1957 in jazz

Events

June

• 25 – Ella Fitzgerald started recording the album The Irving Berlin Songbook.
• * She won at the 1st Grammy Awards in the category Best Jazz Performance, Individual for this album.

  July

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

  Unknown dates

• Carla Bley was married to Paul Bley.

  Album releases

• Stan Kenton: Kenton with Voices
• Charles Mingus: Tijuana Moods
• Art Blakey: Orgy In Rhythm
• Yusef Lateef: Jazz Mood
• John Coltrane: Blue Train
• John Lewis: The John Lewis Piano
• Milt Jackson: Soul Brothers
• Miles Davis: Miles Ahead
• Kenny Burrell: All Day Long
• Ben Webster: Soulville
• Sonny Rollins: Way Out West
• Ben Webster: Tenor Giants
• Art Pepper: Meets the Rhythm Section
• Art Taylor: Taylor's Wailers
• Max Roach: Jazz in ¾ Time
• Jay Jay Johnson: Blue Trombone
• Hank Mobley: Hank Mobley Quintet
• Herbie Mann: Flute Soufflé
• Tito Puente: Top Percussion
• Johnny Griffin: A Blowin' Session
• Sonny Rollins: The Sound of Sonny
• Thelonious Monk: Brilliant Corners

  Standards

Deaths

• 9 – Cripple Clarence Lofton, American boogie-woogie pianist and singer.
• 18 – George Girard, New Orleans trumpeter.
• 20 – Dean Benedetti, Italian-American saxophonist.

• 7 – Sonny Parker, American singer, dancer, and drummer.

• 12 – Robert Graettinger, American composer.
• 25 – Fud Livingston, American clarinetist, saxophonist, arranger and composer.

• 12 – Jimmy Dorsey, American clarinetist, saxophonist, trumpeter, composer, big-band leader.
• 25 – Curtis Mosby, American jazz drummer, bandleader, and businessman.

• 16 – Serge Chaloff, American baritone saxophonist.

• 2 – Joe Shulman, American upright bassist.
• 28 – Erik Tuxen, Danish big-band leader, composer, and arranger.

• 12 – Louis Mitchell, American drummer and bandleader.

• 9 – Carroll Dickerson, American violinist and bandleader.
• 23 – Abe Lyman, American bandleader.

• 17 – Wooden Joe Nicholas, American trumpeter and cornetist.
• 26 – Jack Gardner, American pianist.
• 30 – Richard McPartland, American violin, banjo, and guitar player.

• 20 – Walter Page, American multi-instrumentalist and bandleader.
• 29 – Ernie Henry, American saxophonist.

• He Dasha, Chinese musician.

  Births

• 1 – Issei Noro, Japanese guitarist and composer, Casiopea.
• 5
• * Maartin Allcock, British multi-instrumentalist, Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull.
• * Myra Melford, American pianist and composer.
• 7 – Clarence Seay, American upright bassist and composer.
• 18 – Bert Joris, Belgian trumpeter, composer, and arranger.
• 20 – Andy Sheppard, British saxophonist and composer.
• 25 – Sophia Domancich, French pianist and composer.

• 6
• * Ferenc Snétberger, Hungarian guitarist.
• * Faith Nolan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
• * Simon Phillips, English drummer, songwriter, and producer.
• 11 – Oddmund Finnseth, Norwegian upright bassist, composer, and music teacher.
• 13 – Inger Marie Gundersen, Norwegian singer and composer.
• 14 – Tommy Campbell, American drummer.
• 15 – Herlin Riley, American drummer.
• 25 – Aage Tanggaard, Danish drummer and record producer.
• 26 – Ian Villafana, American guitarist and songwriter.

• 3 – Mike Smith, American saxophonist.
• 8
• * Billy Childs, American pianist.
• * William Edward Childs, American composer and pianist.
• 9 – Thomas Chapin, American composer, saxophonist, and multi-instrumentalist.
• 10 – Mino Cinelu, French drummer.
• 14 – Vanessa Rubin, American vocalist and composer.
• 30 – Dave Stryker, American guitarist.

• 1 – Matt Kendrick, American upright bassist and composer.
• 4 – Tom McClung, American pianist and composer.
• 24 – Hanna Banaszak, Polish singer and poet.
• 25 – Nestor Torres, Puerto Rican flautist.
• 28 – Adrian Utley, English guitarist and producer, Portishead.

• 2 – Markus Stockhausen, German trumpet player.
• 10 – Carleen Anderson, American singer.
• 11 – Manfred Hausleitner, Austrian drummer.
• 12 – Jason Kao Hwang, Chinese-American violinist and composer.
• 14 – Martin Litton, British pianist.
• 29 – Lynne Arriale, American pianist.

• 2 – Bobby Sanabria, American drummer, percussionist, composer, and producer.
• 5 – John Fumo, American trumpeter.
• 12 – Geri Allen, American pianist and composer.
• 17 – Tom Varner, American hornist and composer.
• 20 – Rick Lazaroff, Canadian bassist.
• 24 – Luis Salinas, Argentine guitarist.
• 28 – Annette A. Aguilar, American percussionist, bandleader, and music educator.

• 7 – Hayes Greenfield, American saxophonist, composer, producer, filmmaker, bandleader, and educator.
• 12
• * Eddie Allen, American trumpeter and flugel hornist.
• * Fredrik Carl Størmer, Norwegian drummer.
• 18 – Lynn Seaton, American upright bassist.
• 21 – George Landress, American mixer, musical engineer, and producer.
• 22 – Harri Stojka, Viennese guitarist.
• 31 – Mamdouh Bahri, Tunisian guitarist.

• 4
• * Arto Tunçboyacıyan, Turkish-Armenian percussionist, vocalist, and duduk, sazabo, and bular player, Night Ark.
• * Jose Valdes, American pianist and bandleader.
• 9 – Danilo Rea, American pianist.
• 10 – Fred Ho, American baritone saxophonist, composer, bandleader.
• 17 – Rabih Abou-Khalil, Lebanese oud player and composer.
• 24 – Steve Berry, English upright bassist, cellist, and violinist, Mike Westbrook Orchestra.
• 30 – Gerald Albright, American saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist.

• 7 – Anders Jormin, Swedish upright bassist and composer.
• 11 – James McBride, American writer and musician.
• 16 – Anca Parghel, Romanian singer.
• 18
• * Emily Remler, American guitarist.
• * John Fedchock, American trombonist, bandleader, and arranger.
• 19 – Tatsu Aoki, Japanese upright bassist and record producer.
• 24 – Sibongile Khumalo, South African singer.
• 25 – Barbara Lahr, German singer, composer, bassist, guitarist, and producer, De Phazz.
• 27 – Jerry Weldon, American tenor saxophonist.
• 28 – Ernst-Wiggo Sandbakk, Norwegian drummer.

• 3 – Bogdan Holownia, Polish pianist.
• 4
• * Yngve Moe, Norwegian bass guitarist Dance with a Stranger.
• * Wolter Wierbos, Dutch trombonist.
• 5 – Clifton Anderson, American trombonist.
• 7 – Morten Halle, Norwegian saxophonist.
• 8 – Eerik Siikasaari, Finnish upright bassist, Trio Töykeät.
• 8 – Andrés Boiarsky, Argentine alto and tenor saxophonist.
• 10 – Pamela Fleming, American trumpeter, flugelhornist, and composer.
• 11 – George Letellier, American pianist and composer.
• 13 – Future Man, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and inventor, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones.
• 20 – Anouar Brahem, Tunisian oud player and composer.
• 21 – Ted Gioia, American jazz critic and music historian.
• 25 – Arthur Rhames, American guitarist, tenor saxophonist and pianist.
• 27 – Manu Katché, French drummer and songwriter.

• 2 – Gebhard Ullmann, German flautist, saxophonist, and composer.
• 4 – Éric Le Lann, French trumpeter.
• 13
• * Roger Ingram, American trumpet player, educator, and author.
• * Tetsuo Sakurai, Japanese bassist, Casiopea.
• 15 – Kevin Eubanks, American guitarist and composer.
• 27 – Judy Carmichael, American pianist and vocalist.
• 29 – Jennifer Batten, American guitarist.

• 1 – Chris Poland, American guitarist.
• 4 – Phillip Barham, American saxophonist.
• 10 – Paul Hardcastle, British composer, musician, producer, songwriter, radio presenter, and multi-instrumentalist
• 14 – Runar Tafjord, Norwegian French horn player.
• 19 – Eric Marienthal, American saxophonist
• 21 – Roberto Ottaviano, Italian saxophonist.
• 26 – Guy Barker, English trumpeter and composer.

• Jimmy Earl, American bass guitarist.
• John Kenny, British trombonist, actor, and composer.
• Ray Kennedy, American pianist.
• Tom McDermott, pianist and composer.
• Tom Rainey, American drummer.