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1956 in jazz

Jazz in 1956: 120 albums, 14 standards, 53 births and 11 deaths.

Albums released in 1956

Songs for Swingin’ Lovers! 1956 · Capitol Records Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color 1956 · Capitol Records That Old Feeling 1956 · Columbia When Irish Eyes Are Smiling 1956 · Decca Records Home On The Range 1956 A Christmas Sing With Bing - Around The World 1956 · Decca Records Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings 1956 · Verve Blue Hawaii 1956 · Decca Records This Is How I Feel About Jazz 1956 · ABC-Paramount Ella and Louis 1956 · His Master’s Voice Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book 1956 · Verve Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book 1956 · Verve Blue Haze 1956 · Prestige Collectors’ Items 1956 · Prestige Dig 1956 · Prestige At Newport 1956 · Columbia Velvet Mood 1956 · Clef Records Jazz Recital 1956 · Clef Records Lady Sings the Blues 1956 · Clef Records George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess 1956 · Bethlehem Records The Charlie Parker Story 1956 · Savoy Records Brubeck Plays Brubeck 1956 · Columbia In a Romantic Mood 1956 · Verve Music Group Tenderly 1956 · Clef Records Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie 1956 · Columbia It's Love 1956 · RCA Jazz Creations of Dizzy Gillespie 1956 · American Recording Society The Champ 1956 · Savoy Records World Statesman 1956 · Norgran Records
Mr. Top Hat 1956
Chansons "possibles" et "impossibles" 1956
Pop Goes The Basie 1956
The Greatest! Count Basie Plays...Joe Williams Sings Standards 1956
King of Swing 1956
Basie Roars Again 1956
Orfeu da Conceição 1956
The Benny Goodman Story, Vol. 2 1956
Benny Goodman plays selections from the Benny Goodman story 1956
The Unique Thelonious Monk 1956
Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington 1956
Monk 1956
Fats Domino Rock and Rollin’ 1956
This Is Fats Domino! 1956
Rock and Rollin’ With Fats Domino 1956
Relaxing With Perry Como 1956
Perry Como Sings Hits From Broadway Shows 1956
Work Time 1956
Sonny Rollins With the Modern Jazz Quartet 1956
Sonny Rollins Plus 4 1956
Moving Out 1956
Sassy 1956
At the Blue Note 1956
The Brothers 1956
Blue Rose 1956
Playboys 1956
Jazz Composers Workshop 1956
Pithecanthropus Erectus 1956
The Tatum Touch 1956
Henri Salvador alias Henry Cording and His Original Rock and Roll Boys 1956
Max Roach + 4 1956
Lionel Hampton and His Giants 1956
Lionel Hampton Plays Love Songs 1956
In the Land of Hi-Fi 1956
Chet Atkins in 3 Dimensions 1956
The Trumpet Kings 1956
In Person 1956
Duets 1956
The Grand Master of the Soprano Saxophone and Clarinet 1956
Buddy Rich Sings Johnny Mercer 1956
This One's for Basie 1956
Gospel Train 1956
In the Land of Hi-Fi 1956
Calendar Girl 1956
Lonely Girl 1956
The Hawk in Hi-Fi 1956
In Stockholm 1956 · Live
The Wildest! 1956
Trapeze 1956
Mingus at the Bohemia 1956 · Live
The Progressive Big Band Jazz of Woody Herman 1956
Roy's Got Rhythm 1956
Around the Horn With Maynard Ferguson 1956
Byrd Jazz 1956
Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill 1956
Byrd's Word 1956
Johnny Mathis 1956
By Special Request 1956
Blue Moon 1956
The Andrews Sisters in Hi-Fi 1956
Piano Interpretations By Bud Powell 1956
Horace Silver Trio 1956
The Boss of the Blues Sings Kansas City Jazz 1956
Intimate Listening 1956
I Got Rhythm 1956
The Voice of Your Choice 1956
One for My Baby 1956
Jazz Spectacular 1956
Songs by Frankie Laine 1956
Réunion a Paris 1956
Playing Some Of The Selections They Played In The Benny Goodman Movie 1956
Krupa and Rich 1956
Drummer Man 1956
2 Trumpets 1956
The Incredible Jimmy Smith at the Organ, Volume 3 1956
A New Sound, a New Star: Jimmy Smith at the Organ, Volume 1 1956
A New Sound, a New Star: Jimmy Smith at the Organ, Volume 2 1956
Inside Hi-Fi 1956
Swingtime 1956
Her Trio Her Quartet 1956
Erroll Garner 1956
Pick Yourself Up With Anita O’Day 1956
This Is Anita 1956
Anita 1956
Kenton in Hi-Fi 1956
The Bad Seed 1956
Sophisticated Lady 1956
Musical Sounds Are The Best Songs 1956
Sings Fred Astaire 1956
Mel Tormé with The Marty Paich Dek-Tette 1956
Cross Section 1956

Standards written in 1956

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
Hallelujah I Love Her So Ray Charles B♭ major AABA · 44 Medium swing
Whisper Not Benny Golson C minor AABA · 32 Medium swing
Somewhere Leonard Bernstein E♭ major AABAC · 36 Slow swing
I Could Have Danced All Night Frederick Loewe C major ABCD · 32 Medium swing
Fever Davenport-Cooley A minor A · 24 Medium swing
A Beautiful Friendship Donald Kahn C major AABA · 32 Medium swing
The Party's Over Styne-Comden-Green E♭ major AB · 36 Ballad
Waltz For Debby Bill Evans F major ABA · 80 Jazz waltz
When Sunny Gets Blue Marvin Fisher F major AABA · 32 Ballad
Wouldn't It Be Loverly Frederick Loewe G major AABA · 34 Medium swing
I Wish You Love Charles Trenet E♭ major AABA · 32 Medium swing
Tadd's Delight Tadd Dameron A♭ major ABAC · 32 Medium-up swing
Tippin' Horace Silver B♭ major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
Pannonica Thelonious Monk C major AABA · 33 Ballad

Died in 1956

Tommy Dorsey 1905–1956 · American big band leader and musician Una Mae Carlisle 1915–1956 · American jazz singer, pianist, and songwriter (1915–1956) Art Tatum 1909–1956 · American jazz pianist (1909–1956) Freddie Rich 1898–1956 · Polish-American jazz musician (1898–1956) Clifford Brown 1930–1956 · American jazz musician (1930–1956) Richie Powell 1931–1956 · American pianist (1931–1956) Frankie Trumbauer 1901–1956 · American musician (1901–1956) Valaida Snow 1902–1956 · American musician (1904-1956) Adrian Rollini 1903–1956 · American jazz musician (1903–1956) Don Kirkpatrick 1905–1956 · American musician (1905-1956) Johnny Claes 1916–1956 · Belgian racing driver

Born in 1956

Kenny G 1956 · American saxophonist Nigel Kennedy 1956 · British-born violinist and violist (born 1956) Dianne Reeves 1956 · American jazz singer Ziad Rahbani 1956–2025 · Lebanese musician and writer Didier Lockwood 1956–2018 · French jazz violonist and composer (1956–2018) Nils Landgren 1956 · Swedish musician Michael Feinstein 1956 · American musician Uri Caine 1956 · American pianist and composer (born 1956) Randy Jackson 1956 · American bassist, singer, record producer, entrepreneur… Nels Cline 1956 · American guitarist and composer Vinnie Colaiuta 1956 · American drummer Steve Coleman 1956 · American saxophonist Jamaaladeen Tacuma 1956 · American musician Greg Phillinganes 1956 · American keyboardist and session musician Wolfgang Puschnig 1956 · Austrian saxophonist Jane Bunnett 1956 · Canadian musician Catherine Russell 1956 · American jazz singer (1956-) Mikhail Alperin 1956–2018 · Ukrainian musician (1956-2018) Iro Haarla 1956 · Finnish musician and pianist Maria João 1956 · Portuguese singer Károly Binder 1956 · Hungarian musician Rodney Jones 1956 · American jazz guitarist and bassist, born 30 August 1956… Lorraine Desmarais 1956 · Canadian jazz pianist and composer Martin Taylor 1956 · British guitarist Jorge Pardo 1956 · Spanish musician Bob Belden 1956–2015 · American musician (1956–2015) Zeena Parkins 1956 · American musician Denise Jannah 1956 · Dutch musician Ned Rothenberg 1956 · American composer Mary Coughlan 1956 · Irish jazz and folk singer and actress Mitchel Forman 1956 · American jazz and fusion keyboard player John Jorgenson 1956 · American musician Steve Williams 1956 · American jazz drummer Gregg Karukas 1956 · American musician Steve Dobrogosz 1956 · American composer, songwriter and pianist Wayne Krantz 1956 · American guitarist Riccardo Del Fra 1956 · Italian composer Gary Smulyan 1956 · American jazz baritone saxophonist Ira Coleman 1956 · American musician Mike LeDonne 1956 · American musician Michal Pavlíček 1956 · Czech composer, jazz musician and guitarist Raoul Björkenheim 1956 · Finnish musician Corin Curschellas 1956 · Swiss singer songwriter and actress Scott Fields 1956 · American musician Bill Cunliffe 1956 · American musician Gast Waltzing 1956 · Luxembourg trumpeter and composer (born 1956) Sergey Letov 1956 · Russian musician Charlie Peacock 1956 · American musician Paul Shapiro 1956 · American musician; jazz, world, and klezmer saxophonist… Doug Raney 1956–2016 · American musician (1956-2016) Mimi Fox 1956 · American musician Aaron Scott 1956 · American composer and jazz drummer George Howard 1956–1998 · American jazz saxophonist (1956–1988)