1988 in jazz

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1988 in jazz
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Don Pullen, Half Moon Bay CA June 13, 1988
Decade1980s in jazz
Music1988 in music
StandardsList of post-1950 jazz standards
See also1987 in jazz – 1989 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 1988.

Events[]

March[]

  • 25 – The 15th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 25 – 27).[1]

April[]

  • 6 – Jazz guitarist Larry Carlton is shot in a random gun shooting outside his Los Angeles studios.[2]

May[]

  • 20 – The 17th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 20 – 23).[3]
  • 25 – The 16th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 25 – June 8).[4]

June[]

  • 30 – The 22nd Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 30 – July 16).[5]

July[]

  • 1 – The 9th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (July 1 – 10).[6]
  • 8 – The 13th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 8 – 10).[7]

August[]

  • 19 – The 5th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (April 19 – 21).[8]

September[]

  • 16 – The 31st Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 16 – 18).[9]

Album releases[]

  • Bill Frisell: Before We Were Born
  • Henry Threadgill: Rag, Bush and All
  • Turtle Island String Quartet: Turtle Island String Quartet
  • Lyle Mays: Street Dreams
  • Dave Holland: Triplicate
  • Jackie McLean: Dynasty
  • John Carter: Fields
  • Leni Stern: Secrets
  • Microscopic Septet: Beauty Based on Science
  • Music Revelation Ensemble: Music Revelation Ensemble
  • Willem Breuker: Psalm 122
  • Steve Turre: Fire and Ice
  • Trilok Gurtu: Usfret
  • Bobby Previte: Claude's Late Morning
  • Bill Frisell: Lookout for Hope
  • Misha Mengelberg: Impromptus
  • Marcus Roberts: Truth is Spoken Here
  • David Ware: Passage to Music
  • David Liebman: Trio + One
  • Freddie Hubbard: Stardust
  • Gary Thomas: Code Violations
  • Hilton Ruiz: El Camino
  • Phil Woods: Evolution
  • Ralph Moore: Rejuvenate
  • Matthew Shipp & Rob Brown: Sonic Explorations

Deaths[]

January
  • 8 – Ray Bauduc, American drummer (born 1906).
February
  • 24 – Miff Görling, Swedish bandleader, trombonist, arranger, and composer (born 1909).
March
  • 1 – Tommy Potter, American upright-bassist (born 1918).[10]
  • 8 – Ken Colyer, English trumpeter and cornetist (born 1928).
  • 20 – Gil Evans, Canadian pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader (born 1912).[11]
April
  • 3 – Kai Ewans, Danish reedist (born 1906).
  • 15 – Eliza Doolittle, British singer-songwriter.
  • 19 – Ed Burke, American violinist and trombonist (born 1909).
May
  • 13 – Chet Baker, American trumpeter and singer (born 1929).[12]
  • 28 – Sy Oliver, American trumpeter, singer, composer, arranger and bandleader (born 1910).[13]
July
  • 2 – Eddie Vinson, American alto saxophonist and blues shouter (born 1917).[14]
August
  • 15 – Bill Beason, American drummer (born 1908).
  • 27 – Irene Higginbotham, African American songwriter and concert pianist (born 1918).[15]
September
  • 5 – Lawrence Brown, American trombonist (born 1907).
  • 27 – J. C. Heard, American drummer (born 1917).[16]
October
  • 8 – Edward Inge, American arranger and reedist (born 1906).
November
  • 30
    • Charlie Rouse, American hard bop tenor saxophonist and flautist (born 1924).
    • Pannonica de Koenigswarter, British-born jazz patron and writer (born 1913).
December
  • 8
    • Gene Quill, American alto saxophonist (born 1927).
    • Thore Swanerud, Swedish pianist, vibraphonist, arranger, conductor, and composer (born 1919).
Unknown date
  • Barney Josephson, founder of Café Society in Greenwich Village (born 1902).

Births[]

January
  • 28 – Casimir Liberski, Belgian pianist and keyboarder.
February
  • 5 – Fredrik Luhr Dietrichson, Norwegian upright bassist.
  • 26 – Christian Meaas Svendsen, Norwegian upright bassist.
April
  • 1 – Sam Mtukudzi, Zimbabwean saxophonist and guitarist (died 2010).
  • 22 – Nitcho Reinhardt, French guitarist.
May
  • 29 – Kelly Sweet, American singer and songwriter.
May
  • 2 – , Portuguese composer, improviser, and sound artist.
  • 7 – David Aleksander Sjølie, Norwegian guitarist.
  • 17 – Brittany Anjou, American pianist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer.
July
  • 31 – Andreas Wildhagen, Norwegian drummer.
August
  • 17 – Natalie Sandtorv, Norwegian singer, percussionist, and electronica artist.
  • 28 – Kjetil Jerve, Norwegian pianist and composer.
September
November
  • 25 – Victoria Hart, California-born English singer.
  • 27 – Sandra Nankoma, Ugandan singer, songwriter and actress.
December
  • 3 – Melissa Aldana, Chilean tenor saxophonist.
  • 23 – Thomai Apergi, Greek singer and guitarist.
Unknown date
  • Jan Martin Gismervik, Norwegian drummer, Monkey Plot.
  • Milo Lombardi, Italian saxophonist and composer.
  • Simon Gore, Welch guitarist, keyboarder, composer, and audio/visual artist.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Vossajazz". Vossajazz. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  2. ^ Heim, Chris (1989-06-30). "Guitarist Larry Carlton Puts Tragic Shooting Behind Him". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  3. ^ "Moers Festival 1988". Moers Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  4. ^ "Nattjazz" (in Norwegian). Nattjazz. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  5. ^ "Montreux Jazz Festival 1988 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  6. ^ "Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Timeline". Montreal International Jazz Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-06-10. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  7. ^ "North Sea Jazz Festival 1988". North Sea Jazz Festival. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  8. ^ "Brecon Jazz Festival 1988". FriendsOfBreconJazz.com. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  9. ^ "The Monterey Jazz Festival Poster". Etsy.com. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  10. ^ "Tommy Potter". BBC. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  11. ^ Watrous, Peter (1988-03-22). "Gil Evans, a Key Jazz Composer And Orchestrator, Is Dead at 75". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  12. ^ Pareles, Jon (1988-05-14). "Chet Baker, Jazz Trumpeter, Dies at 59 in a Fall". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  13. ^ "Eddie (Cleanhead) Vinson, 70, Alto Saxophonist and Blues Singer". The New York Times. 1988-07-04. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  14. ^ "Eddie (Cleanhead) Vinson, 70, Alto Saxophonist and Blues Singer". The New York Times. 1988-05-28. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  15. ^ "Irene Higginbotham". RadioSwissJazz.ch. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  16. ^ "J.C. Heard Dies at 71; Long a Jazz Drummer". The New York Times. 1988-09-30. Retrieved 2016-04-30.

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