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The free jazz movement, coming to prominence in the late 1950s, spawned very few standards. Free jazz's unorthodox structures and performance techniques are not as amenable to transcription as other jazz styles. However, "Lonely Woman" (1959) a blues by saxophonist Ornette Coleman, is perhaps the closest thing to a standard in free jazz, having ...
6 – Chelsea Quealey, American jazz trumpeter (died 1905). July. 6 – Fats Navarro, American jazz trumpet player (born 1923). 26 – Freddy Gardner, British saxophonist (born 1910). August. 1 – Alvin Burroughs, American swing jazz drummer (born 1911). September. 5 – Al Killian, American jazz trumpeter and occasional bandleader (born 1916).
West Coast jazz refers to styles of jazz that developed in Los Angeles and San Francisco during the 1950s. West Coast jazz is often seen as a subgenre of cool jazz, which consisted of a calmer style than bebop or hard bop. The music relied relatively more on composition and arrangement than on the individually improvised playing of other jazz ...
1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; Pages in category "1950s jazz standards" The following 85 pages are in this category, out of 85 total.
28 – John Spikes, American jazz musician and entrepreneur (born 1881). August. 28 – Bob Gordon, American baritone saxophonist (born 1928). October. 21 – Dick Twardzik, American pianist (born 1931). September. Reuben Reeves, American jazz trumpeter and bandleader (born 1905). 25 – Shotaro Moriyasu, Japanese pianist (born 1924). November
During the 1950s European popular music give way to the influence of American forms of music including jazz, swing and traditional pop, mediated through film and records. The significant change of the mid-1950s was the impact of American rock and roll , which provided a new model for performance and recording, based on a youth market.
Larry Shields c. 1915 April. 23 – Peter DeRose, American Hall of Fame composer of jazz and pop music during the Tin Pan Alley era (born 1900).; May. 16 – Django Reinhardt, French virtuoso guitarist and composer (born 1910).
US 1940s 1 – Jun 1950, US 1 for 5 weeks Jul 1950, Oscar in 1950, US BB 2 of 1950, POP 2 of 1950, DDD 4 of 1950, Italy 48 of 1951, RIAA 109, Acclaimed 1292 2: Patti Page: Tennessee Waltz: 1950: US: US 1940s 1 – Nov 1950, US 1 for 9 weeks Dec 1950, US BB 4 of 1950, 6,000,000 sold by 1967 [7] 3: Phil Harris: The Thing: 1950: US