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1954 in jazz

Jazz in 1954: 111 albums, 17 standards, 71 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 · RevOla Records Classics In Jazz 1954 · Capitol Records B.G. in Hi-Fi 1954 · Capitol Records Piano Solo 1954 · Disques Vogue Thelonious Monk Plays 1954 · Prestige Songs in an Intimate Style 1954 · Decca Records US Images 1954 · EmArcy Split Kick 1954 · Royal Roost Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” 1954 · Columbia Chet Baker & Strings 1954 · Columbia Chet Baker Sings 1954 · Pacific Jazz Tatum, Carter, Bellson 1954 · Clef Records The Genius Of Art Tatum #5 1954 · Clef Records The Genius Of Art Tatum #4 1954 · Clef Records The Genius of Art Tatum 1954 · Clef Records The Hamp in Paris – Volume 1 1954 · Felsted After Hours With Miss “D” 1954 · EmArcy A Session With Chet Atkins 1954 · RCA Victor The Swinging Buddy Rich 1954 · Norgran Records Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio #2 1954 · Norgran Records The President 1954 · Norgran Records Lester Young with The Oscar Peterson Trio #1 1954 · Norgran Records Little Jazz 1954 · Clef Records Bud Powell's Moods 1954 · Mercury Records The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 2 1954 · Blue Note Mr. Rhythm 1954 · Columbia Modern Sounds: France 1954 · Contemporary Konitz 1954 · Storyville Toshiko’s Piano 1954 · Norgran Records Blows for LP 1954 · Prestige Garnering 1954 · EmArcy This Modern World 1954 · Capitol Records Dinah Jams 1954 · Live · EmArcy Jam Session 1954 · EmArcy Barney Kessel 1954 · Contemporary Kessel Plays Standards 1954 · Contemporary Introducing Paul Bley 1954 · Swing On Savoy: Billy Eckstine 1954 · Concord Jazz Blues for Sale 1954 · EmArcy Cole Porter in a Modern Mood 1954 · Riverside Canções Praieiras 1954 · Odeon Jay & Kai 1954 · Savoy Records Sextet 1954 · Vogue Records Oscar Pettiford Modern Quintet 1954 · Bethlehem Records Vol. 2 1954 · Blue Note Moodsville 1954 · EmArcy The Moody Story 1954 · EmArcy The Exciting Mr. Bellson (And His Big Band) 1954 · Norgran Records Buddy De Franco With Strings 1954 · MGM Records Something Cool 1954 · Capitol Records Chris Connor Sings Lullabys for Lovers 1954 · Bethlehem Records With Or Without 1954 · EmArcy Barrelhouse, Boogie and the Blues 1954 · Capitol Records Sir Charles Thompson and His Band Starring Coleman Hawkins 1954 · Vanguard Kenny Drew and His Progressive Piano 1954 · Norgran Records How Hi The Fi 1954 · Columbia Buck Clayton Meets Ruby Braff 1954 · Vanguard Explorations 1954 · Debut Tal Farlow Quartet 1954 · Blue Note The Tal Farlow Album 1954 · Norgran Records Bill Holman 1954 · Capitol Records A Cool Yuletide 1954 · Legacy Vibist 1954 · Quality Records Limited Courts the Count 1954 · RCA Victor Way Down Yonder in New Orleans 1954 · Southland Records Jazz Studio Two 1954 · Jasmine Records Crew Cut Capers 1954 · Mercury Records Jazz by Jacquet 1954 · Clef Records Plays A Dance Concert 1954 · Trend Sings Duke Ellington 1954 · Norgran Records Favorites 1954 · Norgran Records Haitian Dances 1954 · Folkways Records Ted Heath's 100th London Palladium Sunday Concert 1954 · London Records Joe Newman and His Band 1954 · Vanguard In a Mellow Mood 1954 · Royal Roost In a Sentimental Mood 1954 · Royal Roost The Young at Bop 1954 · EmArcy Orchestra Wives 1954 · RCA Victor Voices in Modern 1954 · Capitol Records
While We're Young 1954
Somewhere Over the Rainbow 1954 · EmArcy
The Fabulous Thad Jones 1954
The Ideation Of Kenny Drew 1954
Jazz Studio 1 1954 · Brunswick
Hans Is Hip 1954
Music of Jerome Kern 1954
Dave Brubeck at Storyville 1954 · Live
Jazz at the College of the Pacific 1954 · Live
Jazz Goes to College 1954 · Live
New Sounds From Europe, Vol. 4 1954
New Jazz, Vol. 1 1954
Beryl Booker Trio With Don Byas in París 1954
The Billy Taylor Trio and Candido 1954
Kenton Jazz Presents Sal Salvador 1954
Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra 1954
André Persiany Avec Guy Lafitte 1954
Duologue 1954

Standards written in 1954

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

Died in 1954

Lee Morse 1897–1954 · American singer (1897-1954) Papa Celestin 1884–1954 · American jazz bandleader, trumpeter, cornetist and… Hot Lips Page 1908–1954 · American jazz musician (1908–1954) Garland Wilson 1909–1954 · American musician (1909-1954) William Frank Newton 1906–1954 · American musician (1906–1954)

Born in 1954

Pat Metheny 1954 · American jazz musician Al Di Meola 1954 · American guitarist Steve Morse 1954 · American guitarist Eric Johnson 1954 · American guitarist and recording artist Bruce Hornsby 1954 · American musician Rickie Lee Jones 1954 · American singer (born 1954) Peter Erskine 1954 · American musician Neal Schon 1954 · American guitarist Sergey Kuryokhin 1954–1996 · Russian musician (1954–1996) Basia 1954 · Polish singer Marc Ribot 1954 · American musician Scott Hamilton 1954 · American musician Michel Camilo 1954 · Dominican Grammy-award winning pianist and composer (born… Eugene Chadbourne 1954 · American musician and music critic Earl Klugh 1954 · American acoustic guitarist and composer (born 1953) Cindy Breakspeare 1954 · Canadian-Jamaican musician and beauty queen Tim Berne 1954 · American jazz saxophonist David Paich 1954 · American musician Steve Smith 1954 · American drummer Patrice Rushen 1954 · American jazz pianist and R&B singer Jeff Porcaro 1954–1992 · American drummer (1954–1992) Ernst Reijseger 1954 · Dutch musician (born 1954) Martirio 1954 · Spanish recording artist; singer Nnenna Freelon 1954 · American singer Scott Henderson 1954 · American jazz fusion and blues guitarist Peter White 1954 · English musician Angela Bofill 1954–2024 · American R&B singer (1954–2024) Andy Narell 1954 · American musician Ricky Ford 1954 · American jazz tenor saxophonist DeWayne McKnight 1954 · American guitarist Yasuaki Shimizu 1954 · Japanese saxophonist, composer, music producer (1954-) Cheryl Bentyne 1954 · American jazz singer Sergio Caputo 1954 · Italian musician Ed Mann 1954–2024 · American musician (1954–2024) Gordon Goodwin 1954–2025 · American pianist, saxophonist, composer, arranger and… Steve Rodby 1954 · American jazz musician Michel Benita 1954 · French musician Tim Sparks 1954 · American musician Carles Benavent 1954 · Spanish musician Judy Niemack 1954 · American singer Tim Hagans 1954 · American musician Kip Hanrahan 1954 · American jazz music impresario, record producer and… Craig Chaquico 1954 · American guitarist Hannes Bauer 1954–2016 · German jazz trombonist (1954-2016) Ricky Lawson 1954–2013 · American drummer (1954–2013) Paolo Vinaccia 1954–2019 · Italian-Norwegian jazz musician, percussionist Michael White 1954 · American jazz clarinetist Barb Jungr 1954 · UK singer, songwriter and writer Tom Browne 1954 · American jazz trumpeter Apostolis Anthimos 1954 · Polish musician Whit Dickey 1954 · American drummer Lenny Pickett 1954 · American saxophonist and musical director Bodil Niska 1954 · Norwegian musician Carmen Lundy 1954 · Jazz singer Ondřej Havelka 1954 · Czech actor, jazz musician, director and singer Eugenio Toussaint 1954–2011 · Mexican musician (1954–2011) John Robinson 1954 · American drummer Bob Malach 1954 · American musician Lorne Lofsky 1954 · Canadian musician Steve Tibbetts 1954 · musician Tchavolo Schmitt 1954 · Romani guitarist Hank Roberts 1954 · American cellist Jovino Santos-Neto 1954 · musician Stu Goldberg 1954 · American jazz keyboardist and musician Knut Værnes 1954 · Norwegian jazz guitarist Brian Torff 1954 · American musician Donald Brown 1954 · American musician Steve Nelson 1954 · American jazz vibraphonist and marimba player Ernst Ulrich Deuker 1954 · German musician Canut Reyes 1954 · French singer, painter, songwriter and jazz musician Stephanie Nakasian 1954 · American singer