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1959 in jazz

Jazz in 1959: 120 albums, 13 standards, 51 births and 9 deaths.

Albums released in 1959

Come Dance With Me! 1959 · Capitol Records No One Cares 1959 · Capitol Records Come Back to Sorrento 1959 · Columbia The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones 1959 · Mercury Records The Birth of a Band 1959 · Mercury Records The Genius of Ray Charles 1959 · Atlantic What’d I Say 1959 · Atlantic Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book 1959 · Verve Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Gershwin Song Book, Volume 1 1959 · Verve Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Gershwin Song Book, Vol. 2 1959 · Verve Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers 1959 · Verve Get Happy! 1959 · Verve Ella Swings Lightly 1959 · Verve Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants 1959 · Prestige Kind of Blue 1959 · Columbia Paris mes amours 1959 · RCA Back to Back: Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Play the Blues 1959 · Verve Side by Side 1959 · Verve All or Nothing at All 1959 · Verve Last Recording 1959 · MGM Records Hometown, My Town 1959 · Columbia The George Gershwin Story 1959 · Epic The Amazing Nina Simone 1959 · Colpix Sleep Warm 1959 · Capitol Records A Winter Romance 1959 · Capitol Records Welcome to the Club 1959 · Capitol Records A mis amigos 1959 · Capitol Records To Whom It May Concern 1959 · Capitol Records Cattin’ with Coltrane and Quinichette 1959 · Prestige Oscar Peterson Plays the Duke Ellington Song Book 1959 · Verve Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy & Bess 1959 · Verve Oscar Peterson Plays the Jerome Kern Songbook 1959 · Verve Oscar Peterson Plays the Irving Berlin Songbook 1959 · Verve Oscar Peterson Plays the Harold Arlen Song Book 1959 · Verve Oscar Peterson Plays the Richard Rodgers Songbook 1959 · Verve Oscar Peterson Plays the Jimmy McHugh Song Book 1959 · Verve Oscar Peterson Plays the Harry Warren and Vincent Youmans Song Books 1959 · Verve Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook 1959 · Verve The Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson 1959 · Verve Oscar Peterson Plays the George Gershwin Songbook 1959 · Verve Porgy and Bess 1959 · RCA Victor Sonny Side Up 1959 · Verve Have Trumpet, Will Excite! 1959 · Verve Nº2 1959 · Philips
Rhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris 1959 · Columbia Masterworks
Songs by Burke and Van Heusen 1959
Count Basie and His Orchestra Swings / Tony Bennett Sings 1959
Basie & Eckstine Incorporated 1959
Black Orpheus 1959
In Person! 1959 · Live
Et voilà ! 1959
Thelonious Alone in San Francisco 1959
The Versatile Henry Mancini and His Orchestra 1959
The Music From Peter Gunn 1959
More Music From Peter Gunn 1959
Fats Domino Swings 1959
Let’s Play Fats Domino 1959
The Shape of Jazz to Come 1959
Tomorrow Is the Question! The New Music of Ornette Coleman! 1959
Season’s Greetings From Perry Como 1959
Como Swings 1959
Chega de saudade 1959
Christmas in My Heart 1959
My Thanks to You 1959
The Exciting Connie Francis 1959
Sings Rock n' Roll Million Sellers 1959
Sings Italian Favorites 1959
Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders 1959
Newk’s Time 1959
André Prévin Plays Songs by Jerome Kern 1959
Like Blue 1959
I Like Men! 1959
Miss Wonderful 1959
Beauty and the Beat! 1959
The Magic of Sarah Vaughan 1959
No Count Sarah 1959
Porgy and Bess 1959
Stan Getz Quartets 1959
Hymns From The Heart 1959
Swing Around Rosie 1959
Rosemary Clooney In High Fidelity 1959
That's All 1959
This Is Darin 1959
Chet 1959
Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner & Loewe 1959
Mingus Ah Um 1959
Fuego del Ande 1959
Piano Español 1959
Aspects 1959
To You With Love 1959
Salvador s'amuse 1959
Henri Salvador 1959
Quiet as It's Kept 1959
Hamp's Big Band 1959
Golden Vibes 1959
The High And The Mighty 1959
What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! 1959
The Queen 1959
Chet Atkins in Hollywood 1959
Hum and Strum With Chet Atkins 1959
The Ray Draper Quintet featuring John Coltrane 1959
The Cats 1959
Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson 1959
In Person - At The Piano 1959
After Hours at the London House 1959 · Live
Great Jazz Standards 1959
Rich Versus Roach 1959
The Gospel Truth 1959
Cannonball Takes Charge 1959
London by Night 1959
Your Number Please… 1959
Swing Me an Old Song 1959
Hawk Eyes 1959
Swingville: Coleman Hawkins With the Red Garland Trio 1959
Ahmad Jamal 1959
Jamal at the Penthouse 1959
The Piano Scene of Ahmad Jamal 1959
Abbey Is Blue 1959
Hey Boy! Hey Girl! 1959
Louis and Keely! 1959

Standards written in 1959

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
So What Miles Davis D minor AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
My Favorite Things Richard Rodgers E minor AABCC · 72 Jazz waltz
All Blues Miles Davis G major A · 24 Jazz waltz
Blue In Green Miles Davis, Bill Evans D minor AB · 14 Ballad
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat Charles Mingus E♭ major AA · 24 Ballad
Take Five Paul Desmond E♭ minor ABA · 24 Medium-up swing
High Hopes Jimmy Van-Heusen F major A · 28 Medium swing
Peace Horace Silver B♭ major A · 10 Ballad
Flamenco Sketches Davis-Evans C major A · 24 Ballad
Freddie Freeloader Miles Davis B♭ major AA · 24 Medium swing
A Felicidade Antonio-Carlos Jobim A minor AABCD · 56 Bossa nova
All My Tomorrows Jimmy Van-Heusen G major AABC · 36 Ballad
Better Git It In Your Soul Charles Mingus F major AABA · 38 Up-tempo swing

Died in 1959

Avery Parrish 1917–1959 · American musician (1917-1959) Alphonse Trent 1905–1959 · American musician (1905–1959) Omer Simeon 1902–1959 · American jazz clarinetist (1902–1959) Billie Holiday 1915–1959 · American jazz singer (1915–1959) Boris Vian 1920–1959 · French writer and musician (1920–1959) Sidney Bechet 1897–1959 · American jazz musician Hal McIntyre 1914–1959 · American musician (1914-1959) Lester Young 1909–1959 · American jazz saxophonist (1909–1959) Baby Dodds 1898–1959 · American musician (1898–1959)

Born in 1959

Victoria Abril 1959 · Spanish actress Sade Adu 1959 · British singer Thomas Quasthoff 1959 · German opera singer, bass-baritone (born 1959) Marcus Miller 1959 · American musician, composer and producer Otomo Yoshihide 1959 · Japanese composer, guitarist (1959-) John Patitucci 1959 · American jazz bassist and composer Viktoria Mullova 1959 · Russian violinist Brian Setzer 1959 · American singer Cindy Blackman 1959 · American musician Stanley Jordan 1959 · American jazz guitarist Steve Stevens 1959 · American guitarist Rita Marcotulli 1959 · Italian jazz pianist and composer Ann Hampton Callaway 1959 · American singer Dennis Chambers 1959 · American drummer Omar Hakim 1959 · musician Anjani 1959 · American musician Joanna MacGregor 1959 · British musician Barbara Buchholz 1959–2012 · German composer and theremin player Ottmar Liebert 1959 · German guitarist Nguyên Lê 1959 · French jazz guitarist Jon Larsen 1959 · Norwegian musician Stanisław Sojka 1959–2025 · Polish singer Larry Klein 1959 · American music producer, songwriter and bass guitar player Salman Gambarov 1959 · Azerbaijani musician Gregg Bissonette 1959 · American drummer Molly Johnson 1959 · Canadian singer Paul Jackson, Jr. 1959 · American musician Akira Jimbo 1959 · Japanese drummer (1959-) Dominique Di Piazza 1959 · French jazz bassist James Gelfand 1959 · Canadian musician Rebecca Jenkins 1959 · Canadian actress and singer Joe Locke 1959 · American musician Anne Ducros 1959 · French singer Rossana Casale 1959 · Italian singer Melvin Taylor 1959 · American electric blues guitarist Frode Fjellheim 1959 · Southern Sámi musician and composer Ken Peplowski 1959–2026 · American musician Walt Weiskopf 1959 · American jazz musician Conrad Herwig 1959 · American musician Raphaël Faÿs 1959 · French musician John Lindberg 1959 · American musician Zim Ngqawana 1959–2011 · South African jazz musician Jackie Allen 1959 · musician Scott Robinson 1959 · American jazz musician John Parricelli 1959 · British musician Billy Drummond 1959 · American musician Roberto Magris 1959 · Italian jazz pianist, composer, and arranger Staffan William-Olsson 1959 · Swedish jazz guitarist Antoine Hervé 1959 · French musician Tony Reedus 1959–2008 · American musician (1959–2008) Dave Carpenter 1959–2008 · American bass player (1959–2008)