1947 in jazz

1947 in jazz
Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Brown, Milt Jackson, and Timme Rosenkrantz, Downbeat, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947
Decade	1940s in jazz
Music	1947 in music
Standards	List of 1940s jazz standards
See also	1946 in jazz – 1948 in jazz

In 1947 in jazz the film The Fabulous Dorseys came out, telling the story of the Dorsey Brothers. Standards published included "Autumn Leaves", "But Beautiful" and "Nature Boy".

Events

Jazz musician Jimmy Dorsey from the film The Fabulous Dorseys (1947)

• The Fabulous Dorseys is released, a fictionalized biographical film that tells the story of Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, from their boyhood in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, through their rise, their breakup, and their personal reunion.
• The Miles Davis All-Stars (with Charlie Parker, Max Roach, John Lewis and Nelson Boyd) debuted at the Savoy.^[1]
• Louis Armstrong performs at Carnegie Hall with his big band.^[2]

Albums Released

• The Duel - Dexter Gordon and Teddy Edwards

Standards

Deaths

• Fate Marable, jazz pianist and bandleader
• Freddie Webster, jazz trumpeter
• Jimmie Lunceford, American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader in the swing era.
• Sonny Berman, American jazz trumpeter.

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.