1950 in jazz

1950 in jazz
The George Lewis Ragtime Jazz Band in New Orleans, 1950
Decade	1950s in jazz
Music	1950 in music
Standards	List of post-1950 jazz standards
See also	1949 in jazz – 1951 in jazz

1950 in jazz:

Album releases

• Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
• Stan Kenton: Presents
• Ralph Sutton: Ralph Sutton
• Lennie Tristano: Wow
• Stan Getz: Quartets

Standards

Deaths

• Al Jolson, American singer, comedian and actor
• Al Killian, American jazz trumpet player and occasional bandleader
• Alvin Burroughs, American swing jazz drummer
• Chelsea Quealey, American jazz trumpeter.
• Fats Navarro, American jazz trumpet player.
• Leo Watson, American jazz vocalese singer, drummer, trombonist and tipple player
• Ray Perry,American jazz violinist and saxophonist.

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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