1963 in jazz

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1963 in jazz
Joe Darensbourg.jpg
Joe Darensbourg playing clarinet with the Louis Armstrong combo at the Palais Royal in South Bend, IN, 1963
Decade1960s in jazz
Music1963 in music
StandardsList of post-1950 jazz standards
See also1962 in jazz – 1964 in jazz
List of years in jazz
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by with reliable sources.

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1963.

Events[]

May[]

July[]

Album releases[]

  • Chris Barber: "" with Joe Harriott and Ottilie Patterson
  • Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
  • Kenny Burrell: Midnight Blue
  • Betty Carter: 'Round Midnight
  • Miles Davis: Seven Steps to Heaven
  • Eric Dolphy: Iron Man (recorded, released 1968)
  • Duke Ellington
    • Money Jungle with Charles Mingus and Max Roach
    • My People
    • The Symphonic Ellington
  • Bill Evans: Conversations with Myself
  • Joe Harriott: Movement
  • Joe Henderson: Page One
  • Andrew Hill: Black Fire
  • Sheila Jordan: Portrait of Sheila
  • Stan Kenton: Artistry in Bossa Nova
  • Charles Mingus: The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
  • Hank Mobley: No Room for Squares
  • Thelonious Monk: Criss Cross
  • Thelonious Monk: Monk's Dream
  • Lee Morgan: The Sidewinder
  • Prince Lasha Quintet Featuring Sonny Simmons: The Cry!
  • Sun Ra: Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy (recorded, released 1967)
  • Sonny Rollins: Our Man in Jazz
  • Nina Simone: Nina Simone Sings Ellington
  • Stanley Turrentine: Soul Shoutin'
  • Kai Winding: Solo: Kai Winding[4][5]

Standards[]

See also: List of post-1950 jazz standards

Deaths[]

January
  • 13 – Sonny Clark, American pianist (born 1931).
  • 16 – Ike Quebec, American tenor saxophonist (born 1918).
February
  • 6 – Specs Wright, American drummer (born 1927).
  • 14 – Castor McCord, American saxophonist (born 1907).
  • 16 – Jimmy Reynolds, American pianist (born 1904).
  • 20 – Addison Farmer, American bassist (born 1928).
  • 23 – June Clark, American trumpeter and cornetist (born 1900).
  • 28 – Bobby Jaspar, Belgian saxophonist, flautist, and composer (born 1926).
March
  • 10 – Irving Aaronson, American pianist and big band leader (born 1895).
  • 17 – Lizzie Miles, Creole blues singer (born 1895).
April
  • 3 – Gene Sedric, American clarinetist and tenor saxophonist (born 1907).
  • 9 – Eddie Edwards, American trombonist (born 1891).
  • 11 – Arvid Gram Paulsen, Norwegian saxophonist and trumpeter (born 1922).
  • 12 – Herbie Nichols, American pianist and composer (born 1919).
May
  • 24 – Elmore James, American guitarist (born 1918).
June
  • 3 – Skinnay Ennis, American bandleader and singer (born 1907).
  • 12 – Bob Scobey, American trumpeter (born 1916).
July
  • 25 – John Adriano Acea, American jazz pianist (born 1917).
  • 31 – Curtis Counce, American upright bassist (born 1926).
August
  • 23 – Glen Gray, American saxophonist, Casa Loma Orchestra (born 1906).
September
  • 20 – Pete Brown, American alto saxophonist and bandleader (born 1906).
  • Sam Allen, American pianist (born 1909).
November
  • 4 – Joe Gordon, American trumpeter (born 1928).
  • 29 – Ernesto Lecuona, Cuban composer, pianist and bandleader (born 1895).
December
  • 14
    • Dinah Washington, American singer (born 1924).
    • Lodewijk Parisius "Kid Dynamite", Surinamese-Dutch tenor saxophonist (born 1911).[4][5]
  • 22 – Roy Palmer, American trombonist (born 1892).
  • Unknown date
  • Jon Ballantyne, Canadian pianist and composer.
  • Naftule Brandwein, Jewish clarinetist and influential klezmer musician (born 1884).

Births[]

January
  • 7 – Christine Tobin, Irish vocalist and composer.
  • 17 – Cyrus Chestnut, American pianist, songwriter and producer.
February
  • 2
    • Eva Cassidy, American singer and guitarist (died 1996).
    • Vigleik Storaas, Norwegian pianist.
  • 5 – Jacqui Dankworth, British singer.
March
  • 5 – Ralph Alessi, American trumpeters and composer.[6]
  • 18 – Yoko Kanno, Japanese composer, arranger, keyboarder, pianist, and accordionist.
  • 23 – Nelson Faria, Brazilian guitarist.
  • 24
    • Dave Douglas, American trumpeter and composer.
    • Eric Vloeimans, Dutch trumpeter.
  • 30 – Ximo Tebar, Spanish guitarist and composer.
April
  • 1 – Antoine Roney, American saxophonist.
  • 4 – Benny Green, American pianist.
  • 7 – Fredrik Lundin, Danish saxophonist, composer, and bandleader.
  • 8 – Tine Asmundsen, Norwegian upright bassist.
  • 17 – Peter Havlicek, Austrian kontragitarrist (viennese harp-guitar), guitarist, composer, and vocalist.
  • 24 – Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez, Cuban drummer and percussionist.
May
  • 2 – Eric Person, American saxophonist.
  • 4 – Gerald Cleaver, American drummer.
  • 9 – Ron Miles, American trumpeter, cornetist, and composer.
  • 4 – Jack Cooper, American composer, arranger, multireedist, and music educator.
  • 16 – Nikki Iles, English composer, pianist and accordion player.
  • 27 – Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Afro-Cuban composer and pianist.
  • 28 – Marc Antoine, French guitarist.
June
  • 9 – Gilad Atzmon, British saxophonist and writer.
  • 20 – Jeff Beal, American trumpeter, flugelhornist, keyboarder, and composer.
  • 28 – Tierney Sutton, American singer.
July
  • 5 – Russ Lorenson, American singer and actor.
  • 23 – Renato Borghetti, Brazilian folk musician and composer.
August
  • 7 – Marcus Roberts, American pianist.
  • 10 – Christine Ott, French composer, pianist, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist.[7]
  • 12
    • Karen Briggs, African-American violinist.
    • Nigel Mooney, Irish singer, guitarist, and songwriter.
  • 23 – Stephanie Biddle, Canadian musician.
  • 31 – Baard Slagsvold, Norwegian singer and multi-instrumentalist.
September
  • 2 – Sherrie Maricle, American drummer.
  • 6 – Thulla Christina Wamberg, Danish singer.
October
  • 3 – Niels Lan Doky, Danish pianist and record producer.
November
  • 1 – Martin Pizzarelli, American upright bassist.
  • 2 – Jens Johansson, Swedish pianist and keyboarder.
  • 8 – Russell Malone, American guitarist.
  • 16 – Steve Argüelles, English drummer.
  • 20 – Don Braden, American tenor saxophonist.
  • 24
    • Scott Colley, American upright bassist and composer.
    • Yoron Israel, American drummer.
  • 25
    • , Swedish pianist and composer.
    • Holly Cole, Canadian singer.
December
  • 10 – Ole Amund Gjersvik, Norwegian upright bassist.
  • 14 – Dalia Faitelson, Israeli composer, vocalist, guitarist, and DJ DaFa.
  • 29 – Dave McKean, English photographer, graphic designer, filmmaker, and pianist.
Unknown date
  • Bill Wells, Scottish bassist, pianist, guitarist, and composer.
  • Don Paterson, Scottish poet, writer, and musician.
  • Gianni Lenoci, Italian pianist and composer.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Grammy Awards 1963". AwardsAndShows.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2016-05-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Newport Jazz Festival 1963 Poster". PosterAlley.ca. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Listed in New Real Book, Volume I
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Listed in The Real Jazz Book
  6. ^ "Ralph Alessi". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
  7. ^ "Alsace: Christine Ott, maîtresse des ondes Martenot – L'Alsace". Federation-Martenot.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-04-01.

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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