1951 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1951. Events * The first American Jazz festival takes place at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in the autumn. This festival precedes the first Newport Jazz Festival. * The tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, a Coleman Hawkins influenced player, joins the group of Miles Davis. Album releases *Stan Kenton: ''City of Glass (Stan Kenton album), City of Glass'' *Oscar Peterson: ''1951 (Oscar Peterson album), 1951'' *Shorty Rogers: ''Modern Sounds (album), Modern Sounds'' *Lester Young: ''Lester Young Trio'' Standards Deaths ; January * 21 – R.Q. Dickerson, American trumpeter (born 1898). ; February * 7 – Shirley Clay, American trumpeter (born 1902 in jazz, 1902). ; March * 25 – Sid Catlett, American swinging drummer (born 1910 in jazz, 1910). ; May * 4 – Doc West, American drummer (born 1915 in jazz, 1915). ; August * 17 – Ray Wetzel, American trumpeter (born 1924 in jazz, 1924). ; October * 26 – Charlie Crea ...
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Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 States of Brazil, states and the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese language, Portuguese as an List of territorial entities where Portuguese is an official language, official language and the only one in the Americas; one of the most Multiculturalism, multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass Immigration to Brazil, immigration from around the world; and the most populous Catholic Church by country, Roman Catholic-majority country. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazi ...
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