Overview of the events of 1969 in jazz
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1969 .
Events [ ]
The New England Conservatory becomes the first traditional music conservatory to offer a jazz studies course.[1]
June [ ]
18
The 3rd Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 18 – 22).[2]
July [ ]
3 – The 16th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 3 – 6).[3]
The 1st day featured Sun Ra and Space Arkestra , Bill Evans / Jeremy Steig , and George Benson
The 2nd day featured Jeff Beck Group , Ten Years After , and Jethro Tull (Recorded)
The 3rd day featured Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention , John Mayall , and Miles Davis Quintet (Recorded)
The 4th day featured Sly & The Family Stone , O.C. Smith , and Dave Brubeck .[4]
August [ ]
September [ ]
19 – The 12th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 19 – 21).[7]
Album releases [ ]
Bill Evans : Quiet Now
Don Cherry :
Pharoah Sanders : Karma
Miles Davis : In a Silent Way
Art Ensemble of Chicago : People in Sorrow
George Russell : Electronic Sonata For Souls Loved By Nature
Art Ensemble of Chicago : Reese and the Smooth Ones
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre : Humility in the Light of the Creator
Charlie Haden : Liberation Music Orchestra
Dollar Brand : African Piano
Gunter Hampel :
Roland Kirk : Rahsaan Rahsaan
Pharoah Sanders : Jewels of Thought
Archie Shepp : Yasmina, a Black Woman
Art Ensemble of Chicago : A Jackson In Your House
Charles Tolliver : The Ringer
Joe McPhee : Underground Railroad
Jan Garbarek : Esoteric Circle
Ornette Coleman : Crisis
Pharoah Sanders : Izipho Zam (My Gifts)
Sunny Murray : Homage to Africa
Chick Corea : Is
Dewey Redman : Tarik
Willem Breuker :
Joe Harriott :
Peter Brötzmann : Nipples
Charles Earland : Black Talk!
Wolfgang Dauner :
Eric Kloss : To Hear Is To See!
Leon Thomas : Spirits Known and Unknown
Miroslav Vitous :
Tony Williams : Emergency!
Archie Shepp : Blasé
Dollar Brand : African Sketchbook
John McLaughlin : Extrapolation
Stanley Cowell : Blues for the Viet Cong
Stanley Cowell : Brilliant Circles
Wolfgang Dauner :
Horace Tapscott :
Liberation Music Orchestra :
Deaths [ ]
January
4 – Paul Chambers , American bassist (born 1935 ).
19 – Alcide Pavageau , American upright bassist (born 1888).
February
15 – Pee Wee Russell , American clarinetist (born 1906 ).
17 – Paul Barbarin , New Orleans drummer (born 1899).
March
25 – Billy Cotton , English bandleader (born 1899).
April
23 – Krzysztof Komeda , Polish film music composer and jazz pianist (haematoma) (born 1931 ).
24 – René Compère , Belgian trumpeter (born 1906 ).[8]
May
19 – Coleman Hawkins , American tenor saxophonist (born 1904 ).
June
1 – Stan Brenders , Belgian jazz pianist and bandleader (born 1904 ).
2 – Albert Stinson , American upright bassist (born 1944 ).
10 – Wilbur Harden , American trumpeter, flugelhornist and composer (born 1924 ).
14
Roberto Firpo , Argentine tango pianist (born 1884).
Wynonie Harris , American blues shouter and rhythm and blues singer (born 1915 ).
July
14 – Ernie Farrow , American pianist, bassist, and drummer (born 1928 ).
August
7 – Russ Morgan , American big band orchestra leader (born 1904 ).
14 – Tony Fruscella , American trumpeter (born 1927 ).
September
9 – Cedric Haywood , American pianist (born 1914 ).
October
10 – Manuel Manetta , American multi-instrumentalist (born 1889).
14 – William McKinney , American drummer (born 1895).
19 – Booker Pittman , American clarinetist (born 1909 ).
22 – Nate Kazebier , American trumpeter (born 1912 ).
29 – Pops Foster , American string bassist, who also played tuba and trumpet (born 1892).
30 – Tony Sbarbaro , American drummer (born 1897).
31 – Tony Pastor , Italian-American novelty singer and tenor saxophonist (born 1907 ).
November
2 – Slick Jones , American drummer (born 1907 ).
14 – Johnny Bayersdorffer , New Orleans cornetist and bandleader (born 1899).
18 – Ted Heath , English trombonist and big-band leader (born 1902 ).
December
9 – Bobby Henderson , American pianist and trumpeter (born 1920 ).
16 – Leo Mathisen , Danish pianist, composer, arranger, singer, and bandleader (born 1906 ).
26 – Jiří Šlitr , Czech songwriter, pianist, singer, actor, and painter (born 1924 ).
Births [ ]
Francesco Buzzurro in 2008.
January
3 – James Carter , American saxophonist, flautist, and bass clarinetist.
24 – Duane Eubanks , American trumeter and flugelhornist.
February
1 – Joshua Redman , American saxophonist.
6 – Scott Amendola , American drummer.
7 – Chris Minh Doky , Danish bassist.
14 – Stefano di Battista , Italian saxophonist.
22 – Ståle Storløkken , Norwegian organist and keyboardist.
March
10 – Travis Shook , American pianist and songwriter.
13 – Stephen Scott , American pianist.
22 – Asaf Sirkis , Israeli drummer, composer, and educator.
25 – Marcin Jahr , Polish drummer.
29 – Jason Rebello , British pianist, songwriter, and record producer.
April
9 – Giovanni Allevi , Italian pianist and composer.
23 – Trude Eick , Norwegian hornist.
24 – Rebecca Martin , American singer and songwriter.
29 – Thomas Winther Andersen , Norwegian bassist.
30 – Michel Delville , Belgian guitarist, writer, and critic.
May
6 – Mathilde Grooss Viddal , Norwegian saxophonist.
12 – Erlend Skomsvoll , Norwegian pianist, composer, and orchestra leader, Come Shine .
22 – Carl Craig , American producer of techno music .
23 – Mindi Abair , American saxophonist, vocalist, and author.
June
2 – Kate Michaels , American singer.
11
Assif Tsahar , Israeli avant-garde tenor saxophonist and bass clarinetist.
Michael Lington , American saxophonist.
22 – Régis Huby , French violinist, composer, and arranger.
July
4 – Carolyn Breuer , German saxophonist.
7 – Svein Olav Herstad , Norwegian pianist.
27 – Edward Simon , Venezuelan pianist and composer.
August
4 – Dylan Howe , English drummer, bandleader, session musician, and composer, The Blockheads .
16 – Kate Higgins , American voice actress, singer, and pianist.
25
Olga Konkova , Russian-Norwegian pianist and composer.
Øyvind Brække (August 25), Norwegian trombonist.
28 – Na Yoon-sun , South Korean singer.
September
14 – Denys Baptiste , British tenor and soprano saxophonist.
16
Ayako Shirasaki , Japanese pianist and composer.
Roy Paci , Italian trumpeter, singer, composer, and arranger.
19
Cuong Vu , Vietnam-born avant-garde fusion trumpeter.
Candy Dulfer , Dutch alto saxophonist and singer.
26 – Peter Asplund , Swedish trumpeter, singer, and composer.
October
1 – Ori Kaplan , Israeli avant-garde saxophonist.
4 – Mat Maneri , American composer, improviser, and jazz violin and viola player
7
Francesco Buzzurro , Italian guitarist and composer.
Per Mathisen , Norwegian bassist and composer.
8 – Gulleiv Wee , Norwegian bassist, The September When .
16 – Roy Hargrove , American trumpeter (died 2018 ).
27
31 – Catherine Delaunay , French clarinetist and composer.
November
25 – Kim Ofstad , Norwegian drummer, D'Sound .
29 – Fredrik Ljungkvist , Swedish saxophonist and clarinetist, Atomic .
December
6 – Daniel Tinte , Argentinian pianist and composer.
19 – Aziza Mustafa Zadeh , Azerbaijani scat singer, pianist and composer.
31 – Joyce Cooling , American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter.
Unknown date
Adrian Fry , British trombonist.
Alon Yavnai , Israel-born pianist and composer.
Guillermo Klein , Argentine pianist and composer.
Lelo Nika , Serbian-born Romanian-Romani accordionist.
Lucian Ban , Romanian jazz pianist.
, Swedish saxophonist, flautist, and clarinettist.
, Swedish saxophonist and clarinettist.
, Venezuelan bass guitarist.
Thomas Fryland , Danish trumpeter.
See also [ ]
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