2007 in jazz

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2007 in jazz
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Jan Garbarek live in Athens, 2007.
Decade2000s in jazz
Music2007 in music
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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 2007.

Charlie Haden and Quartet West 2007.

Events[]

Sidsel Endresen
at Moers Festival 2007.
Anthony Braxton
at Moers Festival 2007.
Hiromi
at Moers Festival 2007.
David Fiuczynski
at Moers Festival 2007.

January[]

February[]

  • 1 – The 10th Polarjazz Festival 2007 started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (February 1–4).[2]

March[]

  • 2 – The 3rd Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia (January 2 – 4).[3]
  • 30
  • 31 – Berit Opheim performs the commissioned work Ein engel går stilt for Vossajazz 2007.[6]

April[]

May[]

  • 23 – The 35th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 23 – June 2).[7]
  • 25 – The 36th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 25 – 28).[8]

June[]

  • 28 – The 27th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (June 28 - July 8).[9]
  • 25 – The 19th Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria (June 25 – July 12).[10]

July[]

August[]

  • 8 – The 21st Sildajazz started in Haugesund, Norway (August 8 – 12).[21]
  • 9 – The 23rd Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 9 – 12).[22]
  • 10 – The 53rd Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (August 10 – 12).[23]
  • 13 – The 22nd Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway (August 13 – 19).[24]
  • 29 – The 3rd Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand, Norway (August 29 – September 1).[25]

September[]

  • 21 – The 50th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 21 – 23).[26]

October[]

November[]

December[]

Album released[]

January[]

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
29 Norwegian Song Dag Arnesen Trio Resonant Music [28]

February[]

March[]

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
20 Metheny/Mehldau Quartet Pat Metheny and Brad Mehldau Nonesuch Records [29]

April[]

May[]

June[]

July[]

August[]

September[]

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
10 This Meets That John Scofield Universal Records [30]

October[]

November[]

December[]

Unknown date[]

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A

  • Sonic Codex by Eivind Aarset (Jazzland Recordings).[31]

Deaths[]

January
  • 4 — Dick Wetmore, American violinist and multi-instrumentalist (born 1927).
  • 12
    • Alice Coltrane, American pianist, organist, harpist, singer, and composer (born 1937).[32]
    • Jimmy Cheatham, American trombonist (born 1924).
  • 13 – Michael Brecker, American saxophonist (leukemia), Brecker Brothers (born 1949).[33]
  • 17 – Virtue Hampton Whitted, singer and bassist (born 1922).
February
  • 1 — Whitney Balliett, American journalist and jazz critic (born 1926).[34]
  • 12 – Eldee Young, American upright bassist (born 1936).
  • 24 – Leroy Jenkins, American violinist, violist, and composer (born 1932).
  • 25 – Al Viola, American guitarist (born 1919).[35]
  • 27 – Bobby Rosengarden, American drummer (born 1924).
March
  • 27 – Hitoshi Ueki, Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and guitarist (born 1926).
  • 28 – Tony Scott, American clarinetist and arranger (born 1921).
April
  • 1 — Danny Barcelona, American drummer (born 1929).
  • 10 – Dakota Staton, American vocalist (born 1930).[36]
  • 14 – Herman Riley, American saxophonist (born 1933).
  • 20 – Andrew Hill, American pianist (born 1931).[37]
  • 28 – Tommy Newsom, American saxophonist (born 1929).
May
  • 6
    • Alvin Batiste, American clarinetist (born 1932).
    • Nükhet Ruacan, Turkish singer and educator in musicology ( (born 1951).
  • 9 – Carla White, American vocalist (born 1951).
  • 15 – , American organist (born 1938).
  • 24 – Buddy Childers, American trumpeter, composer, and ensemble leader (born 1926).
June
  • 8 — Nellie Lutcher, American singer and pianist (born 1912).[38]
  • 18 – Bill Barder, American tubist (born 1920).
July
  • 4 — Johnny Frigo, American jazz violinist and bassist (born 1916).
  • 5 — George Melly, British vocalist (born 1926).[39]
  • 6 — Don Mumford, American drummer (born 1954).
  • 23 – Jon Marks, American pianist (born 1947).
  • 28 – Sal Mosca, American pianist (born 1927).
  • 29 – Art Davis, American upright bassist (born 1934).[40]
August
  • 1 — Ronaldo Folegatti, Brazilian composer, guitarist, and record producer (born 1958).
  • 5 — Paul Rutherford, English free improvising trombonist (born 1940).
  • 10 – Mario Rivera, Dominican Republic saxophonist (born 1939).
  • 11 – Herb Pomeroy, American trumpeter (born 1930).
  • 16 – Max Roach, American drummer (born 1924).[41]
  • 18 – Jon Lucien, Virgin Islands singer and musician (born 1942).
  • 27 – Doug Riley, Canadian pianist and keyboardist (born 1945).
September
  • 1 — Juma Santos, percussionist and drummer (born 1948).
  • 11 – Joe Zawinul, Austrian keyboardist and composer (skin cancer), Weather Report (born 1932).[42]
  • 15
    • Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan pianist, composer, arranger, and orchestral conductor (born 1928).
    • Gordon "Specs" Powell, American drummer and percussionist (born 1922).[43]
  • 19 – Mike Osborne, English alto saxophonist, pianist, and clarinetist (born 1941).
October
  • 3 — Lloyd Trotman, American upright bassist (born 1923).
  • 5 — Jack Wilson, American pianist and composer (born 1936).
  • 15 – Emil Mijares, Filipino vibist and pianist (born 1935).
  • 17 – Teresa Brewer, American singer (born 1931).
  • 21 – Donald Ayler, American trumpeter (born 1942).
November
  • 16 – Grethe Kausland, Norwegian actress and singer (lung cancer) (born 1947).[44]
  • 20 – Ernest "Doc" Paulin, American musician (born 1907).[45]
  • 22 – Cecil Payne, American jazz baritone saxophonist (born 1927).
December
  • 4 — Carlos Valdes, Cuban-American conga player (born 1926).
  • 14 – Frank Morgan, American saxophonist (born 1933).
  • 23 – Oscar Peterson, Canadian pianist (born 1925).[46]

See also[]

References[]

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