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1961 in jazz

Jazz in 1961: 120 albums, 1 standard, 43 births and 9 deaths.

Albums released in 1961

Recording Together for the First Time 1961 · Roulette Ring-a-Ding Ding! 1961 · Reprise Records I Remember Tommy 1961 · Reprise Records Come Swing With Me! 1961 · Capitol Records Conducts Music From Pictures and Plays 1961 · Reprise Records Swing Along With Me 1961 · Reprise Records Sinatra’s Swingin’ Session!!! 1961 · Capitol Records El Señor Bing 1961 · MGM Records 101 Gang Songs 1961 · Warner Bros. Records Genius + Soul = Jazz 1961 · impulse! The Genius Sings the Blues 1961 · Atlantic Dedicated to You 1961 · ABC-Paramount The Genius After Hours 1961 · Atlantic Ray Charles and Betty Carter 1961 · ABC-Paramount Soul Meeting 1961 · Atlantic Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book 1961 · Verve Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! 1961 · Verve First Time! The Count Meets the Duke 1961 · Philips Piano in the Foreground 1961 · Columbia Tony Bennett Sings for Two 1961 · Columbia My Heart Sings 1961 · Columbia I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face 1961 · Guest Star Quincy Jones and His Orchestra at Newport '61 1961 · Live · Mercury Records Forbidden Fruit 1961 · Colpix Nat King Cole Sings / George Shearing Plays 1961 · Capitol Records The Happy "Bird" 1961 · Charlie Parker Records An Historical Meeting At The Summit 1961 · Charlie Parker Records Settin’ the Pace 1961 · Prestige Lush Life 1961 · Prestige Coltrane Jazz 1961 · Atlantic Olé Coltrane 1961 · Atlantic My Favorite Things 1961 · Atlantic Perceptions 1961 · Verve L’Étonnant Serge Gainsbourg 1961 · Philips
An American in Paris / Rhapsody in Blue 1961 · Vox
Count Basie / Sarah Vaughan 1961
Brasília: Sinfonia da Alvorada 1961
The Second Time Around 1961
Miss Etta James 1961
If You Go 1961
Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane 1961
Combo! 1961
Mr. Lucky Goes Latin 1961
Breakfast at Tiffany’s 1961
Let the Four Winds Blow 1961
I Miss You So 1961
What a Party! 1961
Dreamer’s Holiday 1961
For the Young at Heart 1961
Sing to Me Mr. C 1961
Sing Along With Connie Francis 1961
Songs to a Swinging Band 1961
Sings Never On Sunday And Other Title Songs From Motion Pictures 1961
Sings Folk Song Favorites 1961
Sonny Boy 1961
Thinking Of You 1961
My Heart Sings 1961
After Hours 1961
The Divine One 1961
As Long as She Needs Me 1961
The Wham of Sam 1961
Cool Velvet 1961
Recorded Fall 1961 1961
Focus 1961
Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle! 1961
Twist 1961
Love Swings 1961
Pre-Bird 1961
More of the Greatest Piano of Them All 1961
Due note 1961
Doin’ Allright 1961
Dexter Calling… 1961
Dance Moderno 1961
Percussion Bitter Sweet 1961
We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite 1961
Lionel at Malibu Beach 1961
The Fabulous Lionel Hampton And His All-Stars 1961
The Many Sides Of Hamp 1961
Unforgettable 1961
Tears and Laughter 1961
Chet Atkins and His Guitar 1961
Chet Atkins’ Workshop 1961
Christmas With Chet Atkins 1961
The Most Popular Guitar 1961
Mister Guitar 1961
Bags & Trane 1961
High Pressure 1961
At The Copa 1961 · Live
Basin Street East Proudly Presents Miss Peggy Lee 1961 · Live
Blues Caravan 1961
Spirituals In Rhythm 1961
Sister On Tour 1961
Know What I Mean? 1961
Cannonball Enroute 1961
A Child’s Introduction to Jazz 1961
Whatever Julie Wants 1961
Send for Me 1961
The Hawk Swings 1961
The Hawk Relaxes 1961
Jazz Reunion 1961
Night Hawk 1961
Straight Ahead 1961
Return of the Wildest 1961
Doin' The Twist With Louis Prima 1961
Tunes of Glory 1961
Goin’ Up 1961
Hub Cap 1961
ひばりの哀愁波止場 1961
"Straightaway" Jazz Themes 1961
Maynard '61 1961
Movin' Along 1961
So Much Guitar! 1961
Royal Flush 1961
I’ll Buy You a Star 1961
Live It Up! 1961
The Ballads of Broadway 1961
Girls! Girls! Girls! 1961
Where? 1961
Take a Number From 1 to 10 1961
The Golden Eight 1961

Standards written in 1961

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
Impressions John Coltrane D minor AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing

Died in 1961

Booker Little 1938–1961 · American jazz musician (1938–1961) Erskine Butterfield 1913–1961 · American musician (1913–1961) Scott LaFaro 1936–1961 · American bassist (1936–1961) Miff Mole 1898–1961 · American jazz musician (1898–1961) Wilbur Sweatman 1882–1961 · American musician (1882–1961) Nick LaRocca 1889–1961 · American jazz musician (1889–1961) Velma Middleton 1917–1961 · American singer (1917–1961) Lem Winchester 1928–1961 · American recording artist, vibraphonist, jazz musician… Alphonse Picou 1878–1961 · African American jazz clarinetist (1878–1961)

Born in 1961

Wynton Marsalis 1961 · American jazz musician and educator Keiko Matsui 1961 · Japanese jazz pianist (1961-) Paolo Fresu 1961 · Italian jazz trumpeter, flugelhorn player and composer… Mark O'Connor 1961 · American fiddle player Makoto Ozone 1961 · Japanese jazz pianist, composer (1961-) Sanseverino 1961 · French singer Darryl Jones 1961 · American bassist Knut Reiersrud 1961 · Norwegian musician, composer, blues guitarist Timna Brauer 1961 · Austrian singer Igor Butman 1961 · Russian musician Ron Korb 1961 · Canadian musician Juan Francisco Ordóñez 1961 · Dominican Republic musician Eivind Aarset 1961 · Norwegian guitarist Karl Seglem 1961 · Norwegian jazz musician Theodosii Spassov 1961 · Bulgarian musician Mike Francis 1961–2009 · Italian singer and composer (1961-2009) Sinikka Langeland 1961 · Norwegian singer and musician Boney James 1961 · American saxophonist and songwriter Steven Bernstein 1961 · American trumpeter, slide trumpeter, arranger/composer and… Ioan Gyuri Pascu 1961–2016 · Romanian actor, musician and comedian (1961-2016) David Binney 1961 · American musician LeRoi Moore 1961–2008 · American musician (1961-2008) Nils Økland 1961 · Norwegian musician Jonathan Butler 1961 · South African singer-songwriter and guitarist Tina May 1961–2022 · British singer Ed Wynne 1961 · English guitarist and keyboardist Vince Mendoza 1961 · American composer Anders Bergcrantz 1961 · Swedish musician Art Porter, Jr. 1961–1996 · American musician (1961-1996) Marcelo Peralta 1961–2020 · Argentine musician Rick Margitza 1961 · American musician Gerardo Núñez 1961 · Spanish guitarist and composer LaGaylia Frazier 1961 · American-born Swedish singer David Kikoski 1961 · American jazz pianist Chris Abrahams 1961 · New Zealand musician Erik Wøllo 1961 · Norwegian composer Carl Allen 1961 · American jazz drummer (born 1961) Peter Autschbach 1961 · German guitarist and music educator Kenneth Sivertsen 1961–2006 · Norwegian musician (1961–2006) Celia Mara 1961 · Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer Ralph Bowen 1961 · Canadian musician Franck Amsallem 1961 · French jazz pianist, arranger, composer and singer Bo Sundström 1961 · Swedish singer, guitarist and songwriter