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Overview of the events of 1949 in jazz
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
Begone Dull Care is an animated film directed by
Norman McLaren and
Evelyn Lambart , giving a visual presentation of
Oscar Peterson 's jazz music.
My Foolish Heart was a film starring
Dana Andrews and
Susan Hayward that was panned by the critics, but the title song "
My Foolish Heart ", written by singer
Billie Holiday and sung by
Martha Mears , was a hit and became a jazz standard.
Sarah Vaughan made her first appearance with a symphony orchestra in a benefit for the
Philadelphia Orchestra entitled "100 Men and a Girl."
Al Jolson appeared in the film
Jolson Sings Again , a sequel to the 1946
The Jolson Story .
Dolly Rathebe 's career was launched by an appearance as a nightclub singer in the British-produced movie Jim Comes To Jo'burg .
Frank Sinatra co-starred with
Gene Kelly in
Take Me Out to the Ball Game .
Lena Horne appeared in the movie Some of the Best .
Liza Minnelli made her debut aged three in the movie
In the Good Old Summertime .
The musical
Lost in the Stars premiered on
Broadway .
At a
Jazz at the Philharmonic concert,
Ray Brown first worked with the jazz pianist
Oscar Peterson .
Sonny Rollins made his first recording with
Babs Gonzales .
Fred Astaire and
Ginger Rogers danced to the jazz standard "
They Can't Take That Away from Me " in their last movie
The Barkleys of Broadway .
Waring's Pennsylvanians , a jazz – Dixieland band had their own TV show in 1949.
Club openings included
Birdland , founded by
Monte Kay in
New York City , the
Lighthouse Café in
Hermosa Beach, California and
The Black Hawk in
San Francisco .
Recordings
Django Reinhardt
Nat King Cole
Standards
Industry and technology
New labels launched in 1949 included
Coral Records ,
EMS Recordings ,
Fantasy Records ,
Good Time Jazz Records ,
Jazzology Records ,
New Orleans Records ,
Peacock Records ,
Prestige Records ,
Roost Records and
Tempo Records , a subsidiary of
Decca Records .
Columbia Records opened their
CBS 30th Street Studio in
Manhattan ,
New York , thought by some to have been the greatest recording studio in history.
The
Fender Telecaster guitar was introduced, and Gibson launched their
ES-165 ,
ES-175 and
ES-5 guitars.
Capitol Records and
Decca Records introduced their first LPs (33-1/3 rpm). In response,
RCA Records released the first 45 rpm recordings, while
Universal Audio was granted a patent for "Double Feature", a method for putting two songs on each side of a 10-inch record.
Deaths
Big Eye
Louis Nelson Delisle , 1910
January
February
14 –
Seymour Simons , American pianist, composer, orchestra leader, and radio producer (born 1896).
March
April
July
August
October
December
Births
Fred Frith August 2006.
January
6 –
Chris Laurence , English upright bassist.
21 –
David Moss , American composer, percussionist, and singer.
22 –
Phil Miller , English guitarist (died
2017 ).
25 –
Paul Murphy , American drummer.
27 –
Djavan , Brazilian singer and songwriter.
29 –
Vincent Klink , German trumpeter, chef, and restaurateur.
February
March
April
May
June
5 –
Jerry Gonzalez , American trumpeter and percussionist (died
2018 ).
12 –
John Wetton , English singer, bassist, and songwriter (cancer) (died
2017 ).
[1]
14 –
Papa Wemba , American soul singer (died
2016 ).
[2]
20 –
Harald Halvorsen , Norwegian trombonist.
21 –
Christy Doran , Irish guitarist.
26 –
Gyula Babos , Hungarian guitarist (died
2018 ).
29 –
Richard James Burgess , English singer, drummer, electronic musician, songwriter, producer, and composer.
July
August
September
2 –
Knut Borge , Norwegian journalist, entertainer, and jazz entusiast (died
2017 ).
[4]
3 –
Onaje Allan Gumbs , American pianist, composer, and bandleader.
9 –
Larry Stabbins , British saxophonist, flautist, and composer.
10 –
Viktor Paskov , Bulgarian writer, musician, and musicologist (died
2009 ).
14 –
Peter Guidi , Scottish saxophonist and flutist (died
2018 ).
19 –
Sally Potter , English composer, musician, film director, actor, and screenwriter.
24 –
Bill Connors , American guitarist,
Return to Forever .
27 –
Allan C. Barnes , American saxophonist (died
2016 ).
October
November
December
Unknown date
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