1953 in jazz

1953 in jazz
Leontyne Price from Porgy and Bess
Decade	1950s in jazz
Music	1953 in music
Standards	List of post-1950 jazz standards
See also	1952 in jazz – 1954 in jazz

1953 in jazz:

Events

• The musical Porgy and Bess was revived, playing in many European cities.

Album releases

• Duke Ellington: Piano Reflections
• Ben Webster: King of the Tenors
• Modern Jazz Quartet: Django
• Shorty Rogers: Cool and Crazy
• Jay Jay Johnson: Four Trombones

Standards

Deaths

Larry Shields c. 1915

• Django Reinhardt, virtuoso jazz guitarist and composer.
• Jimmy "Jammin'" Smith, American jazz trumpet player
• Larry Shields, American dixieland jazz clarinetist.
• Peter DeRose, American Hall of Fame composer of jazz and pop music during the Tin Pan Alley era.
• Tiny Kahn, American jazz drummer, arranger, and composer.

Births

References

Bibliography

• The New Real Book, Volume I. Sher Music. 1988. ISBN 0-9614701-4-3. 
• The New Real Book, Volume II. Sher Music. 1991. ISBN 0-9614701-7-8. 
• The New Real Book, Volume III. Sher Music. 1995. ISBN 1-883217-30-X. 
• The Real Book, Volume I (6th ed.). Hal Leonard. 2004. ISBN 0-634-06038-4. 
• The Real Book, Volume II (2nd ed.). Hal Leonard. 2007. ISBN 1-4234-2452-2. 
• The Real Book, Volume III (2nd ed.). Hal Leonard. 2006. ISBN 0-634-06136-4. 
• The Real Jazz Book. Warner Bros. ISBN 978-91-85041-36-7. 
• The Real Vocal Book, Volume I. Hal Leonard. 2006. ISBN 0-634-06080-5. 

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