1999 in jazz

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Luigi Waites plays vibraphone.jpg
Luigi Waites plays the vibraphone during a tribute to Duke Ellington, July 29, 1999
Decade1990s in jazz
Music1999 in music
StandardsList of post-1950 jazz standards
See also1998 in jazz – 2000 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 1999.

Events[]

January[]

March[]

  • 26 – The 26th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 26 – 28).[1]

May[]

  • 13 – The 27th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 13 – 29).[2]
  • 21 – The 28th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 21 – 24).[3]

June[]

July[]

  • 1 – The 20th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (July 1 – 11).[5]
  • 2 – The 9th Jazz Fest Wien started in Wien, Austria (July 2 – 10).[6]
  • 3 – The 33rd Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 3 – 18).[7]
  • 10
  • 11 – The 52nd Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France (July 11 – 18).[10]
  • 12 – The 39th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway (July 12 – 17).[11]
  • 21 – The 34th San Sebastian Jazz Festival started in San Sebastian, Spain (July 22 – 27).[12]

August[]

  • 9 – The 14th Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway (August 9 – 15).[4]
  • 11 – The 13th Sildajazz started in Haugesund, Norway (August 11 – 15).[4]
  • 13 – The 16th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 13 – 15).[13]

September[]

  • 17 – The 42nd Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 17 – 19).[14]

Unknown date[]

  • "Don't Know Why" by Jesse Harris appears on his 1999 album, Jesse Harris & the Ferdinandos.
  • The Magic City Jazz Orchestra (MCJO) American jazz ensemble is founded.
  • The Pulitzer Prize Board bestows a special posthumous honor on Duke Ellington.
  • WEAA is named 1999 Jazz Station of the Year by Gavin magazine.
  • Atomic, Norwegian / Swedish jazz band formed.
  • Radioactive Sago Project, a Filipino jazz rock band formed in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
  • III Records, a record label based in Japan is founded.
  • Zoe Rahman, British jazz composer and pianist, won the "Perrier Young Jazz Musician of the Year" Award.

Album releases[]

July[]

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
27 The Art of the Song Charlie Haden Polygram Records Produced by Charlie Haden, Ruth Cameron [15]

With Wikipedia articles[]

  • 1999 Remixes, the third compilation album released by British acid jazz band Jamiroquai
  • April Kisses, by Bucky Pizzarelli
  • Contemporary Jazz, by the Branford Marsalis Quartet
  • Continuance, by jazz fusion band Greetings From Mercury, recorded live at Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium
  • Live at the Floating Jazz Festival, from the 1997 jazz festival of the same name by violinist Johnny Frigo and his quartet.
  • Peculiar Situation, a smooth jazz studio album by Earl Klugh
  • Synergy, studio album by jazz-fusion group Dave Weckl Band
  • Time's Mirror, big band album by jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger, Tom Harrell
  • Without Kuryokhin, American jazz multi-instrumentalist Kenny Millions and Japanese experimental musician Otomo Yoshihide.
  • Barefoot on the Beach, by American smooth jazz vocalist Michael Franks.

Other[]

  • Jane Ira Bloom: The Red Quartets
  • Steve Coleman: The Sonic Language of Myth – Believing Learning Knowing
  • Marty Ehrlich: Malinke's Dance
  • Bill Dixon: Papyrus I
  • Guillermo Gregorio: Red Cubed
  • Paul Dunmall: Bebop Starburst
  • Matthew Shipp: Expansion Power Release
  • Misha Mengelberg: Solo
  • Marilyn Crispell: Red
  • Marilyn Crispell: Blue
  • Evan Parker: After Appleby
  • Joshua Redman: Beyond
  • Maybe Monday: Saturn's Finger
  • Richard Lee Johnson: Fingertip Ship (Metro Blue)

Deaths[]

Art Farmer
Jazz singer Joe Williams
Wyatt Ruther
January
  • 6 – Michel Petrucciani, French pianist and composer (born 1962).
  • 7 – Fred Hopkins, American upright bassist (born 1947).
February
  • 1 – Julius Wechter, American vibraphonist and composer (born 1935).
  • 5 – Colin Purbrook, English pianist, upright bassist, and trumpeter (born 1936).
  • 6 – Jimmy Roberts, American singer (born 1923).
  • 8 – Richard B. Boone, American jazz musician, trombonist, and vocalist (born 1930).
  • 7 – Bobby Troup, American pianist and songwriter (born 1918).
  • 11 – Jaki Byard, American jazz pianist and composer who also played trumpet and saxophone (born 1922).
  • 16 – Betty Roché, American singer (born 1918).[16]
  • 19
    • Lauderic Caton, Trinidadian guitarist (born 1910).
    • Trudy Desmond, Canadian singer (born 1945).
  • 27 – Horace Tapscott, American pianist and composer (born 1934).
March
  • 3 – John Roache, American pianist and composer of Ragtime (born 1940).
  • 4 – Teddy McRae, American tenor saxophonist and arranger (born 1908).
  • 12 – Yehudi Menuhin, Russian Jewish American violinist and conductor (born 1916).
  • 22 – Rick Fay, American clarinetist and saxophonist (born 1926).
  • 29 – Joe Williams, American vocalist (born 1918).
April
  • 1 – Jesse Stone, American pianist and songwriter (born 1901).
  • 3 – Herman Foster, American pianist (born 1928).
  • 6 – Red Norvo, American vibraphonist (born 1908).
  • 21 – Charles Rogers, American film actor and musician (born 1904).
  • 23 – Melba Liston, American trombonist, composer, and musical arranger (born 1926).
  • 27 – Al Hirt, American trumpeter and bandleader (born 1922).
May
  • 8 – Leon Thomas, American avant-garde jazz singer (born 1937).
  • 18 – Freddy Randall, English jazz trumpeter and bandleader (born 1921).
  • 19 – Candy Candido, American bassist and vocalist (born 1913).
June
  • 2 – Andy Simpkins, American bassist (born 1932).
  • 5
    • Ernie Wilkins, American tenor saxophonist (born 1922).
    • Mel Tormé, American singer (born 1925).
  • 8 – Rosy McHargue, American clarinetist (born 1902).
  • 15 – Fausto Papetti, Italian alto saxophonist (born 1923).
July
  • 9 – Talib Dawud, American trumpeter (born 1923).
  • 11 – Helen Forrest, American singer (born 1917).
  • 22 – Gar Samuelson, American drummer (born 1958).
  • 27 – Sweets Edison, American trumpeter (born 1915).
August
  • 3 – Leroy Vinnegar, American bassist (born 1928).
  • 24 – Warren Covington, American trombonist (born 1921).
  • 25 – Spiegle Willcox, American trombonist (born 1903).
September
  • 6 – Arnold Fishkind, American bassist (born 1919).
  • 8 – Moondog, American musician, composer, theoretician, poet and inventor (born 1916).
  • 30 – Anna Mae Winburn, African-American vocalist and bandleader (born 1913).
October
  • 2 – Sal Salvador, American bebop jazz guitarist and a prominent music educator (born 1925).
  • 4 – Art Farmer, American trumpeter and flugelhorn player (born 1928).
  • 8 – Manfredo Fest, Brazilian pianist and keyboardist (born 1936).
  • 9 – Milt Jackson, American vibraphonist (born 1923).
  • 18 – Tony Crombie, English jazz drummer, pianist, bandleader, and composer (born 1925).
  • 21 – LaMont Johnson, American pianist who played in the hard bop and post-bop genres (born 1941).
  • 31 – Wyatt Ruther, American upright bassist (born 1923).
November
  • 8 – Lester Bowie, American trumpet player and composer (born 1941).
  • 13
    • John Benson Brooks, American jazz pianist, songwriter, arranger, and composer (born 1917).
    • Donald Mills, American singer, The Mills Brothers (born 1915).
  • 26
    • Clifford Jarvis, American hard bop and free jazz drummer (born 1941).
    • Henry Nemo, American musician, songwriter, and actor (born 1909).
  • 30 – Don "Sugarcane" Harris, American violinist (born 1938).
December
  • 2 – Charlie Byrd, American guitarist (born 1925).
  • 4 – Edward Vesala, Finnish avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader and drummer (born 1945).
  • 7 – Kenny Baker, English trumpeter, cornetist, flugelhornist, and composer (born 1921).
  • 11 – Charles Earland, American jazz composer, organist and saxophonist in the soul jazz idiom (born 1941).
  • 14 – Walt Levinsky, American big band and orchestral player, composer, arranger, and band leader (born 1929).
  • 17 – Grover Washington Jr., American saxophonist (born 1943).
  • 26 – Curtis Mayfield, American singer and songwriter (born 1942).
  • 28 – Terry Rosen, American guitarist, concert promoter and radio DJ (born 1939).
  • 30 – Sam Ranelli, American drummer (born 1920).

Births[]

October
  • 3 – Tom Ibarra, French guitarist and composer.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Vossajazz – Historie" (in Norwegian). Vossajazz. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
  2. ^ "Nattjazz" (in Norwegian). Nattjazz. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
  3. ^ "Moers Festival 1999". Moers Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
  4. ^ a b c "Her er festivalene" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  5. ^ "Festival International de Jazz de Montréal". Montreal International Jazz Festival. Archived from the original on 2012-08-11. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
  6. ^ "Jazz Fest Wien Festival History". Jazz Fest Wien. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  7. ^ "Montreux Jazz Festival 1999 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  8. ^ "North Sea Jazz Festival 1993". North Sea Jazz Festival. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  9. ^ "History of Pori Jazz". Pori Jazz. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  10. ^ "Nice Jazz Festival 2000 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  11. ^ "Molde International Jazz Festival". Europeana.eu. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  12. ^ "San Sebastian's Jazz Festival poster 1999". Pinterest.com. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  13. ^ "Brecon Jazz Programme 1999". FriendsOfBreconJazz.com. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
  14. ^ "Monterey Jazz Festival 1999 Poster". Kerouac.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  15. ^ Sharpe, John (1999-12-01). "Charlie Haden: The Art Of The Song". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  16. ^ Ratliff, Ben (1999-03-01). "Betty Roche, Singer of Blues And Be-Bop, 81". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-01-27.



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