Overview of the events of 1958 in jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1958 .
Events
July
August
12 – A Great Day in Harlem , a black and white group photograph of 57 notable jazz musicians, is taken in front of a brownstone building in Harlem, New York City.
Album releases
Standards
Deaths
Danny Alvin , Webster Hall, New York, N.Y., May 9, 1947
January
March
May
June
July
September
October
November
December
6 – Danny Alvin , American drummer and bandleader (born 1902 ).
25 – Doc Cook , American bandleader and arranger (born 1891).
Births
January
February
3 – Bob Holz , American drummer and composer.
7 – Frans Bak , Danish composer, choral conductor, saxophonist, and pianist.
8 – Bill Evans , American saxophonist.
10 – Michael Weiss , American pianist and composer.
18 – Gar Samuelson , American drummer (died 1999 ).
20 – Leroy Jones , American trumpeter.
23 – Carles Cases , Spanish-Catalonian pianist and cellist.
24 – Jerry Zigmont , American trombonist
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
1 – Ana Caram , Brazilian singer, guitarist, and flutist.
6 – Roberto Gatto , Italian drummer.
9 – Satoko Fujii , Japanese pianist, accordionist and composer.
13 – Jair-Rôhm Parker Wells , American bassist.
14 – Tomas Franck , Swedish tenor saxophonist.
17 – Howard Alden , American guitarist.
22 – Jan Gunnar Hoff , Norwegian pianist and composer.
27 – David Hazeltine , American pianist.
30 – Olav Dale , Norwegian saxophonist, composer and orchestra leader (died 2014 ).[ 5]
November
1 – Joe DeRenzo , American drummer, composer, and producer.
8 – Don Byron , American composer, clarinetist, and multi-instrumentalist.
13 – Tony Lakatos , Hungarian saxophonist.
December
9 – George Koller , Canadian bassist and multi-instrumentalist.
10 – John Goldsby , American upright bassist, bandleader, and composer.
15 – Don Laka , South African pianist, songwriter, and producer.
16 – Erna Yuzbashyan , Armenian singer.
28 – David Berkman , American pianist, composer, and arranger.
29 – George Schuller , American drummer.
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Unknown date
See also
References
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