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1959 in jazz

Jazz in 1959: 120 albums, 13 standards, 50 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 Count Basie and His Orchestra Swings / Tony Bennett Sings 1959 · Roulette Basie & Eckstine Incorporated 1959 · Roulette Black Orpheus 1959 · Epic In Person! 1959 · Live · Columbia Et voilà ! 1959 · Barclay Thelonious Alone in San Francisco 1959 · Riverside The Versatile Henry Mancini and His Orchestra 1959 · Liberty The Music From Peter Gunn 1959 · RCA Victor More Music From Peter Gunn 1959 · RCA Victor Fats Domino Swings 1959 · Capitol Records Let’s Play Fats Domino 1959 · Imperial The Shape of Jazz to Come 1959 · Atlantic Tomorrow Is the Question! The New Music of Ornette Coleman! 1959 · Contemporary Season’s Greetings From Perry Como 1959 · RCA Victor Como Swings 1959 · RCA Victor Chega de saudade 1959 · Odeon Christmas in My Heart 1959 · MGM Records My Thanks to You 1959 · Grand Avenue The Exciting Connie Francis 1959 · MGM Records Sings Rock n' Roll Million Sellers 1959 · MGM Records Sings Italian Favorites 1959 · MGM Records Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders 1959 · Contemporary Newk’s Time 1959 · Blue Note André Prévin Plays Songs by Jerome Kern 1959 Like Blue 1959 · MGM Records I Like Men! 1959 · Capitol Records Miss Wonderful 1959 · Decca Records Beauty and the Beat! 1959 · Capitol Records The Magic of Sarah Vaughan 1959 · Mercury Records No Count Sarah 1959 · Mercury Records Porgy and Bess 1959 · Decca Records Stan Getz Quartets 1959 · New Jazz Swing Around Rosie 1959 · Coral Records That's All 1959 · ATCO Records This Is Darin 1959 · ATCO Records Chet 1959 · Riverside Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner & Loewe 1959 · Riverside Mingus Ah Um 1959 · Columbia Fuego del Ande 1959 · Capitol Records Piano Español 1959 Aspects 1959 · United Artists To You With Love 1959 Salvador s'amuse 1959 · Barclay Henri Salvador 1959 · Barclay Quiet as It's Kept 1959 · Mercury Records Hamp's Big Band 1959 · Audio Fidelity Golden Vibes 1959 · Columbia The High And The Mighty 1959 · Columbia What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! 1959 · Mercury Records The Queen 1959 · Mercury Records Chet Atkins in Hollywood 1959 · RCA Victor Hum and Strum With Chet Atkins 1959 · RCA Victor The Ray Draper Quintet featuring John Coltrane 1959 · New Jazz The Cats 1959 · New Jazz Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson 1959 · Verve In Person - At The Piano 1959 · Decca Records After Hours at the London House 1959 · Live · Mercury Records Great Jazz Standards 1959 · Pacific Jazz Rich Versus Roach 1959 · Mercury Records The Gospel Truth 1959 · Mercury Records Cannonball Takes Charge 1959 · Riverside London by Night 1959 · Liberty Your Number Please… 1959 · Liberty Swing Me an Old Song 1959 · Liberty Hawk Eyes 1959 · Prestige Swingville: Coleman Hawkins With the Red Garland Trio 1959 · Swingville Ahmad Jamal 1959 · Bel Canto Jamal at the Penthouse 1959 · Argo The Piano Scene of Ahmad Jamal 1959 · Epic Abbey Is Blue 1959 · Riverside Hey Boy! Hey Girl! 1959 · Capitol Records Louis and Keely! 1959 · Dot Records Strictly Prima! 1959 · Capitol Records Le Dernier Message de Lester Young 1959 · Barclay The Roots of Heaven 1959 · 20th Fox Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster 1959 · Verve

Standards written in 1959

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
All Blues Miles Davis G major A · 24 Jazz waltz
My Favorite Things Richard Rodgers E minor AABCC · 72 Jazz waltz
So What Miles Davis D minor AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Take Five Paul Desmond E♭ minor ABA · 24 Medium-up swing
Peace Horace Silver B♭ major A · 10 Ballad
Blue In Green Miles Davis, Bill Evans D minor AB · 14 Ballad
A Felicidade Antonio-Carlos Jobim A minor AABCD · 56 Bossa nova
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat Charles Mingus E♭ major AA · 24 Ballad
Freddie Freeloader Miles Davis B♭ major AA · 24 Medium swing
Better Git It In Your Soul Charles Mingus F major AABA · 38 Up-tempo swing
Flamenco Sketches Davis-Evans C major A · 24 Ballad
All My Tomorrows Jimmy Van-Heusen G major AABC · 36 Ballad
High Hopes Jimmy Van-Heusen F major A · 28 Medium 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 Akira Jimbo 1959 · Japanese drummer (1959-) Dennis Chambers 1959 · American drummer Omar Hakim 1959 · musician Ottmar Liebert 1959 · German guitarist Anjani 1959 · American musician Joanna MacGregor 1959 · British musician Nguyên Lê 1959 · French jazz guitarist Joe Locke 1959 · American musician Ken Peplowski 1959–2026 · American musician Barbara Buchholz 1959–2012 · German composer and theremin player Stanisław Sojka 1959–2025 · Polish singer Jon Larsen 1959 · Norwegian musician Walt Weiskopf 1959 · American jazz musician Molly Johnson 1959 · Canadian singer Rossana Casale 1959 · Italian singer Conrad Herwig 1959 · American musician Paul Jackson, Jr. 1959 · American musician James Gelfand 1959 · Canadian musician Gregg Bissonette 1959 · American drummer Larry Klein 1959 · American music producer, songwriter and bass guitar player Salman Gambarov 1959 · Azerbaijani musician Anne Ducros 1959 · French singer Dominique Di Piazza 1959 · French jazz bassist Raphaël Faÿs 1959 · French musician Rebecca Jenkins 1959 · Canadian actress and singer John Lindberg 1959 · American musician Frode Fjellheim 1959 · Southern Sámi musician and composer Melvin Taylor 1959 · American electric blues guitarist Jackie Allen 1959 · musician Zim Ngqawana 1959–2011 · South African jazz musician John Parricelli 1959 · British musician Scott Robinson 1959 · American jazz musician Antoine Hervé 1959 · French musician Billy Drummond 1959 · American musician Staffan William-Olsson 1959 · Swedish jazz guitarist Tony Reedus 1959–2008 · American musician (1959–2008) Dave Carpenter 1959–2008 · American bass player (1959–2008)