# 1958 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1958.

## Events
### July

* 3 – The 5th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 3 – 6).

### August

* 12 – A Great Day in Harlem, a black and white group photograph of 57 notable jazz musicians, is taken in front of a brownstone building in Harlem, New York City.

## Album releases

* Cannonball Adderley: Somethin' Else
* Chet Baker: Everything Happens to Me
* Art Blakey: Moanin' (recorded, released 1959)
* Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio: Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio
* Jimmy Giuffre
** Western Suite (recorded, released 1960)
** The Four Brothers Sound
* Chico Hamilton: "South Pacific in Hi-Fi"
* Stan Kenton: Back to Balboa
* Blue Mitchell: Big 6
* Hank Mobley: Peckin' Time
* Thelonious Monk: Misterioso
* Max Roach: Deeds, Not Words
* Sonny Rollins: Freedom Suite
* Mongo Santamaria: Yambu
* John Serry Sr.: Chicago Musette – John Serry and His Accordion
* Cecil Taylor: Looking Ahead!
* Clark Terry: In Orbit
* Toots Thielemans: Man Bites Harmonica!
* Cal Tjader: Latin Concert

## Deaths
### January

* 1 – Fulton McGrath, American pianist and songwriter (born 1907).

### March

* 17 – Carl Perkins, American pianist (born 1928).
* 25 – Tom Brown, New Orleans trombonist (born 1888).
* 28 – W. C. Handy, African-American blues composer and musician (born 1873).

### May

* 8 – Ted Donnelly, American trombonist (born 1912).

### June

* Sterling Bose, American trumpeter and cornetist (born 1906).

### July

* 2 – Martha Boswell, American singer and pianist (born 1905).

### September

* 13 – Lorraine Geller, American pianist (born 1928).
* 17 – Herbie Fields, American saxophonist and clarinetist, bandleader (born 1919).

### October

* 2 – George E. Lee, American bandleader (born 1896).

### November

* 7 – Joe Morris, American trumpeter and bandleader (born 1922).
* 11 – Olivia Plunket Greene, English musician, Bright Young Things (born 1907).
* 26 – Tiny Bradshaw, American bandleader, singer, composer, pianist, and drummer (born 1907).
* 30 – Shifty Henry, American bassist and songwriter (born 1921).

### December

* 6 – Danny Alvin, American drummer and bandleader (born 1902).
* 25 – Doc Cook, American bandleader and arranger (born 1891).

## Births
### January

* 26 – Anita Baker, American singer-songwriter
* 30 – Bjørn Klakegg, Norwegian guitarist.
* 31 – Tom Schuman, American keyboardist.

### February

* 3 – Bob Holz, American drummer and composer.
* 7 – Frans Bak, Danish composer, choral conductor, saxophonist, and pianist.
* 8 – Bill Evans, American saxophonist.
* 10 – Michael Weiss, American pianist and composer.
* 18 – Gar Samuelson, American drummer (died 1999).
* 20 – Leroy Jones, American trumpeter.
* 23 – Carles Cases, Spanish-Catalonian pianist and cellist.
* 24 – Jerry Zigmont, American trombonist

### March

* 5 – Ronan Guilfoyle, Irish acoustic bass guitarist.
* 10 – Jeanie Bryson, American singer.
* 12 – Leon Lee Dorsey, American bassist.
* 15 – Gerald L. Cannon, American upright bassist and visual artist.
* 19 – Anne-Marie Giørtz, Norwegian singer.
* 31 – Bajone, Serbian singer.

### April

* 16 – Ulf Wakenius, Swedish guitarist.
* 17 – Chieli Minucci, American guitarist, composer, and producer.
* 30 – Ronaldo Folegatti, Brazilian composer, guitarist, and record producer (died 2007).

### May

* 7 – Michael Formanek, American upright bassist.
* 10 – Claude Deppa, South African trumpeter.
* 17 – Carlos del Junco, Cuban-Canadian harmonica player.
* 29
** Jim Snidero, American saxophonist.
** Kenny Washington, American drummer.

### June

* 6 – Wolfgang Mitterer, Austrian composer, organist, and keyboardist.
* 7
** Jonas Hellborg, Swedish bass guitarist.
** Prince Rogers Nelson, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer (died 2016).
* 8 – Jakko Jakszyk, English guitarist and singer-songwriter.
* 14 – Kenny Drew, Jr., American pianist (died 2014).

### July

* 8 – Jim Campilongo, American guitarist and composer.
* 10 – Béla Fleck, American banjo player.
* 11 – Kirk Whalum, American saxophonist and songwriter.
* 18 – Gabriel Fliflet, Norwegian accordionist and singer.
* 26 – Deirdre Cartwright, British guitarist and composer.
* 30 – Kevin Mahogany, American vocalist (died 2017).

### August

* 26
** Andrew Lamb, American saxophonist and flautist.
** David Finck, American bassist.
* 29 – Jesse McGuire, American trumpeter.

### September

* 3 – Lakki Patey, Norwegian guitarist and inventor.
* 5 – Lars Danielsson, Swedish upright bassist, composer, and record producer.
* 7 – Bruce Barth, American pianist.
* 8 – Stevie Vallance, Canadian singer.
* 16 – Rodney Franklin, American pianist and composer.
* 25 – Greg Boyer, American trombonist.
* 27
** Paul Grabowsky, American pianist and composer.

### October

* 1 – Ana Caram, Brazilian singer, guitarist, and flutist.
* 6 – Roberto Gatto, Italian drummer.
* 9 – Satoko Fujii, Japanese pianist, accordionist and composer.
* 13 – Jair-Rôhm Parker Wells, American bassist.
* 14 – Tomas Franck, Swedish tenor saxophonist.
* 17 – Howard Alden, American guitarist.
* 22 – Jan Gunnar Hoff, Norwegian pianist and composer.
* 27 – David Hazeltine, American pianist.
* 30 – Olav Dale, Norwegian saxophonist, composer and orchestra leader (died 2014).

### November

* 1 – Joe DeRenzo, American drummer, composer, and producer.
* 8 – Don Byron, American composer, clarinetist, and multi-instrumentalist.
* 13 – Tony Lakatos, Hungarian saxophonist.

### December

* 9 – George Koller, Canadian bassist and multi-instrumentalist.
* 10 – John Goldsby, American upright bassist, bandleader, and composer.
* 15 – Don Laka, South African pianist, songwriter, and producer.
* 16 – Erna Yuzbashyan, Armenian singer.
* 28 – David Berkman, American pianist, composer, and arranger.
* 29 – George Schuller, American drummer.
* 30
** Ellen Sandweiss, American singer and actress.
** Lewis Nash, American drummer.

### Unknown date

* Carol Chaikin, American saxophonist, flautist, and composer.
* David Newton, Scottish pianist and composer.
* Nancy Zeltsman, American marimba soloist.