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Avishai Cohen at Moers Festival 2008.
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This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2008.

Events[]

Barre Phillipsat the 2008 Moers Festival.

January[]

February[]

March[]

  • 7 – The 4th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia (March 7–9).[3]
  • 11 – Jazz musician and broadcaster Humphrey Lyttelton announces his retirement from presenting BBC Radio 2's jazz programme after forty years.[4]
  • 14
  • 19 – Tord Gustavsen performs the commissioned work Restar av lukke – bitar av tru for Vossajazz 2008.[7]
  • 31 – theJazz radio station stops broadcasting.[8]

April[]

  • 18
    • The International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) ceased daily operations and filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the United States Federal Bankruptcy Law, ending 40 years of service.[9]
  • 24 – The 14th started in Inderøy, Norway (April 24–28).[10]

May[]

June[]

  • 26 – The 28th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (June 26 - July 6).[13]
  • 27 – The 20th Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria (June 27 – July 17).[14]
  • 29
    • The first annual International Jazz Awards, a global 2 hour television special celebrating over 100 years of Jazz music, took place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.[15]
Norwegian/Swedish free jazz trio The Thing plays with Ken Vandermark at Kongsberg Jazzfestival, Norway 2008. From the left is Mats Gustafsson (Sweden), Paal Nilssen-Love (Norway), Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (Norway), and Ken Vandermark (Sweden).

July[]

  • 2 – The 44th Kongsberg Jazzfestival started in Kongsberg, Norway (July 2 – 5).[16]
  • 4
    • The 30th Copenhagen Jazz Festival started in Copenhagen, Denmark (July 4 – 13).[17]
    • The 42nd Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 4 – 19).[18]
  • 11 – The 33rd North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 11 – 13).[19]
  • 14
    • The 48th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway (July 14 – 19).[20]
    • The 43rd Pori Jazz Festival started in Pori, Finland (July 14 – 20).[21]
  • 16 – The 25th Stockholm Jazz Festival started in Stockholm, Sweden (July 16 – 19).[22]
  • 19 – The 61st Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France (July 19 – 25).[23]
  • 22 – The 43rd San Sebastian Jazz Festival started in San Sebastian, Spain (July 22 – 27).[24]

August[]

  • 6 – The 22nd Sildajazz started in Haugesund, Norway (August 6 – 10).[25]
  • 8
    • The 52ndd Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (August 8 – 10).[26]
    • The 24th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 8 – 10).[27]
  • 11 – The 23rd Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway (August 11 – 16).[28]

September[]

  • 4 – The 4th Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand, Norway (September 4 – 6).[29]
  • 19 – The 51st Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 19 – 21).[30]

October[]

November[]

December[]

Album released[]

January[]

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
15 Something for You: Eliane Elias Sings & Plays Bill Evans Eliane Elias Blue Note Produced byEliane Elias, Marc Johnson, Steve Rodby [32]

February[]

March[]

April[]

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
15 Life in Leipzig Ketil Bjørnstad ECM Records Produced by Manfred Eicher [33]

May[]

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
13 Tokyo Day Trip Pat Metheny with Christian McBride and Antonio Sanchez Nonesuch Records Live EP produced by Pat Metheny and Steve Rodby [34]
20 Floating Point John McLaughlin Abstract Logix [35]

June[]

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
24 Bossa Nova Stories Eliane Elias Blue Note Produced by Eliane Elias, Steve Rodby [36]

July[]

August[]

September[]

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
2 A Kiss to Build a Dream On Jessica Molaskey Arbors [37]
8 Suite for the Seven Mountains Marius Neset's People Are Machines Edition Records Produced by Marius Neset & Anton Eger [38]

October[]

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
13 Norwegian Song 2 Dag Arnesen Trio Resonant Music [39]

November[]

December[]

Deaths[]

January
  • 4
    • Irene Reid, American singer (born 1930).
    • Keith Smith, English trumpeter (born 1940).
  • 11
    • Pete Candoli, American trumpeter (prostate cancer) (born 1923).[40]
    • Steve Harris, English drummer and composer (born 1948).
  • 20 – Tommy McQuater, British trumpeter (born 1914).[41]
  • 30
    • Bill Saragih, Indonesian musician (born 1933).
    • Miles Kington, British journalist and upright bassist, Instant Sunshine (born 1941).
February
  • 3 – Jackie Orszaczky, Hungarian bass guitarist and composer (born 1948).[42]
  • 4 – Chris Anderson, American pianist (born 1926).
  • 12 – John Brunious, American trumpeter and the bandleader, Preservation Hall Jazz Band (born 1940).
  • 13 – Henri Salvador, French Caribbean comedian and singer (born 1917).
  • 14 – Gene Allen, American jazz reedist (born 1928).
  • 19 – Teo Macero, American saxophonist, record producer and composer (born 1925).[43]
March
  • 2 – Jeff Healey, Canadian singer and guitarist (born 1966).[44]
  • 10 – Dennis Irwin, American upright bassist (born 1951).
  • 16 – Pete Chilver, British guitarist and hotelier (born 1924).
  • 19 – Eivind Solberg, Norwegian trumpeter (born 1933).[45]
  • 21 – Patti Bown, American jazz pianist, composer, and singer (born 1931).
  • 22 – Israel López Valdés or better known as Cachao, Cuban upright bassist and composer (born 1918).[46]
  • 24 – Chalmers Alford, American guitarist (born 1955).
  • 29 – Allan Ganley, British drummer (born 1931).[47]
April
  • 7 – Phil Urso, American jazz tenor saxophonist and composer (born 1925).
  • 12 – Bobby Tucker, American pianist and arranger (born 1923).
  • 15 – Dick Charlesworth, English clarinettist, saxophonist, and bandleader (born 1932).
  • 24 – Jimmy Giuffre, American musician (pneumonia) (born 1921).[48]
  • 25 – Humphrey Lyttelton, British jazz musician (born 1921).[49]
  • 27 – Hal Stein, American saxophonist (born 1928).
May
  • 6 – Franz Jackson, American saxophonist (born 1912).[50]
  • 10 – Mario Schiano, Italian alto and soprano saxophonist (born 1933).
  • 15
    • Bob Florence, American pianist (born 1932).[51]
    • Walt Dickerson, American vibraphonist (born 1928).
  • 24 – Jimmy McGriff, (multiple sclerosis), American organist (born 1936).[52]
  • 28 – Danny Moss, British jazz saxophonist (born 1927).[53]
  • 30
    • Campbell Burnap, British trombonist and broadcaster (cancer) (born 1939).[54]
    • Nat Temple, British big band leader (born 1913).[55]
June
  • 4 – Bill Finegan, American pianist and arranger (born 1917).[56]
  • 14 – Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish pianist (Scuba diving accident) (born 1964).[57]
  • 28 – Ronnie Mathews, American pianist (born 1935).
July
  • 3
    • Harald Heide-Steen Jr., (lung cancer), Norwegian actor, comedian and jazz singer (born 1939).[58]
    • Salah Ragab, Egyptian drummer and called the founder Egyptian jazz (born 1936).
  • 6 – Bobby Durham, American drummer (born 1937).[59]
  • 13 – Gerald Wiggins, American pianist (born 1922).[60]
  • 22 – Joe Beck, American guitarist (lung cancer) (born 1945).[61]
  • 25
    • Hiram Bullock, American fusion guitarist (throat cancer) (born 1955).[62]
    • Johnny Griffin, American saxophonist (heart attack) (born 1928).[63]
  • 31
    • Lee Young, American drummer and singer (born 1914).[64]
    • Yusuf Salim, American jazz pianist and composer (born 1929).
August
  • 15 – Jerry Wexler, American music journalist and music producer (born 1917).
  • 19 – LeRoi Moore, American saxophonist (Dave Matthews Band) (born 1961).[65]
  • 23 – Jimmy Cleveland, American trombonist (born 1926).
September
  • 2 – Arne Domnérus, Swedish saxophonist (born 1924).[66]
  • 3
    • Géo Voumard, Swiss jazz pianist and composer (born 1920).
    • Pierre Van Dormael, Belgian musician and composer (born 1952).
  • 8 – Bheki Mseleku, South African musician (piano, saxophone, guitar) and composer (diabetes-related) (born 1955).[67]
  • 15 – Richard Wright, English keyboardist, composer, singer and songwriter (born 1943).[68]
  • 16 – Jim Aton, American bassist (born 1925).[69]
  • 19
    • Dick Sudhalter, American trumpeter and critic (born 1938).[70]
    • Earl Palmer, American rock-and-roll and rhythm-and-blues drummer (born 1924).
  • 22 – Connie Haines, American singer (born 1921).
  • 30 – Henry Adler, American drummer and percussionist (born 1915).
October
  • 4 – Alfred Gallodoro, American musician (born 1913).[71]
  • 11 – Neal Hefti, American trumpeter and composer (born 1922).[72]
  • 18 – Dave McKenna, American pianist (born 1930).[73]
  • 24 – Merl Saunders, American multi-genre musician who played piano and keyboards (born 1934).[74]
  • 26 – Marc Moulin, Belgian musician and journalist (born 1942).
  • 27 – Ray Ellis, American record producer, arranger, and conductor (born 1923).
November
  • 1 – Jimmy Carl Black, American drummer and singer of The Mothers of Invention (born 1938).[75]
  • 9 – Miriam Makeba, nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer and civil rights activist (born 1932).[76]
  • 16 – Tony Reedus, American drummer (born 1959).
  • 27 – Pekka Pohjola, Finnish multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer (born 1952).
December
  • 3 – Derek Wadsworth, English trombonist, composer, and arranger (born 1939).
  • 5 – Anca Parghel, Romanian jazz singer, composer, arranger, pianist, and choir conductor (born 1957).
  • 7 – Jimmy Gourley, American guitarist (born 1926).
  • 12 – Prince Lasha, American alto saxophonist, flautist, and clarinetist (born 1929).
  • 19
    • Kenny Cox, American pianist (born 1940).
    • Page Cavanaugh, American pianist, vocalist, and arranger (born 1922).
    • Verne Byers, American bandleader, bassist, and concert promoter (born 1918).
  • 22 – Guy Warren, Ghanaian singer-songwriter (born 1923).
  • 23 – Monty Waters, American saxophonist, flautist, and singer (born 1938).
  • 25 – Eartha Kitt, American singer, actress, dancer, activist, and comedian (born 1927).
  • 29 – Freddie Hubbard, American trumpeter (born 1938).[77]
Unknown date
  • Byrdie Green, American singer (born 1936).

See also[]

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