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1956 in jazz

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1956 in jazz
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1956.

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  • The guitarist Mundell Lowe brings pianist Bill Evans to the attention of Orin Keepnews and Bill Grauer of Riverside records.
  • Dizzy Gillespie meets Argentine pianist Lalo Schifrin and is impressed. Dizzy continues to gravitate to the Latin rhythms.
  • Miles Davis and his quintet record four records (Cookin' , Relaxin' , Workin' and Steamin' ) for Prestige, spending only two days in the studio to complete. Miles also records 'Round about Midnight on the Columbia label.
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  • 8Fred Rich, Polish-born American bandleader and composer (born 1898).

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  • Joe Appleton, British saxophonist and clarinetist from the West Indies (born 1900).
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Mary Coughlan performing live

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  • 2Károly Binder, Hungarian pianist.
  • 3Tessa Souter, English singer, songwriter, and writer.
  • 4Gary Smulyan, American baritone saxophonist.
  • 9Michael Hashim, American jazz alto saxophonist.
  • 16T Lavitz, American keyboardist, composer and producer (died 2010).
  • 19Denardo Coleman, American drummer.
  • 27Anna Lyman, Canadian Jazz, Latin Vocalist composer, and recording artist of Mexican American extraction.

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  • 13Gast Waltzing, Luxembourgian trumpeter and composer.[4]
  • 15Lorraine Desmarais, French-Canadian jazz pianist and composer.
  • 24Mimi Fox, American guitarist and educator.
  • 29Doug Raney, American guitarist (died 2016).
  • 30 - Rodney Jones, American guitarist and educator.

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