This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1954.

1954 in jazz
Duke Ellington at the KFG Radio Studio, November 1954
Decade1950s in jazz
Music1954 in music
StandardsList of post-1950 jazz standards
See also1953 in jazz1955 in jazz
List of years in jazz
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Events

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July

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November

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  • 8 – Following the release of Jazz Goes to College, Dave Brubeck is featured on the cover of Time magazine, with the accompanying article describing Brubeck as "the most exciting new jazz artist at work today".[3]

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Deaths

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Eddie Condon, Tony Parenti, Wild Bill Davison, Brad Gowans, Jack Lesberg, and Freddie Ohms, Eddie Condon's, New York
 
Lee Morse c. 1930
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November
  • 5Hot Lips Page, American trumpeter, singer, and bandleader (born 1908).
  • 29Dink Johnson, dixieland pianist, clarinetist, and drummer (born 1892).
December
  • 7Austin Wylie, American bandleader (born 1893).
  • 15Papa Celestin, American jazz bandleader, trumpeter, cornetist, and vocalist (born 1884).
  • 16Lee Morse, American singer and songwriter (born 1897).
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Births

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Don Mumford in 2002.
 
John Wolf Brennan at the 2010 Jazz Festival Willisau.
 
Paolo Vinaccia, Arendal Sessions.
 
Knut Værnes at Victoria, during the 2016 Oslo Jazzfestival.
 
Peter Erskine in 2008.
 
Al Di Meola in 2006.
 
Pat Metheny in 2010.
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Belmore, Ryan (2015-07-17). "On This Day In Newport History: July 17, 1954 – First Newport Jazz Festival Held". WhatsUpNewp.com. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  2. ^ "Newport History Jazz Festival 1954 Poster". Rirocks.net. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  3. ^ Notre Dame's highest honor goes to musician Archived 2009-08-21 at the Wayback Machine Observer News. (May 19, 2006) Accessed September 27, 2007.
  4. ^ Monsen, Chris (2016-12-29). "Andreas Berg". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  5. ^ Lund, Rolf Edmund (2016-11-30). "– En av de store er gått bort". Altaposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-12-05.

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