1976 in jazz

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1976 in jazz
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Wallace Davenport at the 1976 North Sea Jazz Festival
Decade1970s in jazz
Music1976 in music
StandardsList of post-1950 jazz standards
See also1975 in jazz – 1977 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 1976.

Events[]

April[]

  • 9 – The 3rd Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 9 – 11).[1]

May[]

  • 19 – The 4th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 19 – June 2).[2]

June[]

  • 4 – The 5th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 4 – 7).[3]
  • 25
    • The 23rd Newport Jazz Festival started in New York, New York (June 25 – July 5).[4]
    • The 10th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 25 – July 11).[5]

July[]

September[]

  • 17 – The 19th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 17 – 19).[7]

Album releases[]

  • Keith Jarrett: Survivors Suite
  • George Lewis: Solo Trombone Record
  • Air: Air Raid
  • David Murray: Flowers for Albert
  • Derek Bailey: Company 1
  • Jan Garbarek: Dis
  • Irene Schweizer: Wilde Senoritas
  • Toshiko Akiyoshi: Road Time
  • Albert Mangelsdorff: Tromboneliness
  • Leo Smith: Song of Humanity
  • Tony Coe: Zeitgeist
  • Ornette Coleman: Dancing in Your Head
  • Jaco Pastorius: Jaco Pastorius
  • Martial Solal: Movability
  • George Finola: New Orleans After Hours
  • Hamiet Bluiett: Endangered Species
  • Art Lande: Rubisa Patrol
  • Chick Corea: Romantic Warrior
  • George Adams: Suite For Swingers
  • Jean-Luc Ponty: Imaginary Voyage
  • David Friesen: Star Dance
  • Dexter Gordon: Biting the Apple
  • Joachim Kuhn: Springfever
  • Eberhard Weber: The Following Morning
  • Lew Tabackin: Dual Nature
  • Chico Freeman: Morning Prayer
  • Weather Report: Black Market
  • Charles Tyler: Saga Out of the Outlaws
  • Al Di Meola: Land of The Midnight Sun
  • Woody Shaw: Little Red's Fantasy
  • Stanley Clarke: School Days
  • Yosuke Yamashita: Banslikana
  • Ran Blake: Wende
  • Guenter Christmann: Solomusiken Fuer Posaune und Kontrabasse
  • Egberto Gismondi: Dança Das Cabeças
  • Michael Franks: The Art of Tea
  • Hugh Masekela: Colonial Man
  • Hugh Masekela: Melody Maker
  • Ryo Fukui: Scenery

Deaths[]

January
  • 14 – Juan d'Arienzo, Argentine tango violinist, band leader, and composer (born 1900).
  • 24 – Gösta Theselius, Swedish arranger, composer, film scorer, pianist, and saxophonist (born 1922).
  • 28 – Ray Nance, American trumpeter, violinist and singer (born 1913).
February
  • 5 – Rudy Pompilli, American tenor saxophonist, Bill Haley and His Comets (born 1924).
  • 6 – Vince Guaraldi, American pianist (born 1928).
  • 12 – Skip Martin, American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and music arranger (born 1916).
March
  • 14 – Junior Collins, American French horn player (born 1927).
  • 18 – Jim McCartney, English trumpeter and pianist (born 1902).
  • 19 – Paul Kossoff, English guitarist (cerebral and pulmonary oedema), Free (born 1950).
  • 26 – Duster Bennett, British singer and guitarist (car accident), Fleetwood Mac (born 1946).
May
  • 14 – Keith Relf, English singer (cardiac arrest due to electrocution), The Yardbirds (born 1940).
  • 17 – Lars Gullin, Swedish saxophonist (born 1928).
  • 29 – Willie Maiden, American saxophonist and arranger (born 1928).
  • 30 – Rube Bloom, Jewish-American songwriter, pianist, arranger, band leader, singer, and author (born 1902).
April
  • 7 – Jimmy Garrison, American upright bassist (born 1934).
  • 12 – Ted Buckner, American saxophonist (born 1913).
June
  • 7 – Bobby Hackett, American trumpeter, cornetist, and guitarist (born 1915).
July
  • 10 – Mike Pratt, English actor, musician, songwriter, and screenwriter (born 1931).
  • 12 – Buddy Featherstonhaugh, English saxophonist (born 1909).
September
October
  • 3
    • Victoria Spivey, American singer and songwriter (born 1906).
    • Herb Flemming, American trombonist and vocalist (born 1898).
  • 11 – Connee Boswell, American singer (born 1907).
December
  • 4 – Tommy Bolin, American guitarist (drug-induced suffocation), Deep Purple (born 1951).
  • 28 – Freddie King, American guitarist and singer (born 1934).

Births[]

Tia Fuller 2011.
January
  • 10 – Freddy Wike, Norwegian drummer.
  • 23 – Harmen Fraanje, Dutch pianist and composer.
February
  • 11 – Gretchen Parlato, American singer.
  • 20 – Ben Wendel, Canadian-American saxophonist, composer, bassoonist, and pianist, Kneebody.
  • 22 – Julia Biel, British singer, songwriter, pianist, and multi-instrumentalist.[8]
  • 26 – Karl Strømme, Norwegian trumpeter.
March
  • 1 – Andreas Mjøs, Norwegian vibraphonist, percussionist, guitarist, record producer, and composer, Jaga Jazzist.
  • 10 – Ane Brun, singer and songwriter.
  • 16 – Erlend Jentoft, Norwegian saxophonist and composer.
  • 27 – Tia Fuller, American saxophonist, composer, and educator.
April
  • 10 – Jan Werner Danielsen, Norwegian singer (died 2006).
  • 17 – Kjetil Steensnæs, Norwegian guitarist.
  • 30 – , Polish saxophonist.
May
  • 10 – Torbjörn Zetterberg, Swedish upright bassist and composer.
  • 20 – Ferenc Nemeth, Hungarian drummer and composer.
June
  • 3
    • Hilde Louise Asbjørnsen, Norwegian singer, songwriter, cabaret artist.
    • Roger Arntzen, Norwegian upright bassist, In The Country.
  • 6 – Emilie-Claire Barlow, Canadian singer and voice actress.
  • 10 – Kinan Azmeh, Syrian clarinetist.
  • 17 – Kjetil Møster, Norwegian reedist and composer, The Core and Ultralyd.
  • 21 – Jarle Bernhoft, Norwegian singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and lyricist.
July
  • 7
    • Erja Lyytinen, Finnish guitarist and singer-songwriter.
    • Orlando le Fleming, English upright bassist, composer and former cricketer, .
August
  • 6 – , Danish upright bassist.
September
  • 4 – Alex Pangman, Canadian singer.
  • 15 – Femi Temowo, Nigerian-born British jazz guitarist, musical director, producer and broadcaster.
October
  • 1 – Ivar Grydeland, Norwegian guitarist and composer.
  • 7 – Pekka Kuusisto, Finnish violinist.
  • 19 – Jostein Gulbrandsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer.
  • 28 – , Finnish singer, composer, and writer.
November
  • 8 – Eric Harland, American drummer.
December
  • 6 – Ole Børud, Norwegian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
  • 7 – , Danish drummer.
  • 17 – Andreas Schaerer, Swiss vocalist and composer.
  • 30 – Miguel Zenón, Puerto Rican alto saxophonist, composer, band leader, music producer, and educator.
Unknown date
  • , Swedish drummer.
  • , Danish drummer.
  • Tamar Halperin, Israeli harpsichordist, pianist, and musicologist.
  • Yasuyuki "Yaz" Takagi, Japanese saxophonist.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Vossajazz". Vossajazz. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  2. ^ "Nattjazz" (in Norwegian). Nattjazz. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  3. ^ "Moers International New Jazz Festival 1976". Moers Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  4. ^ "Newport Jazz Festival 1976 Poster". WolfgangsVault.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  5. ^ "Montreux Jazz Festival 1976 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  6. ^ "North Sea Jazz Festival 1976". North Sea Jazz Festival. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  7. ^ "The Monterey Jazz Festival Collection". Collections.Stanford.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-30.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ Kellman, Andy. "Julia Biel". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2018-04-13.

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