1964 in jazz

Jazz in 1964: 120 albums, 13 standards, 42 births and 7 deaths.

Albums released in 1964

Hello, Dolly! 1964 · Kapp Records America I Hear You Singing 1964 · Reprise Records It Might as Well Be Swing 1964 · Reprise Records Frank Sinatra Sings Days of Wine and Roses, Moon River and Other Academy Award Winners 1964 · Reprise Records The Third Album 1964 · Columbia People 1964 · Columbia 12 Songs of Christmas 1964 · Reprise Records Return to Paradise Islands 1964 · Reprise Records Golden Boy 1964 Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini 1964 · Mercury Records Have a Smile With Me 1964 · ABC-Paramount Sweet & Sour Tears 1964 · ABC-Paramount Hello, Dolly! 1964 · Verve The Voice of Africa 1964 · RCA Victor The Many Moods of Tony 1964 · Columbia When Lights Are Low 1964 · CBS Who Can I Turn To 1964 · Columbia Empyrean Isles 1964 · Blue Note Inventions & Dimensions 1964 · Blue Note Broadway Blues Ballads 1964 · Philips Dos guitarras flamencas en stereo 1964 · Philips The Door Is Still Open to My Heart 1964 · Reprise Records Dream With Dean: The Intimate Dean Martin 1964 · Reprise Records Everybody Loves Somebody 1964 · Reprise Records L-O-V-E 1964 · Capitol Records Let’s Face the Music! 1964 · Capitol Records Sings My Fair Lady 1964 · Capitol Records I Don’t Want to Be Hurt Anymore 1964 · Capitol Records Copland: The Red Pony & Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 1964 · Sony Classical Black Pearls 1964 · Prestige Coltrane’s Sound 1964 · Atlantic The Believer 1964 · Prestige Dizzy Goes Hollywood 1964 · Philips Jambo Caribe 1964 · Limelight Gainsbourg Percussions 1964 · Philips Pas avec le dos de la Q.I.R : Chansons et textes de Boris Vian 1964 · Disques Adès Magali Noël chante Boris Vian 1964 · Disques Jacques Canetti Caymmi visita Tom 1964 · Elenco Les Parapluies de Cherbourg 1964 · Philips Sérénades du XXe siècle 1964 · Philips Archi-Cordes 1964 · Philips Les Amoureux du France 1964 · Philips Michel Legrand chante et s'accompagne 1964 · Philips Hello Benny! 1964 · Capitol Records It’s Monk’s Time 1964 · Columbia Monk. 1964 · Columbia The Concert Sound of Henry Mancini 1964 · RCA Victor Fats on Fire 1964 · ABC-Paramount Sing Great Country Favorites 1964 · MGM Records A New Kind Of Connie... 1964 · MGM Records Now’s the Time! 1964 · RCA Victor Sound Stage! 1964 · Columbia Piano Pieces For Children 1964 · Sony Classical In the Name of Love 1964 · Capitol Records In Love Again! 1964 · Capitol Records Vaughan With Voices 1964 · Mercury Records Sweet ’n’ Sassy 1964 · Funckler Sings the Big Ones for Young Lovers 1964 · Reprise Records The Shelter of Your Arms 1964 · Reprise Records Sings Mel Torme’s California Suite 1964 · Reprise Records Getz / Gilberto 1964 · Verve Thanks for Nothing 1964 · Reprise Records Clementine 1964 · Clarion Records From Hello Dolly to Goodbye Charlie 1964 · Capitol Records The Most Important Jazz Album of 1964/65 1964 · Colpix Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus 1964 · impulse! Mingus Plays Piano 1964 · impulse! Tonight at Noon 1964 · Atlantic Trio 64 1964 · Verve Szenen aus »Elegie für junge Liebende« 1964 · Deutsche Grammophon Mina 1964 · Ri-Fi The New Boss Guitar of George Benson 1964 · Prestige Você ainda não ouviu nada! 1964 · Philips The Whistler and His Guitar 1964 · ABC-Paramount Night Dreamer 1964 · Blue Note Juju 1964 · Blue Note New Fantasy 1964 · Verve Rocks the House 1964 · Live · Argo Big Band and Quartet in Concert 1964 · Live · Columbia Zorro est arrivé 1964 · Rigolo Die gab’s nur einmal, Folge 2: Schlager von gestern und heute zum Tanzen und Mitsingen 1964 · Polydor A Stranger on Earth 1964 · Roulette Reminiscing 1964 · RCA Victor Progressive Pickin' 1964 · RCA Victor Guitar Country 1964 · RCA Victor My Favorite Guitars 1964 · RCA Victor Today, Tomorrow, Forever 1964 · Capitol Records How Glad I Am 1964 · Capitol Records Hello, Young Lovers 1964 · Warner Bros. Records The Individualism of Gil Evans 1964 · Verve Cannonball Adderley’s Fiddler on the Roof: Selections From the Hit Broadway Show 1964 · Capitol Records You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry 1964 · Liberty The Happy Horns of Clark Terry 1964 · impulse! Tread Ye Lightly 1964 · Cameo Naked City Theme 1964 · Chess Butterfly With Hiccups 1964 · Limelight Town Hall Concert 1964 · Live · Jazz Workshop Breaking Point 1964 · Blue Note Woody Herman: 1964 1964 · Philips The 7th Dawn 1964 · United Artists Old Gold and Ivory 1964 · Capitol Records Maynard Ferguson 1964 · Wyncote Color Him Wild 1964 · Mainstream Records The Blues Roar 1964 · Mainstream Records Movin’ Wes 1964 · Verve Up With Donald Byrd 1964 · Verve The Rhythms of Broadway 1964 · Columbia This Is Love 1964 · Mercury Records Tender Is the Night 1964 · Mercury Records The Wonderful World of Make Believe 1964 · His Master’s Voice Lonely Guitar 1964 · RCA Victor Water Skiing 1964 · RCA Victor Hallelujah... Louis Jordan Is Back! 1964 · Tangerine Records Il fornaretto di Venezia 1964 · CAM Il mito 1964 · CAM Four for Trane 1964 · impulse! Shakespeare and All That Jazz 1964 · Fontana Mary Lou Williams 1964 · Mary Records Today and Tomorrow 1964 · impulse! Inside Betty Carter 1964 · United Artists

Standards written in 1964

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
Emily Johnny Mandel G major ABAC · 40 Jazz waltz
People Jule Styne B♭ major ABAC · 46 Ballad
How Insensitive Antonio-Carlos Jobim D minor AB · 32 Bossa nova
The Best Is Yet To Come (Page 1) Cy Coleman A♭ major ABAA · 44 Medium swing
L.O.V.E. Gabler-Kaempfert G major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
Equinox John Coltrane C♯ minor A · 12 Slow swing
Song For My Father Horace Silver F minor AAB · 24 Latin
Cantaloupe Island Herbie Hancock F minor A · 16 Rock/pop
That's Life Kay-Gordon G major AABA · 32 Slow swing
26-2 John Coltrane F major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
Speak No Evil Wayne Shorter C minor AAB · 50 Medium swing
Satellite John Coltrane G major BACA · 36 Up-tempo swing
The Best Is Yet To Come (Page 2) Cy Coleman A♭ major CCDA · 32 Medium swing

Died in 1964

Born in 1964

Diana Krall 1964 · Canadian recording artist; jazz singer and pianist Yoko Kanno 1964 · Japanese composer, arranger, keyboardist, music producer Neneh Cherry 1964 · Swedish singer Victor Wooten 1964 · American bass guitarist Bugge Wesseltoft 1964 · Norwegian jazz musician, pianist, composer and producer Wayman Tisdale 1964–2009 · American basketball player and smooth jazz bass guitarist… Esbjörn Svensson 1964–2008 · Swedish jazz pianist (1964-2008) Ken Vandermark 1964 · American jazz composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist Mats Gustafsson 1964 · Swedish musician Jimmy Chamberlin 1964 · American drummer and record producer Theo Travis 1964 · British saxophonist Jesse Cook 1964 · Canadian guitarist, composer, and producer Courtney Pine 1964 · British musician Cæcilie Norby 1964 · Danish jazz and rockpop singer Barbara Dennerlein 1964 · German musician Colin James 1964 · Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer Terje Isungset 1964 · Norwegian musician and composer Vincent Herring 1964 · American jazz musician (born 1964) Will Calhoun 1964 · American musician Roberta Gambarini 1964 · Italian singer Rachelle Ferrell 1964 · American jazz singer Alexia Vassiliou 1964 · singer-songwriter David Fiuczynski 1964 · American musician Antti Sarpila 1964 · Finnish jazz clarinetist Amina Figarova 1964 · Azerbaijani jazz pianist and composer Nicola Conte 1964 · Italian DJ and nu jazz musician Jorge Rossy 1964 · Spanish jazz musician Liane Carroll 1964 · British musician Pacifico 1964 · Italian singer-songwriter and jazz musician Kermit Ruffins 1964 · American musician Fiona Joy Hawkins 1964 · Australian musician Alenka Godec 1964 · Slovenian singer Ramón Valle 1964 · Cuban jazz pianist and composer Sylvain Beuf 1964 · French clarinetist Benoît Charest 1964 · Canadian musician Peter Washington 1964 · American bassist David Gilmore 1964 · American jazz guitarist Steve Williamson 1964 · English musician Philippe Aerts 1964 · Jazz double bassist Béatrice Graf 1964 · Swiss drummer Greg Howard 1964–2023 · American musician (1964–2023) Mervyn Warren 1964 · American songwriter