1948 in jazz
1948 in jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1948.The Nice Jazz Festival 'held annually since February 25, 1948 in Nice', on the French Riviera. Also in 1948, Louis Armstrong formed the first version of the Jazz All Stars with Jack Teagarden on trombone, Barney Bigard on clarinet, Dick Carey on piano, Sid Catlett on drums and Arvell Shaw on bass. Their music fits in with New Orleans revival. Louis Armstrong performed at the Jazz festival in 1948, where Suzy Delair sang "C'est si bon" by Henri Betti and André Hornez for the first time in public.
Events
February
22 – The very first Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France.- *The Nice Jazz Festival is inaugurated. Held annually in Nice, on the French Riviera, it is "the first jazz festival of international significance."
Album releases
- Coleman Hawkins: Picasso
- Stan Kenton: ''A Presentation of Progressive Jazz''
Deaths
; January3 – Kaiser Marshall, American jazz drummer.; February6 – Sidney Arodin, American jazz clarinetist and songwriter.7 – Red McKenzie, one of the only comb players in jazz history.
; September3 – Mutt Carey, New Orleans jazz trumpeter.
; October4 – Jan Savitt, American bandleader, musical arranger, and violinist.
; November23 – Stan Hasselgård, Swedish jazz clarinetist.
; December3 – Chano Pozo, Cuban percussionist, singer, dancer and composer.6 – Dave Tough, American jazz drummer.31 – Wilton Crawley, American composer and clarinetist.
Births
; January2 – John Madrid, American trumpet player.8 – Thurman Barker, American drummer.10 - Donald Fagen, American singer, songwriter and pianist.12 – John Etheridge, English guitarist.15 – Juma Santos, American percussionist and master drummer.18 – Ryoko Moriyama, Japanese singer.26 – Aki Takase, Japanese pianist and composer.28 – Bob Moses, American drummer.29 – Espen Rud, Norwegian drummer.31 – Joyce Moreno, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and arranger.; February3 – Dennis Rowland, American vocalist.12 – Juini Booth, American upright bassist.22 – Joe LaBarbera, American jazz drummer and composer.24 – Maggie Nicols, Scottish vocalist, dancer, and performer, Feminist Improvising Group.26 – Mike Richmond, American bassist.29 – Richie Cole, American saxophonist, composer, and arranger.
; March1 – Konrad Kaspersen, Norwegian upright bassist.2
- * Larry Carlton, American guitarist.
- * Phil Bowler, American upright bassist.6 – Marc Jordan, American-born Canadian singer-songwriter.7 – Danilo Caymmi, Brazilian musician, singer, composer and arranger.9 – Fumio Karashima, Japanese pianist.13 – Jon Sholle, American guitarist and multi-instrumentalist.17 – Jessica Williams, American pianist and composer.19
- * David Schnitter, American saxophonist.
- * Henning Gravrok, Norwegian saxophonist.20 – Marva Wright, American blues singer.23
- * John McNeil, American jazz trumpet player.
- * Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Japanese pianist and composer.24 – Frode Gjerstad, Norwegian saxophonist.
; May1 – Carl Morten Iversen, Norwegian upright bassist.8 – Jackie Orszaczky, Hungarian-Australian bass guitarist.9 – Tania Maria, Brazilian pianist, singer, composer, and bandleader.16 – Adrian Legg, English guitarist, luthier, instructor, and composer.19 – Tom Scott, American saxophonist, composer, arranger, conductor, and bandleader.20 – Roger Frampton, Australian pianist, saxophonist, and composer.27 – Marc Copland, American pianist and composer.31 – Paulinho da Costa, Brazilian percussionist.
; June1 – Ryo Fukui, Japanese pianist.4 – Paquito D'Rivera, Cuban saxophonist and clarinetist.7 – Clifford Barbaro, American drummer.16 – Fredy Studer, Swiss percussionist.21 – Dan Fogel, American organist.27 – Bill Summers, Afro-Cuban percussionist.
; July7 – Jorge Dalto, Argentinian pianist.10 – Bruce Fowler, American trombonist, Mothers of Invention.14 – Doug Carn, American organist and pianist.16 – Rubén Blades, Panamanian singer, songwriter, actor, musician, activist, and politician.30 – Julia Tsenova, Bulgarian composer and pianist.31 – Chuck Wilson, American saxophonist.
; August2 – Chris Bennett, American singer, pianist, songwriter.3 – Ray Reach, American pianist, vocalist, and educator.11 – Bill Heid, American pianist and organist.13 – Anthony Moore, British experimental music composer, performer and producer, Henry Cow.16 – Steve Harris, English drummer and composer.
; September4 – Michael Cochrane, American pianist.5 – Karen Borca, American bassoonist.6 – Roger Dean, British-Australian pianist, academic, biochemist, and cognitive scientist.10 – Lorraine Feather, American singer and songwriter.12 – Steve Turre, American trombonist.21 – Henry Butler, American pianist.25 – Bill Pierce, American saxophonist.28 – Danny Weis, American guitarist.29 – Theo Jörgensmann, German Basset clarinetist and composer.
; October2 – Avery Brooks, American actor, jazz musician, opera singer, and college professor.4 – Gary Brunotte, American pianist and organist.9 – Dave Samuels, American vibraphonist and marimba player, Spyro Gyra.13 – Geoff Simkins, British alto saxophonist.16 – Carli Muñoz, Puerto Rican pianist.23 – Rose Nabinger, German singer.
; November1 – Raphe Malik, American trumpeter.9 – Kazimierz Jonkisz, Polish drummer.11 – Marvin Peterson or Hannibal Lokumbe, American trumpeter and composer.16 – Chi Coltrane, American songwriter, pianist and singer.20 – Barbara Hendricks, American-born operatic soprano and concert singer.21 – Alphonse Mouzon, American fusion drummer and percussionist, Return to Forever.23
- * Emil Viklický, Czech pianist and composer.
- * Thara Memory, American trumpeter.30 – Stan Sulzmann, English saxophonist.
- * Carlos Zingaro, American pianist.
- * Toshinori Kondo, Japanese avant-garde jazz and jazz fusion trumpeter.23 – Jim Ferguson, American jazz guitarist, composer, author, educator, and music journalist.
- Dave Eshelman, American trombonist and composer.
- Guy Van Duser, American guitarist.
- Jaroslav Jakubovič, Czech-born Israeli jazz saxophonist, composer and record producer.
- The Mascara Snake or Victor Hayden, American avant-garde clarinetist, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band.