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Overview of the events of 1955 in jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of
Jazz in the year 1955.
Events
July
Album releases
Deaths
- March
- April
- 23 –
Henry Busse, German-born trumpeter (born 1894).
- 30 –
Dave Peyton, American songwriter, pianist, and arranger (born 1889).
- May
- June
- 28 –
John Spikes, American jazz musician and entrepreneur (born 1881).
- August
- October
- September
- November
- December
- Unknown date
Births
- January
- 10 –
Ole Henrik Giørtz, Norwegian pianist.
- 11 –
Ed Schuller, American bassist and composer.
- 12 –
Jane Ira Bloom, American soprano saxophonist and composer.
- 17 –
Vladislav Sendecki, Polish pianist.
- 18 –
Marilyn Mazur, Danish percussionist, drummer, composer, vocalist, pianist, dancer, and bandleader.
- 22 –
Phillip Johnston, American composer and saxophonist.
- 26 –
Gary Crosby, British upright bassist, music arranger, and educator.
- 27 –
Pheeroan akLaff, American drummer.
- February
- March
- 1 –
Enzo Avitabile, Italian saxophonist and singer-songwriter.
- 3 –
Bheki Mseleku, South-African pianist, saxophonist, guitarist, and composer (died
2008).
- 4 –
Boon Gould or Rowland Charles Gould, British guitarist, bassist, and saxophonist,
Level 42.
- 23 –
Gerry Hemingway, American composer and percussionist.
- 24 –
Mark Hewins, British guitarist.
- 29 –
Marina Sirtis, British actor and voice actor.
- April
- 10 –
Lesley Garrett, British singer, musician, presenter and singer-songwriter.
- 13
- 14 –
Laurent Cugny, French pianist, bandleader, composer, jazz critic, and musicologist.
- 15 –
Jeff Golub, American guitarist (died
2015).
- 19 –
Rune Klakegg, Norwegian pianist.
- May
- 5
- 10 –
Chris Tyle, American cornetist, trumpeter, and drummer.
- 19 –
Geoff Stradling, American pianist, keyboardist, composer, and arranger.
- 22 –
Chalmers Alford, American guitarist (died
2008).
- 23 –
Dean Friedman, American singer-songwriter, keyboardist, and guitarist.
- 27 –
Ben Clatworthy, English saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist.
- 28 –
Janet Seidel, Australian singer and pianist (died
2017).
- 29
- 30 –
Topper Headon, English drummer,
The Clash.
- 31
- June
- July
- 5 –
Eric Watson, American pianist and composer.
- 6 –
Rick Braun, American trumpet player and multi-instrumentalist.
- 7 –
John Campbell, American pianist.
- 9 –
Jan Kåre Hystad, Norwegian saxophonist,
Bergen Big Band.
- 10 –
Mihály Dresch, Hungarian saxophonist.
- 15 –
Pål Thowsen, Norwegian drummer.
- 16
- 17 –
Mark Feldman, American violinist.
- 21 –
Jukka Linkola, Finnish pianist and composer.
- 22 –
Joshua Breakstone, American guitarist.
- 28 –
Gerald Veasley, American bass guitarist.
- 31 –
Paul Sullivan, American pianist and composer.
- August
- 3 –
Hamid Drake, American drummer and percussionist.
- 7 –
Jerry Tachoir, American vibraphone and marimba performer.
- 10 –
Peter Sprague, American guitarist, record producer, and audio engineer.
- 13 –
Mulgrew Miller, American pianist, composer, and educator (died
2013).
- 17 –
Grażyna Auguścik, Polish singer, composer, and arranger.
- 18 –
Shelly Berg, American pianist.
- 19 –
Dean Brown, American guitarist.
- 22 –
Jeff Hirshfield, American drummer.
- 23 –
Avery Sharpe, American upright bassist.
- 27 –
Laura Fygi, Dutch singer.
- 30 –
Helge Schneider, German pianist and multi-instrumentalist.
- September
- 1
- 9 –
Ivan Smirnov, Russian guitarist (died
2018).
- 11
- 12 –
Adam Rudolph, American composer and percussionist.
- 13 –
Joe Morris, American guitarist, bassist, and composer.
- 14 –
Oliver Weindling, British jazz promoter and founder of the
Babel Label.
[4]
- 25 –
Steve Byrd, English guitarist,
Gillan and
Kim Wilde (heart attack) (died
2016).
[5]
- 28 –
Kenny Kirkland, American pianist/keyboardist (died
1998).
- 29 –
Enzo Pietropaoli, Italian bassist.
- 30 –
Scott Fields, American guitarist, composer, and band leader.
- October
- November
- 7 –
Kitty Margolis, American singer.
- 8 –
Patricia Barber, American singer, pianist, songwriter and bandleader.
- 15 –
Georgina Born, British cellist, academic, and anthropologist,
Henry Cow.
- 19 –
Chris Cain, American guitarist.
- 29 –
Adam Nussbaum, American drummer.
- December
- 4 –
Cassandra Wilson, American vocalist and songwriter.
- 7 –
Chuck Loeb, American guitarist,
Steps Ahead and
Fourplay (died
2017).
- 8 –
Nathan East, American bassist and vocalist.
- 10 –
Billie Davies, American drummer and composer.
- 14 –
Dan Barrett, American arranger, cornetist and trombonist.
- 23 –
Grace Knight, English-Australian vocalist, saxophonist, and songwriter.
- Unknown date
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