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1957 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1957.

Events

June

July

Unknown dates

Album releases

Standards

Deaths

January
February
  • 7 – Sonny Parker, American singer, dancer, and drummer (born 1925).
March
June
  • 12 – Jimmy Dorsey, American clarinetist, saxophonist, trumpeter, composer, big-band leader (born 1904).
  • 25 – Curtis Mosby, American jazz drummer, bandleader, and businessman (born 1888).
July
August
  • 2 – Joe Shulman, American upright bassist (born 1923).
  • 28 – Erik Tuxen, Danish big-band leader, composer, and arranger (born 1902).
September
  • 12 – Louis Mitchell, American drummer and bandleader (born 1885).
October
  • 9 – Carroll Dickerson, American violinist and bandleader (born 1895).
  • 23 – Abe Lyman, American bandleader (born 1897).
November
December
  • 20 – Walter Page, American multi-instrumentalist and bandleader (born 1900).
  • 29 – Ernie Henry, American saxophonist (born 1926).
Unknown date
  • He Dasha, Chinese musician (born 1897).

Births

January
February
March
April
May
June
  • 2 – Bobby Sanabria, American drummer, percussionist, composer, and producer.
  • 12 – Geri Allen, American pianist and composer (died 2017).
  • 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.
July
August
September
October
November
December
Unknown date

See also

References

Bibliography

External links