1997 in jazz

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1997 in jazz
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Fats Domino at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Decade1990s in jazz
Music1997 in music
StandardsList of post-1950 jazz standards
See also1996 in jazz – 1998 in jazz
List of years in jazz
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1997.

Events[]

March[]

  • 21 – The 24th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 21 – 23).[1]

May[]

  • 16 – The 26th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 16 – 19).[2]
  • 21 – The 25th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 21 – 31).[3]

June[]

  • 26 – The 18th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (June 26 – July 6).[4]

July[]

  • 2 – The 7th Jazz Fest Wien started in Wien, Austria (July 2 – 13).[5]
  • 4 – The 31st Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 4 – 19).[6]
  • 11
  • 12 – The 32nd Pori Jazz Festival started in Finland (July 12 – 20).[9]
  • 15 – The 38th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway (July 15 – 20).[10]

August[]

  • 8 – The 14th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 8 – 10).[11]

September[]

  • 19 – The 40th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 19 – 21).[12]

October[]

  • 7 – Blue Note – A Story of Modern Jazz, by jazz documentarist and filmmaker Julian Benedikt, an award-winning documentary film.[13]

Album releases[]

October[]

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
7 Imaginary Day Pat Metheny Group Warner Bros. Produced by Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays [14]

Unknown date[]

  • Guillermo Gregorio:
  • Matthew Shipp: Strata
  • Steve Coleman:
  • Marcus Roberts:
  • ICP Orchestra:
  • Vandermark 5: Single Piece Flow
  • David Liebman:
  • Wynton Marsalis: Blood on the Fields
  • Franz Koglmann:
  • Courtney Pine: Underground
  • Leo Smith: Golden Hearts Remembrance
  • Keith Tippett:
  • Joe Lovano: Trio Fascination
  • David Liebman:
  • Fred Anderson: Fred Anderson / DKV Trio

Deaths[]

January
  • 8 – George Handy, American arranger, composer, and pianist (born 1920).
  • 12 – Wally Rose, American pianist (born 1913).
  • 16 – Beverly Peer, American upright bassist (born 1912).
  • 25 – Seldon Powell, American tenor saxophonist and flautist (born 1928).
February
  • 10 – Lou Bennett, American organist (born 1926).
  • 14 – Charles Moffett, American drummer (born 1929).
  • 20 – Zachary Breaux, American guitarist (born 1960).
  • 23 – Tony Williams, American drummer (born 1945).
March
  • 11 – Hugh Lawson, American pianist (born 1935).
May
  • 10 – Bernard Anderson, American trumpeter (born 1919).
  • 12 – Louis Barbarin, American drummer (born 1902).
  • 14 – Thelma Carpenter, American singer and actress (born 1922).
  • 15 – Tommy Turrentine, American trumpeter (born 1928).
  • 18 – Horst Lippmann, German drummer, concert promoter, writer, and television director (born 1927).
  • 31 – Eddie Jones, American upright bassist (born 1929).
June
  • 2 – Doc Cheatham, American trumpeter, singer and bandleader (born 1905).
  • 4
  • 12 – Chuck Andrus, American upright bassist (born 1928).
  • 14 – Arthur Prysock, American singer (born 1924).
  • 16 – Rolf Ericson, Swedish trumpeter and flugelhornist (born 1922).
  • 19 – Thurman Green, American trombonist (born 1940).
July
  • 2 – Stan Barker, American pianist (born 1926).
  • 29 – Chuck Wayne, American guitarist (born 1923).
August
  • 2 – Fela Kuti, Nigerian saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist (born 1938).
  • 8
    • Dardanelle Hadley, American singer, vibraphonist, pianist, composer, and arranger (born 1917).
    • Duncan Swift, British pianist (born 1943).
  • 12 – Dick Marx, American pianist and arranger (born 1924).
  • 14 – Eric Von Essen, American bassist, pianist, and composer (born 1954).
  • 24 – Tete Montoliu, American pianist (born 1933).
September
  • 18 – Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer (born 1920).
  • 20 – Dick Shearer, American trombonist (born 1940).
October
  • 29 – Big Nick Nicholas, American saxophonist and vocalist (born 1922).
November
  • 2 – Carson Smith, American upright bassist (born 1931).
  • 9 – Joe Roccisano, saxophonist and arranger (born 1939).
  • 10 – Tommy Tedesco, American guitarist (born 1930).
  • 11 – Shake Keane, American trumpeter and poet (born 1927).
  • 12 – Carola Standertskjöld, Finnish singer (born 1941).
December
  • 1 – Stéphane Grappelli, French violinist (born 1908).
  • 6 – George Chisholm, American trombonist (born 1915).
  • 12 – Mouse Randolph, American trumpeter (born 1909).
  • 21 – Johnny Coles, American trumpeter (born 1926).
  • 30 – , American guitarist (born 1924).
Unknown date
  • Johnny Mince, American clarinetist (born 1912).

Births[]

Unknown date
  • Barbra Lica, Canadian jazz singer and songwriter.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Vossajazz – Historie" (in Norwegian). Vossajazz. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  2. ^ "Moers Festival 1997". Moers Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  3. ^ "Nattjazz" (in Norwegian). Nattjazz. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  4. ^ "Festival International de Jazz de Montréal". Montreal International Jazz Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  5. ^ "Jazz Fest Wien 1997: July 2 – 13". Jazz Fest Wien. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  6. ^ Viglione, Joe. "Legends: Live at Montreux 1997". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  7. ^ "North Sea Jazz Festival 1997". North Sea Jazz Festival. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  8. ^ "Nice Jazz Festival 1996 Setlists". Setlists.fm. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  9. ^ "Pori Jazz Festival 1997 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  10. ^ "Moldejazz 1996" (in Norwegian). Dimu.no. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  11. ^ "Brecon Jazz Programme 1997". FriendsOfBreconJazz.com. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  12. ^ "Monterey Jazz Festival 1999 Poster". Kerouac.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  13. ^ "Blue Note – A Story of Modern Jazz (1997)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  14. ^ Gillis, A. G. (1997-11-01). "Pat Metheny Group: Imaginary Day". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2016-02-29.

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