1960 in jazz

Jazz in 1960: 120 albums, 11 standards, 52 births and 5 deaths.

Albums released in 1960

Louie and the Dukes of Dixieland 1960 · Audio Fidelity I’ve Got the World on a String 1960 · Verve Nice ’n’ Easy 1960 · Capitol Records Bing & Satchmo 1960 · MGM Records I Dig Dancers 1960 · Mercury Records The Genius Hits the Road 1960 · ABC-Paramount Fathead 1960 · Atlantic Let No Man Write My Epitaph 1960 · Verve Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas 1960 · Verve Hello Love 1960 · Verve Sketches of Spain 1960 · Columbia Miriam Makeba 1960 · RCA Victor Dance Air Force Date 1960 1960 · Unique Jazz Blues in Orbit 1960 · Columbia Alone Together 1960 · Columbia To My Wonderful One 1960 · Columbia Sings a String of Harold Arlen 1960 · Columbia Concerto in F Major & Rhapsody in Blue 1960 · Sony Classical This Time I’m Swingin’! 1960 · Capitol Records Every Time I Feel the Spirit 1960 · Capitol Records The Christmas Song 1960 · Capitol Records Tell Me All About Yourself 1960 · Capitol Records Wild Is Love 1960 · Capitol Records Appalachian Spring / The Tender Land - Suite 1960 · RCA Victor Red Seal Giant Steps 1960 · Atlantic Brubeck à la mode 1960 · Fantasy Gillespiana 1960 · Verve

Just The Blues 1960

String Along With Basie 1960

The Count! 1960

At Last! 1960

The Blues and the Beat 1960

The Mancini Touch 1960

Original Album Classics 1960

The Complete Piano Works of Scott Joplin 1960

...A Lot of Dominos! 1960

Fats Domino Sings Million Record Hits 1960

Change of the Century 1960

O amor, o sorriso e a flor 1960

Sings Spanish and Latin American Favorites 1960

Connie Francis Sings Jewish Favorites 1960

Country & Western Golden Hits 1960

More Italian Favorites 1960

Give My Regards To Broadway 1960

West Side Story 1960

Olé Ala Lee! 1960

Latin ala Lee! 1960

Christmas Carousel 1960

Pretty Eyes 1960

Close to You 1960

Dreamy 1960

I Gotta Right to Swing 1960

Rosemary Clooney Swings Softly 1960

A Touch of Tabasco 1960

Clap Hands! Here Comes Rosie! 1960

For Teenagers Only 1960

The 25th Day of December 1960

Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus 1960

Mingus 1960

Mingus Dynasty 1960

Blues & Roots 1960

Still More of the Greatest Piano of Them All 1960

Il cielo in una stanza 1960

Tintarella di luna 1960

Vous Qui Passez Sans Me Voir 1960

Introducing Wayne Shorter 1960

Sax A La Carter! 1960

Award Winning Drummer 1960

Silver Vibes (With Trombones And Rhythm) 1960

I Concentrate on You 1960

For Lonely Lovers 1960

September in the Rain 1960

Teensville 1960

The Other Chet Atkins 1960

Something Wonderful 1960

Like in Love 1960

The 'Electric-Sticks' Of Buddy Rich 1960

Sister Rosetta Tharpe 1960

Gospels In Rhythm 1960

Cannonball Adderley and the Poll-Winners 1960

Around Midnight 1960

Julie… at Home 1960

Color Changes 1960

Clark Terry and His Orchestra 1960

Coleman Hawkins and Confrères 1960

At Ease With Coleman Hawkins 1960

Happy Moods 1960

Together 1960

Pretty Music Prima Style, Volume One 1960

Wonderland by Night 1960

Darin at the Copa 1960 · Live

The Concert Jazz Band 1960

The World of Cecil Taylor 1960

Open Sesame 1960

Gone 1960

The Fourth Herd 1960

The Shearing Touch 1960

The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery 1960

Byrd in Flight 1960

The Third World 1960

Fuego 1960

Motor City Scene 1960

The Rhythms & Ballads Of Broadway 1960

Johnny’s Mood 1960

Songs of Our Heritage 1960

Something to Swing About 1960

First Place Again 1960

Gone With Golson 1960

Gettin' With It 1960

The Modern Sound of Betty Carter 1960

Big Joe Rides Again 1960

And Then They Wrote... 1960

You Are My Love 1960

Just Us 1960

Martial Solal 1960

Art 1960

The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef 1960

Cry! — Tender 1960

The Centaur and the Phoenix 1960

Crazy! Baby 1960

Standards written in 1960

Title	Composer	Key	Form	Groove
Moon River	Henry Mancini	C major	AA · 38	Jazz waltz
Giant Steps	John Coltrane	E♭ major	A · 16	Up-tempo swing
The Second Time Around	Jimmy Van-Heusen	C major	AA · 36	Medium swing
Dat Dere	Bobby Timmons	C minor	AABA · 32	Slow swing
Meditation	Antonio-Carlos Jobim	C major	AAB · 40	Bossa nova
Mr. P.C.	John Coltrane	C minor	A · 12	Up-tempo swing
Corcovado	Antonio-Carlos Jobim	C major	ABAC · 34	Bossa nova
Naima	John Coltrane	A♭ major	AABAA · 29	Ballad
Once I Loved	Antonio-Carlos Jobim	D minor	AA · 44	Bossa nova
Estate	Bruno Martino	B minor	AAB · 42	Bossa nova
Four On Six	Wes Montgomery	G minor	A · 16	Up-tempo swing