1949 in jazz

1949 in jazz
Satchmo plays the trumpet in Töölö Sports Hall between two Finnish musicians, October 1949
Decade1940s in jazz
Music1949 in music
StandardsList of 1940s jazz standards
See also1948 in jazz1950 in jazz
List of years in jazz
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1949.

In 1949 Bebop dominates the scene, but Dixieland is still being played. Miles Davis makes the first recordings with other artists of what will be known as Cool Jazz. The first LPs are issued, as are the first 45s.

Shows, movies and events

Sarah Vaughan

Recordings

Django Reinhardt
Nat King Cole

Standards

Industry and technology

Deaths

Big Eye Louis Nelson Delisle, 1910
January
February
  • 14Seymour Simons, American pianist, composer, orchestra leader, and radio producer (born 1896).
March
April
July
  • 2Bud Scott, American guitarist, banjoist, and singer (born 1890).
  • 7Bunk Johnson, New Orleans trumpeter (born 1879).
  • 11Danny Polo, American clarinetist (born 1901).
August
October
December

Births

Fred Frith August 2006.
January
February
  • 16Michel Herr, Belgian pianist, composer, and arranger.
  • 17Fred Frith, English guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improvisor, Henry Cow.
  • 18Justo Almario, Colombian flutist and saxophonist.
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Unknown date
  • Jesper Zeuthen, Danish saxophonist composer.

See also


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