closet Oscar Pettiford A♭ major A · 12 Medium-up 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 David Torn 1953 · American guitarist Edyta Geppert 1953 · Polish singer Stephan Micus 1953 · German composer 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 Ronnie Earl 1953 · American blues guitarist Grant Geissman 1953 · American jazz guitarist and Emmy-nominated composer Renée Geyer 1953–2023 · Australian singer (1953–2023) Tom Cora 1953–1998 · American cellist and composer (1953–1998) Danny Gottlieb 1953 · American drummer Azar Lawrence 1953 · American musician James Chance 1953–2024 · American saxophonist, composer, singer and pianist… Robert Irving III 1953 · American pianist and composer James Newton 1953 · American flautist, composer, and conductor Jarek Śmietana 1953–2013 · Polish musician (1951–2013) Sakari Kukko 1953 · Finnish musician Joseph Bowie 1953 · American jazz musician Darol Anger 1953 · American violinist Paul Wertico 1953 · American drummer Paul Plimley 1953–2022 · Canadian musician (1953–2022) Hilario Durán 1953 · Cuban musician Craig S. Harris 1953 · American musician Laurence Cottle 1953 · British composer and musician Attila László 1953 · Hungarian musician Jimmy Bruno 1953 · American musician Stein Erik Tafjord 1953 · Norwegian musician Özay Fecht 1953 · Turkish-German actor and singer (born 1953) Eugenio Colombo 1953 · Italian musician Jimmy Santos 1953 · Uruguayan singer Mark Soskin 1953 · Jazz pianist Mildred Anderson 1953 · American jazz singer Carmine Rojas 1953 · musician Kei Akagi 1953 · Japanese jazz pianist (1953-) Michael Gregory Jackson 1953 · American jazz, blues and rock musician (born 1953) Dominique Gaumont 1953–1983 · French guitarist Phil Howard 1953 · Australian musician