1954 in jazz

Jazz in 1954: 89 albums, 17 standards, 72 births and 5 deaths.

Albums released in 1954

Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy 1954 · Columbia Songs for Young Lovers 1954 · Capitol Records Swing Easy! 1954 · Capitol Records Selections from Irving Berlin’s White Christmas 1954 · Decca Records Ella-Songs in a Mellow Mood 1954 · Decca Records Miles Davis With Sonny Rollins 1954 · Prestige Vol. 3 1954 · Blue Note The Duke Plays Ellington 1954 · Capitol Records Billie and Stan 1954 · Ermitage Billie Holiday 1954 · Clef Records Charlie Parker 1954 · Clef Records Recital by Oscar Peterson 1954 · Clef Records Oscar Peterson Plays Richard Rodgers 1954 · Clef Records Blow That Horn! Dizzy Gillespie, Vol. 1 1954 · Festival Records

Sinfonia do Rio de Janeiro 1954

Classics In Jazz 1954

B.G. in Hi-Fi 1954

Piano Solo 1954

Thelonious Monk Plays 1954

Songs in an Intimate Style 1954

Images 1954

Split Kick 1954

Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” 1954

While We're Young 1954

Chet Baker & Strings 1954

Chet Baker Sings 1954

Tatum, Carter, Bellson 1954

The Genius Of Art Tatum #5 1954

The Genius Of Art Tatum #4 1954

The Genius of Art Tatum 1954

The Hamp in Paris – Volume 1 1954

After Hours With Miss “D” 1954

A Session With Chet Atkins 1954

The Swinging Buddy Rich 1954

Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio #2 1954

The President 1954

Lester Young with The Oscar Peterson Trio #1 1954

Little Jazz 1954

Somewhere Over the Rainbow 1954

Bud Powell's Moods 1954

The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 2 1954

Mr. Rhythm 1954

Modern Sounds: France 1954

Konitz 1954

Toshiko’s Piano 1954

Blows for LP 1954

Garnering 1954

This Modern World 1954

Dinah Jams 1954 · Live

Jam Session 1954

Barney Kessel 1954

Kessel Plays Standards 1954

Introducing Paul Bley 1954

On Savoy: Billy Eckstine 1954

Blues for Sale 1954

Cole Porter in a Modern Mood 1954

Canções Praieiras 1954

Jay & Kai 1954

Sextet 1954

Oscar Pettiford Modern Quintet 1954

Vol. 2 1954

Moodsville 1954

The Moody Story 1954

The Exciting Mr. Bellson (And His Big Band) 1954

Buddy De Franco With Strings 1954

Something Cool 1954

Chris Connor Sings Lullabys for Lovers 1954

The Fabulous Thad Jones 1954

With Or Without 1954

Barrelhouse, Boogie and the Blues 1954

Sir Charles Thompson and His Band Starring Coleman Hawkins 1954

Kenny Drew and His Progressive Piano 1954

The Ideation Of Kenny Drew 1954

How Hi The Fi 1954

Buck Clayton Meets Ruby Braff 1954

Explorations 1954

Tal Farlow Quartet 1954

The Tal Farlow Album 1954

Bill Holman 1954

A Cool Yuletide 1954

Vibist 1954

Jazz Studio 1 1954

Courts the Count 1954

Way Down Yonder in New Orleans 1954

Jazz Studio Two 1954

Crew Cut Capers 1954

Jazz by Jacquet 1954

Beryl Booker Trio With Don Byas in París 1954

The Billy Taylor Trio and Candido 1954

Standards written in 1954

Title	Composer	Key	Form	Groove
Oleo	Sonny Rollins	B♭ major	AABA · 32	Up-tempo swing
I Love Paris	Cole Porter	C minor	AB · 32	Medium swing
Smile	Charles Chaplin	F major	ABAC · 34	Ballad
Airegin	Sonny Rollins	F minor	ABAC · 36	Up-tempo swing
A Sleepin' Bee	Harold Arlen	A♭ major	ABAC · 36	Medium swing
Fly Me To The Moon	Bart Howard	C major	AB · 32	Medium swing
The Man That Got Away	Harold Arlen	F major	AAB · 48	Slow swing
Baubles, Bangles and Beads	Borodin-Wright-Forrest	A♭ major	ABCA · 36	Jazz waltz
Misty	Erroll Garner	E♭ major	AABA · 32	Ballad
Django	John Lewis	F minor	AABBC · 40	Medium swing
Doxy	Sonny Rollins	B♭ major	A · 16	Medium swing
Joy Spring	Clifford Brown	F major	ABCA · 32	Up-tempo swing
Four	Miles Davis	E♭ major	ABAC · 32	Up-tempo swing
Young And Foolish	Albert Hague	C major	ABAC · 32	Ballad
Blue Monk	Thelonious Monk	B♭ major	A · 12	Medium swing
Hey There	Alder-Ross	E♭ major	ABAC · 36	Medium swing
Sway	Ruiz-Gimbel	G minor	AABA · 32	Latin