1996 in jazz

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Original Brass Band, New Orleans Jazz Fest, 1996
Decade1990s in jazz
Music1996 in music
StandardsList of post-1950 jazz standards
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1996.

Events[]

Al Jarreau at the 1996 Moldejazz in Norway. (Photo by Stig Ove Voll)

March[]

  • 29 – The 23rd Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 29 – 31).[1]

May[]

  • 22 – The 24th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 22 – June 2).[2]
  • 24 – The 25th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 24 – 27).[3]

June[]

  • 27 – The 17th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Canada (June 27 – July 7).[4]
  • 28 – The 6th Jazz Fest Wien started in Wien, Austria (June 28 – July 13).[5]

July[]

August[]

  • 9 – The 13th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 9 – 11).[12]

September[]

  • 19 – The 39th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 19 – 21).[13]

Album releases[]

  • Hugh Masekela: Notes of Life
  • Medeski Martin & Wood: Shack-man[14][15]
  • Courtney Pine: Modern Day Jazz Stories
  • Joshua Redman: Freedom in the Groove
  • Matthew Shipp: By the Law of Music
  • Guillermo Gregorio: Approximately
  • Ivo Perelman: Seeds, Visions and Counterpoint
  • Michael Formanek: Nature of the Beast
  • David Ware: Wisdom of Uncertainty
  • Maria Schneider: Coming About
  • Zeena Parkins: Mouth=Maul=Betrayer
  • Kenny Wheeler: Siren's Song
  • Gerry Hemingway: Perfect World
  • Ivo Perelman: Sound Hierarchy
  • : Triptycal
  • Branford Marsalis: The Dark Keys
  • Henry Threadgill: Where's Your Cup?
  • Evan Parker: Toward the Margins
  • Pat Metheny Group: Quartet
  • John Scofield: Quiet
  • Fred Anderson: Birdhouse
  • David S. Ware: Oblations and Blessings
  • David S. Ware: DAO
  • David S. Ware: Godspelized
  • William Parker: Compassion Seizes Bed-Stuy
  • Eliane Elias: The Three Americas

Deaths[]

January
  • 2 – Viatcheslav Nazarov, American trombonist, pianist and vocalist (born 1952).
  • 5 – Gus Bivona, American reedist (born 1915).
  • 11 – Ike Isaacs, Burmese-English guitarist (born 1919).
  • 13 – Morty Corb, American upright bassist (born 1917).
  • 20 – Gerry Mulligan, American saxophonist, and clarinetist (born 1927).
  • 28 – Pauline Braddy, African-American drummer, International Sweethearts of Rhythm (born 1922).
  • 29 – Ray Leatherwood, American upright bassist (born 1914).
February
  • 7 – Tiny Winters, English bassist and vocalist (born 1909).
  • 8 – Mercer Ellington, American trumpeter, composer, and arranger (born 1919).
  • 12 – Alan Dawson, American drummer (born 1929).
March
  • 5 – Herb Hall, American clarinetist and saxophonist (born 1907).
  • 27 – Howard Wyeth, American drummer and pianist
May
  • 1 – Billy Byers, American trombonist and arranger (born 1927).
  • 25 – Barney Wilen, American saxophonist and composer (born 1937).
  • 27 – Pud Brown, American reedist (born 1917).
  • 28 – Jimmy Rowles, American pianist, vocalist, and composer (born 1918).
June
  • 1 – Don Grolnick, American pianist and composer (born 1947).
  • 6 – Norma Teagarden, American pianist (born 1911).
  • 10 – Frankie Sakai, Japanese comedian, actor, and musician (born 1929).
  • 15 – Ella Fitzgerald, American vocalist (born 1917).
  • 16 – Gil Cuppini, Italian drummer and bandleader (born 1924).
July
  • 3 – Pim Jacobs, American trumpeter (born 1934).
  • 17 – Amancio D'Silva, Indian guitarist and composer (born 1936).
August
  • 6 – Bobby Enriquez, Filipino pianist (born 1943).[16]
  • 24 – Carlos Vidal Bolado, American conga drum musician (born 1914).
  • 25 – Fred Adison, French vocalist, drummer, and bandleader (born 1908).
  • 31 – Milt Larkin, American trumpeter and bandleader (born 1910).
September
  • 20 – Paul Weston, American pianist, arranger, composer, and conductor (born 1912).
October
  • 11 – Johnny Costa, American pianist (born 1922).
November
  • 2 – Eva Cassidy, American vocalist and guitarist (born 1963).
  • 4 – Ray Linn, American trumpeter (born 1920).
  • 5 – Eddie Harris, American saxophonist (born 1934).
  • 7
    • Carmell Jones, American trumpet player (born 1936).
    • Kid Sheik, American trumpeter (born 1908).
  • 12 – Alan Littlejohn, American trumpeter, flugelhornist, and bandleader (born 1928).
  • 13 – Bill Doggett, American pianist and organist (born 1916).
  • 23 – Art Porter Jr., American saxophonist (born 1961).
December
  • 19 – Bobby Cole, American singer and pianist (born 1932).
  • 23 – Ronnie Scott, English tenor saxophonist and jazz club owner (born 1927).
  • 26 – Oscar Valdambrini, Italian jazz trumpeter (born 1924).

Births[]

February
  • 2 – Dionne Bromfield, English singer and songwriter.
  • 4 – Connie Han, American pianist and composer.
September
  • 8 – Alexander Bone, English saxophonist, pianist, producer, and composer.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Vossajazz – Historie" (in Norwegian). Vossajazz. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
  2. ^ "Nattjazz" (in Norwegian). Nattjazz. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  3. ^ "Moers Festival 1996". Moers Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  4. ^ "Montreal International Jazz Festival 1996". Montreal International Jazz Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  5. ^ "Jazz Fest Wien 1996: June 28 – July 13". Jazz Fest Wien. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  6. ^ "Montreux Jazz Festival 1996 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  7. ^ "North Sea Jazz Festival 1996". North Sea Jazz Festival. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  8. ^ "Pori Jazz Festival year 1996". Pori Jazz. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  9. ^ "Moldejazz 1996" (in Norwegian). Dimu.no. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  10. ^ "Nice Jazz Festival 1996 Setlists". Setlists.fm. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  11. ^ "San Sebastian's Jazz Festival poster 2000". Pinterest.com. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  12. ^ "Brecon Jazz Programme 1996". FriendsOfBreconJazz.com. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  13. ^ "Monterey Jazz Festival 1996 Poster". Kerouac.com. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  14. ^ "Catching New Grooves After a Great Escape". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  15. ^ Budnick, Dean (November 19, 2003). Jambands: The Complete Guide to the Players, Music, & Scene. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879307455 – via Google Books.
  16. ^ "Bobby Enriquez". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2018-01-23.

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