1958 in jazz


This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1958.

Events

July

3 – The 5th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island.

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

Deaths

; January1 – Fulton McGrath, American pianist and songwriter.
; March17 – Carl Perkins, American pianist.25 – Tom Brown, New Orleans trombonist.28 – W. C. Handy, African-American blues composer and musician.
; May8 – Ted Donnelly, American trombonist.
; June
; July2 – Martha Boswell, American singer and pianist.
; September13 – Lorraine Geller, American pianist.17 – Herbie Fields, American saxophonist and clarinetist, bandleader.
; October2 – George E. Lee, American bandleader.
; November7 – Joe Morris, American trumpeter and bandleader.11 – Olivia Plunket Greene, English musician, Bright Young Things.26 – Tiny Bradshaw, American bandleader, singer, composer, pianist, and drummer.30 – Shifty Henry, American bassist and songwriter.
; December6 – Danny Alvin, American drummer and bandleader.25 – Doc Cook, American bandleader and arranger.

Births

; January26 – Anita Baker, American singer-songwriter30 – Bjørn Klakegg, Norwegian guitarist.31 – Tom Schuman, American keyboardist.
; February3 – 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.20 – Leroy Jones, American trumpeter.23 – Carles Cases, Spanish-Catalonian pianist and cellist.24 – Jerry Zigmont, American trombonist
; March5 – Ronan Guilfoyle, Irish acoustic bass guitarist.10 – Jeanie Bryson, American singer.12 – Leon Lee Dorsey, American bassist.15 – Gerald L. Cannon, American upright bassist and visual artist.19 – Anne-Marie Giørtz, Norwegian singer.31 – Bajone, Serbian singer.
; April16 – Ulf Wakenius, Swedish guitarist.17 – Chieli Minucci, American guitarist, composer, and producer.30 – Ronaldo Folegatti, Brazilian composer, guitarist, and record producer.
; May7 – Michael Formanek, American upright bassist.10 – Claude Deppa, South African trumpeter.17 – Carlos del Junco, Cuban-Canadian harmonica player.29
; June6 – Wolfgang Mitterer, Austrian composer, organist, and keyboardist.7
; July8 – Jim Campilongo, American guitarist and composer.10 – Béla Fleck, American banjo player.11 – Kirk Whalum, American saxophonist and songwriter.18 – Gabriel Fliflet, Norwegian accordionist and singer.26 – Deirdre Cartwright, British guitarist and composer.30 – Kevin Mahogany, American vocalist.
; August26
; September3 – Lakki Patey, Norwegian guitarist and inventor.5 – Lars Danielsson, Swedish upright bassist, composer, and record producer.7 – Bruce Barth, American pianist.8 – Stevie Vallance, Canadian singer.16 – Rodney Franklin, American pianist and composer.25 – Greg Boyer, American trombonist.27
; October1 – 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.
; November1 – Joe DeRenzo, American drummer, composer, and producer.8 – Don Byron, American composer, clarinetist, and multi-instrumentalist.13 – Tony Lakatos, Hungarian saxophonist.
; December9 – 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.30
; Unknown date