This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1956.

1956 in jazz
Musicians performing in Tom's Tavern club at Gonzalez and Railroad streets: Pensacola, Florida, 1956
Decade1950s in jazz
Music1956 in music
StandardsList of post-1950 jazz standards
See also1955 in jazz1957 in jazz
List of years in jazz
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Events

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July

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  • The guitarist Mundell Lowe brings pianist Bill Evans to the attention of Orin Keepnews and Bill Grauer of Riverside records.
  • Dizzy Gillespie meets Argentine pianist Lalo Schifrin and is impressed. Dizzy continues to gravitate to the Latin rhythms.
  • Miles Davis and his quintet record four records (Cookin' , Relaxin' , Workin' and Steamin' ) for Prestige, spending only two days in the studio to complete. Miles also records 'Round about Midnight on the Columbia label.

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Deaths

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  • 8Fred Rich, Polish-born American bandleader and composer (born 1898).

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  • Joe Appleton, British saxophonist and clarinetist from the West Indies (born 1900).

Births

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Maria João
 
Mary Coughlan performing live

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  • 13Gast Waltzing, Luxembourgian trumpeter and composer.[4]
  • 15Lorraine Desmarais, French-Canadian jazz pianist and composer.
  • 24Mimi Fox, American guitarist and educator.
  • 29Doug Raney, American guitarist (died 2016).
  • 30 - Rodney Jones, American guitarist and educator.

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Newport Jazz Festival 1956 Poster". Rirocks.net. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  2. ^ Bailey, C. Michael (2005-08-10). "Duke Ellington: The Complete Live At Newport 1956". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
  3. ^ "Oskar Aichinger". RateYourMusic.com. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  4. ^ "Gast Waltzing". RateYourMusic.com. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  5. ^ Carmody, Broede (2019-01-17). "'Magnificent Australian': Chris Wilson dies after cancer diagnosis". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2019-01-18.

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